Sr. Solution Architect, HANA

MCKESSON; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 66,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson Corporation is seeking a Senior Solution Architect, SAP HANA to lead the design, governance, and evolution of enterprise SAP HANA platforms. This role combines hands-on architectural leadership with deep database expertise to ensure highly available, secure, and high-performing solutions aligned with business needs.

The architect will collaborate across business, application, infrastructure, and security teams to establish standards, modernization initiatives, and resilient SAP HANA

Qualifications

• 7+ years of SAP HANA DB experience in enterprise settings.
• Hands-on SAP HANA 2.0 in production environments.
• Strong SQL tuning and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience with HANA systems replication and HA/DR.

Responsibilities

• Define SAP HANA architecture standards and roadmaps.
• Lead HANA 2.0 administration, capacity planning, and lifecycle mgmt.
• Drive performance tuning, query optimization, and root-cause analysis.
• Design and govern HSR, high availability, and DR architectures.
• Collaborate across teams to meet performance and security requirements.

Skills

SAP HANA

Performance tuning

Memory management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP HANA Cockpit

DBA Cockpit

HSR

Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well‑being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

About the Role

McKesson is seeking a Sr. Solution Architect, HANA to lead the design, optimization, governance, and strategic evolution of enterprise SAP HANA platforms. This role combines hands‑on architectural leadership with deep SAP HANA database expertise to ensure highly available, scalable, secure, and high‑performing solutions that support critical business operations.

The architect will collaborate with business, application, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to establish database architecture standards, drive platform modernization initiatives, and deliver resilient SAP HANA environments that align with enterprise technology strategies.

What You'll Do

• Define SAP HANA database architecture standards, roadmaps, and best practices across enterprise platforms.
• Lead SAP HANA 2.0 database administration, capacity planning, memory management optimization, and lifecycle management activities.
• Drive HANA performance tuning initiatives, including query optimization, execution plan analysis, workload management, and root cause troubleshooting.
• Design, implement, and govern SAP HANA System Replication (HSR), high availability, and disaster recovery architectures.
• Develop data lifecycle strategies leveraging HANA Native Storage Extension (NSE), data tiering, and storage optimization techniques.
• Configure and manage monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards using SAP HANA Cockpit and DBA Cockpit.
• Partner with application, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure database environments meet performance, compliance, reliability, and scalability requirements.
• Mentor team members, influence technical direction, and contribute to enterprise architecture governance and technology modernization initiatives.

Basic Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in SAP HANA database administration, architecture, engineering, or related enterprise database roles.
• Hands‑on experience administering SAP HANA 2.0 environments in enterprise‑scale production landscapes.
• Experience with SAP HANA memory management, capacity planning, backup and recovery, and database lifecycle management.
• Strong expertise in HANA performance tuning, SQL optimization, execution plan analysis, and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and supporting SAP HANA System Replication (HSR), high availability, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Experience configuring and supporting SAP HANA Cockpit and DBA Cockpit monitoring, alerting, and operational reporting.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical recommendations, risks, and architecture decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience with HANA Native Storage Extension (NSE), data tiering, and large‑scale data management strategies.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP ECC migrations, or SAP modernization programs.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud supporting SAP workloads.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Familiarity with automation, scripting, Infrastructure as Code, and DevOps practices.
• Experience working in regulated healthcare, pharmaceutical, distribution, or highly governed environments.
• SAP HANA, SAP Technology, or related certifications.
• Experience leading architecture reviews, governance activities, and cross‑functional transformation initiatives.

Travel / Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Limited travel may be required based on business needs.
• Hybrid or remote work arrangements may be available based on business requirements.
• Ability to work extended periods at a computer and participate in virtual collaboration sessions.

At McKesson, we care about the well‑being of the patients and communities we serve, and that starts with caring for our people. That’s why we have a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well‑being. Our Total Rewards offerings serve the different needs of our diverse employee population and ensure they are the healthiest versions of themselves.

As part of Total Rewards, we are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long‑term incentive opportunities may be offered.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

€66,000 - €110,000