SAP Archiving Expert

Festo India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Festo India is seeking a senior SAP Archiving Lead to drive ILM, data archiving and document management across SAP RAISE and S/4HANA landscapes. You will define retention, legal hold and data destruction strategies, coordinating with FI/CO, MM, SD, and other modules.

You will partner with infrastructure and SAP Basis teams, ensure GDPR, SOX, GxP compliance, support data migrations and archiving projects globally, and provide best practices on SAP Archiving, OpenText, and ILM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of SAP experience with 5+ years in SAP ILM, Data Archiving, or Document Management.
• Strong knowledge of SAP business processes, ILM, data governance, and records management.
• Experience with enterprise archiving platforms such as OpenText, KGS, PBS, JiVS, Syniti, Informatica, or Hyland OnBase.
• Proven experience delivering E2E SAP Data Archiving projects including retention management, legal hold, validation, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Basis, databases, and archiving infrastructure.
• Experience with SAP functional modules such as FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, QM, PM, WM/EWM, HCM, or GTS.
• Very good knowledge of English language, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP Archiving, ILM, and digital transformation projects across global SAP landscapes.
• Define data retention, legal hold, archiving, and data destruction strategies.
• Partner with business and functional teams to identify archiving requirements.
• Provide best practices and technical guidance on SAP Archiving, OpenText, KGS, and ILM.
• Work with SAP Basis, Infrastructure, Database, Security, and Architecture teams to deliver archiving solutions.
• Support system decommissioning, legacy data retention, and audit readiness initiatives.

Skills

English proficiency

Stakeholder management

Communication

Collaboration

Independent working

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

SAP ILM

ArchiveLink

SAP Content Server

OpenText

KGS

PBS

JiVS

Informatica

Hyland OnBase

Job description

• Lead SAP ILM, Data Archiving, and Document Management initiatives across SAP RAISE and SAP S/4HANA landscapes.
• Define data retention, legal hold, archiving, and data destruction strategies aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with business and functional teams (FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, QM, PM, WM/EWM, HCM, GTS) to identify archiving requirements.
• Hands-on experience in, or KGS ContentServer solutions.
• Perform archive object analysis, iconfiguring and supporting any one of SAP ILM, ArchiveLink, SAP Content Server, OpenTextmpact assessments, testing, validation, and go-live support.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, SOX, GxP, FDA, and corporate governance requirements.
• Support system decommissioning, legacy data retention, and audit readiness initiatives.
• Work with SAP Basis, Infrastructure, Database, Security, and Architecture teams to deliver archiving solutions.
• Provide best practices and technical guidance on SAP Archiving, OpenText, KGS, and ILM.
• Lead SAP Archiving, ILM, and digital transformation projects across global SAP landscapes.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of SAP experience with 5+ years in SAP ILM, Data Archiving, or Document Management.
• Strong knowledge of SAP business processes, ILM, data governance, and records management.
• Experience with enterprise archiving platforms such as OpenText, KGS, PBS, JiVS, Syniti, Informatica, or Hyland OnBase.
• Proven experience delivering E2E SAP Data Archiving projects including retention management, legal hold, validation, and compliance.
• Strong understanding of SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Basis, databases, and archiving infrastructure.
• Experience working with SAP functional modules such as FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, QM, PM, WM/EWM, HCM, or GTS.
• Knowledge of GDPR, SOX, GxP, FDA, and enterprise compliance frameworks.
• Very good knowledge of English language, written and spoken.
• Strong service orientation, communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills in an international environment.
• Ability to work independently while effectively contributing within cross-functional teams.