Architect Jobs

The SAP Principal Solution Architect is a highly experienced and strategic leader responsible for designing robust, scalable, and innovative SAP solutions that align with the organization's business strategy and enterprise architecture principles. This role involves deep dives into complex business requirements, translating them into comprehensive technical designs, and providing architectural oversight throughout the solution lifecycle. The Principal Solution Architect acts as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, project teams, and business stakeholders, ensuring the successful adoption of SAP technologies to drive business value.

• Solution Vision & Strategy: Define and communicate the long-term SAP solution roadmap, aligning it with overall enterprise architecture and business objectives (e.g., S/4HANA roadmap, cloud strategy, integration strategy).
• Solution Vision & Strategy: Provide strategic thought leadership on leveraging SAP technologies (e.g., S/4HANA, BTP, Cloud solutions, intelligent technologies like AI/ML) to achieve business outcomes.
• Solution Vision & Strategy: Research and evaluate new SAP products, functionalities, and industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation and competitive advantage.
• Architecture Design & Governance: Lead the end-to-end architectural design for complex SAP implementations, upgrades, and transformations, ensuring solutions are fit-for-purpose, scalable, secure, and maintainable.
• Architecture Design & Governance: Develop detailed solution blueprints, architectural diagrams, and technical specifications, translating complex business requirements into clear technical designs.
• Architecture Design & Governance: Establish and enforce architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices for SAP solution development and deployment.
• Architecture Design & Governance: Conduct architectural reviews and provide governance to ensure adherence to architectural principles throughout the project lifecycle.
• Architecture Design & Governance: Oversee the integration strategy for SAP solutions with other enterprise applications, third-party systems, and data sources.
• Expert Advisory & Consulting: Act as the primary SAP subject matter expert and trusted advisor to C-level executives, business leaders, and project teams.
• Expert Advisory & Consulting: Partner with business stakeholders to understand their challenges, define requirements, and propose innovative SAP-centric solutions that deliver tangible business value.
• Expert Advisory & Consulting: Facilitate workshops, conduct architectural assessments, and provide recommendations on complex SAP design and technical issues.
• Expert Advisory & Consulting: Support pre-sales activities, including solutioning, effort estimation, and presenting architectural visions to potential clients/internal stakeholders.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance to multiple project teams, solution architects, functional consultants, and developers.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Mentor junior architects and team members, fostering their growth and ensuring adherence to architectural best practices.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Drive knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the SAP architecture community.
• Risk Management & Quality Assurance: Identify and mitigate architectural risks, technical debt, and potential scalability issues.
• Risk Management & Quality Assurance: Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements (performance, security, usability, reliability).
• Risk Management & Quality Assurance: Champion a "clean core" approach and drive adoption of SAP Best Practices.

Master's Degree

• [15]+ years of extensive experience in SAP implementations, with a strong focus on solution architecture and design.
• [7]+ years in a lead architect or principal architect role, ideally across multiple full lifecycle SAP implementations.
• Demonstrated experience in large-scale S/4HANA transformations, including greenfield, brownfield, or hybrid approaches.
• Proven track record of designing complex solutions involving various SAP modules and integration points.

• Deep and broad functional and/or technical expertise across multiple SAP modules (e.g., FI/CO, SD, MM, PP, QM, WM, HCM, BW, CRM, SRM, EWM, TM).
• Expertise in SAP S/4HANA architecture, data model, and Fiori UX.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) components (e.g., Integration Suite, Extension Suite, Analytics Cloud).
• Proficiency in SAP integration technologies (e.g., SAP CPI, PI/PO, API Management).
• Experience with cloud deployments of SAP (e.g., RISE with SAP, private/public cloud on hyperscalers like Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Understanding of data migration strategies (e.g., LTMC, BODS, custom programs).

• Relevant SAP architectural certifications (e.g., SAP Certified Technology Associate/Professional - Enterprise Architect, S/4HANA certifications).
• Enterprise Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF) highly desirable.
• Proficiency in Agile, Scrum, and SAP Activate methodologies.

• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Superior communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage diverse stakeholders (technical and business).
• Strong leadership capabilities with a proven ability to guide and mentor teams.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, complex environment.
• Strong business acumen and ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.