Position: SAP Rise Architect
Location: Remote
Automotive or Manufacturing background is required
Job Overview
Seeking an experienced SAP RISE Architect to lead enterprise SAP transformation initiatives leveraging RISE with SAP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and hyperscaler cloud platforms. The ideal candidate provides strong architectural leadership across SAP modernization, cloud migration, integration, security, and technical transformation programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives from strategy and assessment through migration and deployment.
- Define scalable SAP cloud architecture aligned with business objectives, enterprise standards, and transformation roadmaps.
- Design and implement SAP S/4HANA architectures across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Lead SAP ECC to S/4HANA migration and modernization strategies, including system assessment, sizing, landscape design, and deployment planning.
- Develop architecture strategies for RISE with SAP Private Cloud Edition (PCE) and SAP-managed cloud environments.
- Architect integrations between SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, legacy applications, third-party platforms, and enterprise data ecosystems.
- Leverage SAP BTP, Integration Suite, API Management, Event Mesh, and SAP Cloud Integration to develop modern integration architectures.
- Evaluate existing SAP landscapes and identify opportunities for simplification, modernization, consolidation, and cloud adoption.
- Lead technical discovery, architecture workshops, fit-gap assessments, and transformation roadmap development.
- Establish architecture standards for security, identity, networking, data, integration, scalability, availability, and disaster recovery.
- Collaborate with SAP functional teams, infrastructure teams, security teams, cloud architects, business stakeholders, and implementation partners.
- Provide technical leadership throughout migration, testing, cutover, hypercare, and production stabilization.
- Support SAP Activate methodology, project governance, architecture reviews, and technical risk management.
- Evaluate SAP and non-SAP technologies and recommend solutions that support long-term enterprise architecture objectives.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of SAP technology and architecture experience.
- 5+ years of experience in SAP S/4HANA architecture and transformation programs.
- Strong hands‑on experience with RISE with SAP and SAP cloud transformation.
- Experience leading SAP ECC to S/4HANA migrations or greenfield implementations.
- Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition and SAP managed cloud environments.
- Experience designing SAP solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong knowledge of SAP BTP and SAP Integration Suite.
- Experience with SAP APIs, middleware, event‑driven integration, and hybrid integration architectures.
- Strong understanding of SAP infrastructure, networking, security, identity, and high‑availability concepts.
- Experience working with enterprise architecture frameworks, governance, and technology roadmaps.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP Certified Technology or Enterprise Architect certification.
- Experience with SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Activate, and SAP LeanIX.
- Experience with SAP Business AI, automation, analytics, and data modernization.
- Experience with large-scale global SAP transformation programs.
- Experience working with Fortune 500 or complex enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of SAP licensing, cloud economics, and TCO optimization.
Core Skills
SAP RISE | SAP S/4HANA | SAP BTP | SAP Integration Suite | SAP ECC | SAP Cloud Architecture | AWS | Azure | GCP | SAP PCE | SAP Activate | Cloud Migration | Enterprise Architecture | API Management | Event Mesh | SAP Cloud Integration | Security | Identity & Access Management | High Availability | Disaster Recovery | Technical Governance