SAP S/4HANA Technical Architect

Acestack; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Acestack is seeking an SAP S/4HANA Technical Architect to lead the end-to-end architecture for a major S/4HANA transformation in Charlotte, NC. The role requires onsite leadership across Basis, Security, and the integrated toolchain, with responsibility for defining landscape strategy, performance, and DR readiness.

You will govern architecture standards, drive toolchain integration (Signavio/LeanIX/Cloud ALM), and coordinate onshore/offshore teams to deliver a clean-core, compliant solution.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of SAP technology experience with architecture leadership on large SAP S/4HANA transformations.
• Minimum three end-to-end SAP implementations with architecture responsibility on SAP S/4HANA or Rise with SAP programs.
• Deep expertise in SAP Basis, landscape design, sizing, HA, DR, upgrades, transports, and performance.
• Experience directing SAP environments across development to production and DR landscapes.
• Strong knowledge of SAP HANA, S/4HANA, Fiori, Web Dispatcher, SAP Cloud Connector, SAP BTP connectivity and hybrids.
• Experience leading SAP security architecture including roles, authorizations, and SoD/audit controls.
• Experience leading enterprise SAP testing across functional, integration, regression, automation, performance, security, and data.
• Knowledge of test-management/automation tools such as Tricentis, Worksoft, or equivalent.
• Strong experience governing the SAP integrated toolchain (Signavio, LeanIX, Cloud ALM).
• Designing tool integrations, governance, metadata, traceability, and dashboards.
• Experience with SAP Cloud ALM for implementation and operations.
• Architecture standards, non-functional requirements, cybersecurity, and risk management.
• Leading onshore/offshore Basis, Testing, Security, platform, and toolchain teams.
• Understanding of SAP Activate, transport governance, DevSecOps, ITSM, cutover, go-live, hypercare.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end SAP technical architecture for the Helix program and be onsite focal point in Charlotte, NC.
• Lead the SAP Basis, Testing, Security, and toolchain workstreams with governance and delivery plans.
• Define target landscape architecture, sizing, availability, DR, connectivity, and ops model.
• Create and govern architecture standards, roadmaps, non-functional requirements, and design patterns.
• Lead Basis planning for provisioning, upgrades, patches, copies, refreshes, and transport routes.
• Coordinate environment calendar, releases, test cycles, data refreshes, and maintenance windows.
• Define SAP security architecture and governance for roles, Fiori access, and SoD/audit controls.
• Oversee end-to-end test strategy, environments, data, automation, and reporting.
• Govern the transformation toolchain using Signavio, LeanIX, and Cloud ALM.
• Ensure traceability across tools and establish governance for metadata and access controls.
• Coordinate tool onboarding, integrations, authentication, and data synchronization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve dependencies and risks.
• Lead technical design authority meetings and ensure alignment with clean-core standards.
• Drive readiness assessments for SIT/UAT, cutover, go-live, and transition to steady-state.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA architecture

SAP Basis

S/4HANA & Rise with SAP

HANA & Fiori

Cloud integration

Security architecture

Testing & automation

Toolchain governance

Signavio/LeanIX/Cloud ALM

DevSecOps

Onshore/offshore leadership

Architecture governance

Tools

SAP Signavio

SAP LeanIX

SAP Cloud ALM

Job description

Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Technical Architect

Location: Charlotte, NC

Full Time

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 15+ years of SAP technology experience with architecture leadership on large, global SAP S/4HANA transformation programs.
• Minimum three end-to-end SAP implementations, including technical architecture responsibility for at least one SAP S/4HANA or RISE with SAP program.
• Deep expertise in SAP Basis architecture, landscape design, sizing, high availability, disaster recovery, system copies, refreshes, upgrades, patching, transports, performance, and operations.
• Experience directing SAP environments across development, quality, test, training, pre-production, production, and disaster-recovery landscapes.
• Strong knowledge of SAP HANA, S/4HANA, Fiori, Web Dispatcher, SAP Cloud Connector, SAP BTP connectivity, identity services, interfaces, and hybrid cloud architecture.
• Experience leading SAP Security architecture covering roles and authorizations, Fiori catalogs and spaces, business roles, privileged access, emergency access, segregation of duties, and audit controls.
• Experience leading enterprise SAP testing across functional, integration, regression, automation, performance, security, data, cutover, and operational-readiness testing.
• Knowledge of test-management and automation tools such as Tricentis, Worksoft, or equivalent, with integration to the program delivery toolchain.
• Strong experience defining and governing the SAP integrated toolchain, including SAP Signavio, SAP LeanIX, SAP Cloud ALM, and related requirements, testing, deployment, monitoring, and architecture repositories.
• Experience designing tool integrations, common taxonomy, metadata governance, traceability, access controls, reporting, dashboards, and lifecycle ownership across the transformation toolchain.
• Experience with SAP Cloud ALM for implementation and operations, including projects, requirements, tasks, testing, deployment, integration monitoring, job monitoring, health monitoring, and alerting.
• Experience with architecture standards, technical design reviews, clean-core governance, extensibility patterns, non-functional requirements, cybersecurity, and technical risk management.
• Experience leading onshore and offshore Basis, Testing, Security, platform, and toolchain teams, including vendor and SAP coordination.
• Strong understanding of SAP Activate, release and transport governance, DevSecOps principles, IT service management, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and transition to operations.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end SAP technical architecture for the Helix program and serve as the onsite technical leadership focal point in Charlotte, NC.
• Lead the SAP Basis, SAP Testing, SAP Security, and SAP integrated toolchain workstreams, establishing priorities, governance, delivery plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Define the target SAP landscape architecture, environment strategy, sizing, availability, resiliency, disaster recovery, connectivity, and operational model.
• Create and govern technical architecture standards, roadmaps, non-functional requirements, architecture decisions, design patterns, and technical-debt controls.
• Lead Basis planning and execution for provisioning, builds, upgrades, patching, client strategy, system copies, refreshes, transport routes, performance tuning, monitoring, and production readiness.
• Own the integrated environment calendar and coordinate environment demand, releases, test cycles, data refreshes, maintenance windows, and deployment activities across ARTs.
• Define the SAP security architecture and governance model for roles, authorization concepts, Fiori access, privileged access, segregation of duties, audit evidence, and identity integration.
• Provide governance and oversight for the end-to-end test strategy, test environments, test data, automation, defect management, performance testing, security testing, entry and exit criteria, and reporting.
• Define and govern the integrated transformation toolchain using SAP Signavio for business-process design, SAP LeanIX for enterprise architecture, and SAP Cloud ALM for implementation and operations.
• Establish common process, application, requirement, test, deployment, and architecture traceability across Signavio, LeanIX, Cloud ALM, and other approved engineering tools.
• Coordinate tool onboarding, tenant and workspace strategy, integrations, authentication, authorization, metadata standards, data synchronization, support ownership, and adoption.
• Partner with functional, integration, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity, release, cutover, and business teams to resolve cross-workstream technical dependencies and risks.
• Lead technical design authority meetings, review solution proposals, challenge unnecessary customization, and ensure alignment with clean-core and enterprise standards.
• Drive technical readiness assessments for SIT, UAT, performance testing, dress rehearsals, cutover, go-live, hypercare, disaster recovery, and transition to steady-state support.
• Manage technical risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, budget and resource needs; provide concise status, recovery plans, and leadership asks to Helix management.
• Mentor technical leads, hold teams and vendors accountable for delivery quality, and proactively engage stakeholders to drive decisions and outcomes.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Executive presence with strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to lead multiple technical workstreams and coordinate senior onshore, offshore, SAP, partner, and vendor resources.
• Strong project tracking, resource planning, dependency management, risk management, financial awareness, and delivery-governance capabilities.
• Ability to translate technical risks and architecture decisions into clear business, cost, schedule, security, and operational impacts.
• Proactive ownership mindset; able to challenge teams constructively, remove blockers, and drive closure rather than only report status.
• Ability to work onsite in Charlotte, NC and collaborate directly with program leadership, business stakeholders, and delivery teams.