Senior SAP Architecture Lead: S/4HANA & Utility Solutions

Avangrid; Orange (CT); On-site; USD 148,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Student loan debt repayment

12% 401(k) match

Competitive salary and bonuses

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

AVANGRID SERVICE COMPANY seeks a Senior Manager to lead SAP architecture and solutions, aligning SAP landscapes with business goals and enterprise standards. You will drive design, governance, and modernization across IS-U, Billing, and CX integrations, guiding end-to-end SAP programs and ensuring secure, scalable, high-performance deployments.

The role emphasizes collaboration with business and IT stakeholders, mentoring teams, and delivering architecture roadmaps, migrations to S/4HANA, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or a related field and a minimum of 10 years of SAP experience.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Relevant experience includes a deep expertise in utilities processes and IS-U modules (Device Management, Billing, FI-CA, IDEX).
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA (at least one full-cycle implementation), BW/4HANA, SAP BTP, Fiori, and ABAP, Data Lake, Cloud Technologies, CX & Customer facing integrations.
• Proficiency with integration platforms and tools (SAP CPI/Integration Suite, PI/PO), and core integration technologies (IDoc/ALE, OData, RFC).
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture concepts, solution governance, and architecture documentation/road mapping.
• Knowledge of SAP Basis, security, and system administration; familiarity with SOX and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Experience optimizing performance, conducting assessments, and troubleshooting complex SAP landscapes in large enterprises.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks.
• SAP certifications preferred (e.g. SAP certified Technology Associate, Solution Architecture).
• Extensive experience in design, implementation and support of SAP solution within large organization.
• Strong domain knowledge and good understanding on Meter-to-Cash processes, SAP IS-U, Service Cloud and other CX products.

Responsibilities

• Owns the SAP solution architecture across IS-U, Billing, Device Management, Energy Data Management (EDM), AMI, and FI-CA; defines standards, patterns, and blueprints to ensure consistency and quality.
• Designs end-to-end SAP landscapes for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments; leads modernization to S/4HANA and leverage SAP BTP services for integration and extensibility.
• Provides technical leadership across projects, upgrades, migrations, and integrations; ensures performance, reliability, and security across the SAP estate.
• Conducts architecture assessments, roadmaps, and reviews; identifies technical debt and opportunities to optimize cost, performance, and resilience.
• Evaluates emerging SAP technologies, tools, and vendor offerings; contributes to TCO analyses, RFPs, and proof-of-concepts, as needed.
• Collaborates with enterprise architects, application owners, PMO, and vendors to align solutions to business capabilities, value streams, and governance.
• Establishes and enforces architecture governance including reference architectures, design standards, and solution scorecards; ensure compliance with regulatory and SOX controls.
• Integrates SAP solutions with enterprise and third-party systems (e.g., CX/Service Cloud), Customer facing websites, mobile apps and etc; define APIs and interfaces (IDoc/ALE, OData, RFC) following best practices.
• Mentors internal and external architects and engineers; promotes continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across agile teams. Translates business requirements into technical specifications and oversee successful solution delivery in partnership with IT teams and vendors.
• Performs system architecture assessments, performance reviews, and troubleshooting to resolve complex issues and maintain optimal performance.
• Ensures all solutions adhere to industry standards, regulatory requirements, and SAP best practices across implementations.

Skills

Utilities domain knowledge

IS-U familiarity

S/4HANA expertise

SAP BTP

CPI/Integration Suite

Security & SOX

Architecture governance

Leadership in IT projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAP CPI/Integration Suite

PI/PO

IDoc/ALE

OData

RFC

SAP BTP

Job description

AVANGRID SERVICE COMPANY seeks a Senior Manager to lead SAP architecture and solutions, aligning SAP landscapes with business goals and enterprise standards. You will drive design, governance, and modernization across IS-U, Billing, and CX integrations, guiding end-to-end SAP programs and ensuring secure, scalable, high-performance deployments.

The role emphasizes collaboration with business and IT stakeholders, mentoring teams, and delivering architecture roadmaps, migrations to S/4HANA, and