SAP Technical Architect

SAP Technical Architect

Role Overview :

We are looking for an experienced SAP Technical Architect to own the end-to-end technical architecture across SAP S / 4HANA and the wider SAP landscape (on-premise and cloud).

The role will be accountable for defining and governing the overall technical design, including :

• SAP S / 4HANA core platform (and / or ECC where still in scope)
• SAP BTP and integration (CPI, APIs, eventing)
• Extensions and custom development (ABAP / CAP / RAP / Fiori)
• Interfaces to non-SAP systems (HR, CRM, legacy, data / analytics platforms)
• Security, performance, resilience and DevOps / automation

You will work closely with enterprise architects, functional leads, developers, basis / infra teams and third parties to ensure that the SAP solution is scalable, secure, supportable and aligned to best practice. You should be comfortable leading technical design workshops, challenging implementation approaches, and communicating architecture clearly to both technical teams and business stakeholders.

Requirements

1. Overall SAP Technical Architecture

Own the end-to-end technical architecture across the SAP estate (S / 4HANA, BTP, integrations, satellites).

Define target-state and transition-state architectures for SAP programmes (Greenfield, Brownfield, carve-outs, upgrades, cloud migrations).

Ensure the design aligns with :

Maintain architectural artefacts (high-level designs, interface catalogues, system landscapes, integration diagrams, data flow diagrams).

2. Solution & Technical Design Governance

Lead technical design workshops with SAP functional teams and development teams.

Review and approve technical designs for :

Define and enforce development standards and guidelines :

Chair or actively participate in the Design Authority / Technical Design Board, making sure all changes are architecturally sound and consistent.

3. Integration Architecture

Design integration patterns between SAP and non-SAP systems :

Produce and maintain :

Work with integration and data teams to ensure loosely coupled, scalable and resilient integrations that support future change.

4. Platform, Basis & Cloud Infrastructure

Work with Basis and cloud platform teams to define :

Contribute to the design of cloud hosting for SAP :

Support technical upgrades and migrations (e.g. ECC to S / 4HANA, on-prem to cloud, DB migrations).

5. Security, Compliance & Performance

Define security architecture for SAP

Ensure compliance with :

Support performance tuning :

6. Delivery Support & Technical Leadership

Provide hands-on technical leadership to SAP development teams and partners :

Support project delivery :

Contribute to testing and cutover :

7. Stakeholder Management & Communication

Act as the primary technical point of contact for SAP with :

Present technical options and recommendations in clear business language to project managers and senior stakeholders.

Produce and present architecture decision records, risks and recommendations.

Essential Skills & Experience :

8+ years overall SAP experience with at least 3+ years in an SAP Technical Architect or Lead Technical role.

Deep technical understanding of SAP S / 4HANA (and ECC where relevant), including

Strong background in ABAP / ABAP OO development and enhancement frameworks, with a clear view of :

Solid experience with SAP BTP and integration :

Experience designing and delivering complex integrations between SAP and non-SAP systems.

Good understanding of Fiori / UI5, including architecture, app types and deployment options.

Experience working closely with Basis and infrastructure teams on sizing, performance, HA / DR and upgrades.

Strong grounding in security and authorisation concepts in SAP.

Track record of working on large-scale SAP programmes or multi-system landscapes (e.g. multi-country, multi-entity)

Experience of solution governance :

Comfortable working in Agile / hybrid delivery models (Scrum / SAFe / Waterfall blend), and with tools such as Jira / Azure DevOps.

Desirable Skills & Experience

Experience with Central Finance, SAP BW / 4HANA, SAC or other SAP analytics tools.

Exposure to SAP Industry solutions (e.g. IS-Utilities, IS-Retail, Public Sector, etc.) if relevant to your environment.

Experience of S / 4HANA Greenfield implementations and / or ECC to S / 4HANA Brownfield migrations.

Experience with DevOps / CI / CD for SAP :

Experience defining monitoring and observability for SAP (e.g. Solution Manager, SAP Focused RUN, or APM tools).

Certification(s) such as :

Personal Attributes :

Skills Required

Oauth, Odata, rap, Apis, SAP BTP, Hana Db, Cds Views, Saml, Soap, Abap, Fiori, Devops, CAP, Rest, Bopf, cpi, Azure, Aws