SAP Technical Architect

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced SAP Technical Architect with 15+ years of experience in architecting, implementing, and managing enterprise SAP landscapes. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in SAP technical architecture, SAP Basis, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, integrations, cloud platforms, security, and performance optimisation. The SAP Technical Architect will be responsible for defining the overall SAP technical strategy, ensuring solution scalability, security, availability, and alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Architecture & Strategy

• Define and maintain the SAP technical architecture roadmap aligned with business and IT strategies.
• Design scalable, secure, and high-availability SAP landscapes across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Lead architecture reviews and establish SAP technical standards and best practices.
• Develop target-state architecture for SAP transformation and modernisation initiatives.

SAP Platform Design

• Architect SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP, and related SAP technology platforms.
• Design SAP system landscapes including Development, QA, Pre-Production, Production, DR, and Sandbox environments.
• Define sizing, capacity planning, performance tuning, and high-availability architecture.
• Lead SAP cloud adoption strategies across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OCI, and SAP RISE environments.

Integration Architecture

• Design enterprise integration architecture involving SAP Integration Suite, SAP PI/PO, SAP CPI, REST APIs, SOAP Services, and middleware platforms.
• Ensure seamless integration between SAP and third-party applications.
• Establish API management and integration governance standards.

SAP Basis & Infrastructure Leadership

• Oversee SAP Basis administration and landscape management.
• Define system refresh, transport management, patching, upgrade, and migration strategies.
• Lead SAP kernel upgrades, database migrations, and platform modernisation projects.
• Architect backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.

Security & Compliance

• Design SAP security architecture aligned with organisational policies.
• Define authentication, authorisation, SSO, MFA, and identity integration frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and audit requirements.
• Support security assessments and vulnerability remediation activities.

Performance & Availability

• Define system monitoring and observability strategies.
• Lead performance optimisation initiatives across SAP applications and databases.
• Establish SLA, RTO, and RPO targets for SAP environments.
• Design high-availability and disaster recovery architectures.

Leadership & Governance

• Provide technical leadership across SAP programmes and projects.
• Mentor SAP Basis, integration, development, and infrastructure teams.
• Review technical designs, implementation plans, and architecture deliverables.
• Engage with executive stakeholders and technology partners.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 15+ years of SAP technical consulting and architecture experience.
• Minimum 5 full lifecycle SAP implementation or transformation projects.
• Proven experience in SAP technical architecture and enterprise-scale deployments.
• Strong expertise in SAP Basis, HANA, cloud migration, and integrations.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA migration and modernisation programmes.

Preferred Certifications

• SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP System Administration
• SAP Certified Technology Specialist - SAP HANA
• SAP Certified Development Associate
• SAP BTP Certification
• SAP Enterprise Architect Certification
• TOGAF Certification
• ITIL Foundation Certification
• PMP / PRINCE2 Certification