SAP Enterprise Architect

Role & responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, principles, standards, and technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Design end-to-end SAP enterprise solutions across SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Fiori, and relevant SAP cloud applications.
• Assess existing SAP landscapes and recommend modernization, migration, and transformation strategies, including SAP ECC to S/4HANA.
• Develop target-state architectures covering business processes, applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, and security.
• Lead architecture assessments, solution design reviews, technology evaluations, and architectural decision-making.
• Design integration strategies using SAP Integration Suite, SAP CPI, APIs, IDocs, OData, RFCs, and event-driven architectures.
• Establish enterprise architecture governance, reusable design patterns, technology standards, and compliance frameworks.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, SAP functional consultants, technical teams, infrastructure teams, and external vendors to translate business requirements into scalable solutions.
• Evaluate SAP and non-SAP technologies, cloud platforms, and third-party applications to ensure interoperability and alignment with enterprise strategy.
• Define data architecture, master data management, data governance, analytics, and reporting strategies across SAP systems.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise requirements for security, scalability, availability, performance, regulatory compliance, and cost optimization.
• Support SAP transformation programs, cloud adoption, system consolidation, application rationalization, and digital innovation initiatives.
• Prepare architecture blueprints, solution design documents, integration diagrams, technology roadmaps, and architecture decision records.
• Provide technical guidance to solution architects, developers, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Monitor emerging SAP capabilities and recommend suitable innovations to improve business agility and operational efficiency.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Typically 5 to 10 years of experience in SAP implementation, technical architecture, enterprise application integration, or digital transformation, depending on role scope.
• Strong understanding of SAP enterprise architecture, SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, and SAP cloud solutions.
• Experience with SAP BTP, SAP Integration Suite, SAP CPI, SAP Fiori, and SAP HANA is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of SAP functional modules such as FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, or SuccessFactors, depending on the organization's business requirements.
• Proven ability to design end-to-end application, integration, data, and technology architectures.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, APIs, middleware, data migration, master data management, and system interoperability.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and modeling languages such as ArchiMate.
• Experience with SAP Activate, architecture governance, solution documentation, and implementation methodologies.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity, identity and access management, compliance, disaster recovery, and enterprise risk management.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and strategic planning skills.
• Ability to translate business strategy into practical technology roadmaps and scalable architectural solutions.
• SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, or relevant architecture certifications are desirable; TOGAF certification is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across business and technology teams, influence architectural decisions, and drive continuous improvement.