SAP Datasphere Architect / Data Migration Architect
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Job description
- Strategy and Planning:
- Serve as the single point of accountability for all data migration-related decisions, strategy, and execution.
- Lead and define the overall data migration blueprint and strategy, ensuring it aligns with project timelines and business objectives.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive data migration plans, including detailed cutover runbooks, schedules, and rollback procedures.
- Execution and Oversight:
- Lead the end-to-end data migration lifecycle: extraction, cleansing, transformation, validation, loading, and reconciliation.
- Oversee data mapping from legacy systems to the new SAP S/4HANA and ECC environment for both master and transactional data.
- Manage and provide guidance to a team of data migration specialists, functional consultants, and technical resources.
- Data Quality and Governance:
- Establish and enforce robust data governance policies and standards throughout the migration process.
- Drive data cleansing, profiling, and quality assurance activities to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
- Design and implement automated data validation tools and scripts to accelerate reconciliation.
- Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Work closely with business data owners, functional leads, and technical teams to gather requirements and resolve data discrepancies.
- Partner with SAP Security and GRC teams to define access controls and monitor segregation of duties (SoD) related to migration activities.
- Engage with internal and external audit teams to ensure all migration processes are compliant with standards like SOX and ITGC.
- Risk and Issue Management:
- Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks associated with data migration and escalate issues to project leadership as needed.
- Document all migration processes, issues, and resolutions for future reference and knowledge transfer.
- Cutover Management:
- Lead cutover readiness reviews and rehearsals to ensure a smooth transition to the new system with minimal business disruption.
- Manage post-go-live hypercare activities to address any data-related issues.
Requirements
We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled SAP Data Migration Architect / Lead to spearhead our data migration workstream for a large-scale, global SAP migration. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in leading complex data migrations, with a strong focus on SAP transformations and demonstrable success in managing full project lifecycles. This role requires a leader with deep technical and functional knowledge of SAP data who can drive the migration strategy, execution, and quality assurance while collaborating with cross-functional teams., * Experience: A minimum of 15 years of overall SAP experience, with at least 5 years of hands-on experience in a leadership role on large-scale SAP data migration projects.
- Technical Skills:
- Minimum 10+ years of expertise in SAP S/4HANA and ECC data structures and migration methodologies for both brownfield and greenfield implementations.
- Minimum 7-8+ years of deep, hands-on experience with SAP data migration tools, including Migration Cockpit, SAP Data Services (BODS), and LSMW.
- Strong proficiency in ETL processes, data warehousing, and advanced SQL querying.
- Minimum 7-8+ years of familiarity with data governance and data quality tools like Syniti is a plus.
- Functional Knowledge:
- Minimum 10+ years of in-depth understanding of SAP modules and their underlying data structures (e.g., Finance (FI/CO), Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), Production Planning (PP)).
- Minimum 7-8+ years of experience with all stages of the data migration lifecycle, including blueprinting, testing, and validation.
- Leadership and Communication:
- Proven leadership ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional teams and external partners.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Education: A bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. SAP certifications are highly desirable.
Minimum / Required Qualification:
15+ years of SAP experience
10+ years of strong Data Migration experience
7+ years of Data structure and methodology experience
5+ years of ETL, Data warehousing, Data Goverance and data quality experience