(SAP Architect) Senior

Client seeks a strategic leader to architect SAP data, analytics, and AI ecosystems-including S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, DataSphere, and SAC-ensuring trusted, interoperable solutions aligned with enterprise data platforms. This role drives high-impact standards, mentor teams, and accelerates shovel-ready SAP initiatives for superior data quality and business outcomes. Essential Functions

• Lead SAP data, analytics, and AI across product/platform teams.
• Define standards for DataSphere, BW/4HANA, SAC, CDS views, and S/4HANA integrations.
• Design semantic/virtualized models and pipelines blending SAP/non-SAP sources.
• Mentor engineers with documented, production-ready SAP designs.
• Align SAP efforts with enterprise architecture, product, and governance, * Expertise in SAP DataSphere, BW/4HANA, S/4HANA, CDS, SAC, integrations (e.g., Databricks/Azure).
• Data modeling, metadata/master data governance, virtualization, semantic layers.
• Translating SAP into agile architectural guidance; proven hybrid SAP/cloud leadership.
• Mentorship, collaboration, simplifying complex SAP for stakeholders

Lumen and / or its clients will not provide equipment (Laptop, monitor, etc.) to the selected contractor. The contractor must have their own equipment. Access to a virtual desktop set up (software) will be provided by Lumen’s client, allowing the user access to the required systems and technology.

• Education: Bachelors in CS, IS, Data Engineering (master’s preferred).

Experience: 8+ years SAP data engineering/analytics with technical leadership

Qualification:

• SAP modernization (BW/4HANA migration, DataSphere/S/4HANA adoption).
• MDG, data quality, AI/ML enablement, SAP-functional/cloud integrations.
• Relevant SAP/cloud certifications.

Note: SAP S/4HANA migration experience strongly preferred