IT Architect - SAP

Position Overview: The Sr IT Architect - SAP is responsible for the technical alignment, architectural integrity and delivery quality of major initiatives within the Work Execution and Plant Maintenance (SAP) domain. The role designs and governs solutions that comply with architectural standards and processes, leads technical direction across delivery teams and vendors, and ensures solutions are secure, compliant, supportable, and fit for long-term business outcomes. The architect leads technical implementation of solutions and delivery., This role is intended for a candidate who operates beyond a project-focused solution architect, contributing to roadmaps, cross-domain integration decisions, and landscape health. The architect balances best-fit solutioning and delivery execution with broader technology risk management and application landscape alignment.

• Extensive solution and enterprise architecture experience is mandatory
• Extensive experience in solutioning and implementing large scale systems is mandatory
• SAP and BTP experience are mandatory
• Migrations from ECC to S4/HANA UN is a huge plus, * Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of IT experience in a large, complex environment (nationally or globally distributed preferred).
• 8+ years of solution architecture experience leading end-to-end solution design and delivery across application, integration, data, and security concerns.
• 6+ years of SAP architecture / SAP solution delivery experience, with demonstrated responsibility for solution integrity across multiple workstreams (implementation, integration, security, data, operations).
• Architecture experience supporting SAP-centric business capabilities such as Plant Maintenance / Work Management / Asset Management, and related processes.
• Experience with SAP integrations and patterns (e.g., APIs, events, batch/file, middleware-enabled integrations) and cross-platform coordination.
• Exposure to SAP platform modernization approaches (e.g., ECC-to-S/4 transition planning, integration modernization).
• Experience operating in architecture governance forums (e.g., architecture review boards), managing standards compliance and exception processes.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and practices (e.g., TOGAF), and ability to use them pragmatically to guide decisions.
• Ability to assess and improve application landscape health (identify redundancies, integration risks, and cost/risk reduction opportunities).
• Experience in Energy / Utilities or similarly regulated, asset-intensive industries.
• Demonstrated experience delivering solutions through the full SDLC (requirements, design, build, test, deployment, operational readiness).
• Strong working knowledge across core architecture domains: software, data, integration, infrastructure/hosting models, and security.
• Proven ability to lead technical direction on large-scale programs/projects, influence across teams, and drive architectural decisions to closure.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and stakeholder communication skills across varying organizational levels.