SAP Technical Architect - 12 Month Contract - Hybrid Manchester/London, 4 days onsite

Hamilton Barnes

London, UK

1 day ago

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Role details

Contract type

Temporary contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerboard.com

Tech stack

SAP Cloud Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Databases Continuous Integration DevOps Enterprise Architecture Framework Github

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Job description

We’re recruiting for an SAP Technical Architect to define, design, and govern the overall technical architecture of SAP landscapes across SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP, SAP PI/PO, and SAP Fiori/UI5 as part of a greenfield implementation, rollout, enhancement, and steady-state programme on SAP RISE for a leading UK retailer. New applications are being provisioned and configured to support new SAP standard retail functionality, with technical setup and configuration required to enable functional build deployment ahead of SIT, UAT, and performance testing., * Define, design, and govern SAP technical architecture across S/4HANA, ECC, BTP, PI/PO, and Fiori/UI5

Ensure high-performance, scalable, secure, and future-ready SAP solutions aligned with business strategy and IT roadmaps
Provide technical leadership for ABAP, Fiori/UI5, OData, CDS Views, and SAP Basis teams
Design SAP system landscapes across DEV/QAS/PRD/DR environments, including sizing, performance tuning, HA, and DR configurations
Own SAP HANA database architecture, optimisation, backup/restore strategies, and security
Design end-to-end integration patterns across SAP and non-SAP systems (CRM, eCommerce, SCM, WMS, POS, Finance) using BTP Integration Suite (CPI), PI/PO, APIs (REST/SOAP/OData), IDocs, RFCs, and event-driven architectures

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience designing and governing SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC technical architectures
Deep understanding of SAP system landscape design and SAP Basis, including HA/DR configurations
Strong experience with SAP HANA database architecture and optimisation
Expertise across SAP integration technologies: BTP Integration Suite (CPI), PI/PO, APIs, IDocs, RFCs, event-driven architectures
Working knowledge of SAP on Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP)
Strong understanding of SAP security architecture, roles/authorisation, SSO, and compliance
Proven experience leading SAP technical tracks in large implementations, migrations, or S/4HANA transformations
Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman, or SAP’s Enterprise Architecture Framework
Exposure to microservices and event-driven systems (Kafka, Event Hub)
Experience with SAP BTP advanced services (Workflow, Business Rules, Event Mesh, API Management)
Knowledge of DevOps/CI-CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
Knowledge of SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or cloud-native analytics
Experience in complex enterprise environments - retail, manufacturing, FMCG, pharma, or supply chain-heavy industries