Job Description
- Defines end-to-end application architecture for SAP solutions, aligned with business strategy and enterprise standards.
- Produces reference architectures by leveraging expert input from application, platform, integration, data, and security engineering teams. These reference architectures form the foundation for new SAP solutions and programs.
- Drives Clean Core principles by clearly defining what belongs in SAP standard, in-app extensibility, and side-by-side extensions.
- Reviews and approves designs to reduce customization, technical debt, and long-term maintenance risk.
- Defines application-level standards for monitoring, logging, and observability to ensure reliable and supportable solutions.
- Evaluates and influences total cost of application ownership, including build, run, support, and upgrade costs.
Technical Proficiency
- Strong experience with SAP BTP + SAP S/4HANA application and functional architecture across core business domains.
- Deep understanding of SAP extensibility options and Clean Core–aligned design patterns.
- Familiarity with application monitoring, observability, and operational readiness in SAP landscapes.
- Experience assessing custom code, enhancements, and workflows for simplification or retirement.
- Ability to design applications with long-term maintainability, performance, and upgradeability in mind.
Soft Skills
- Strong decision-making skills with the ability to balance speed, quality, and long-term cost.
- Clear communicator who can explain architecture choices, trade-offs, and cost impacts to stakeholders.
- Collaborative individual who brings together multiple engineering teams to shape shared solutions.
- Comfortable challenging designs constructively in ARB reviews
- Acts as a trusted advisor / partner to other IS&T Teams
Desired Skills And Experience
- SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP
- SAP Clean Core principles
- Architecture Review Boards (ARB)
- SAP Activate methodology
- Security and compliance frameworks
- SAP extensibility frameworks such as RAP, CAP, BTP services, Fiori/UI5
