SAP Technical Architect

SAP Technical Architect

Job Reference Number: PG1

Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires Sap Technical Architect to be based at their client's office in London/Manchester, UK.

This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the London/Manchester office 3-4 days per week .

This is a 12-month temporary contract to start ASAP

Day rate: Competitive Market rate

Key Responsibilities

• The SAP Technical Architect is responsible for defining, designing, and governing the overall technical architecture of SAP landscapes across SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP, SAP PI/PO, SAP Fiori/UI5, and integrated enterprise systems.
• This role ensures high performance, scalable, secure, and future ready SAP solutions that align with business strategy and IT roadmaps.
• The architect collaborates closely with business leaders, solution architects, Basis, development teams, and integration teams to deliver robust and compliant SAP technical platforms

Key Requirements

Essential Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience designing and governing SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC technical architectures.
• Provide technical leadership for ABAP, Fiori/UI5, OData, CDS Views, and SAP Basis teams.
• Deep understanding of SAP system landscape design, including DEV/QAS/PRD/DR environments.
• In-depth knowledge of SAP Basis, system sizing, performance tuning, high-availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) configurations.
• Strong experience with SAP HANA database architecture, optimization, backup/restore strategies, and security.
• Expertise in SAP integration technologies:
• SAP BTP Integration Suite (CPI)
• SAP PI/PO
• APIs (REST, SOAP, OData)
• IDocs, RFCs, Event-driven architectures
• Ability to design end-to-end integration patterns across SAP and non-SAP systems (CRM, eCommerce, SCM, WMS, POS, Finance apps).
• Ability to enforce coding standards, reusable component frameworks, and conduct technical reviews.
• Working knowledge of SAP on Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Strong understanding of SAP security architecture, roles/authorization, SSO, encryption, and compliance requirements.
• Proven experience leading SAP technical tracks in large implementations, migrations, or S/4HANA transformations.
• Experience conducting technical impact assessments, solution reviews, and performance troubleshooting.

Desirable Skills:

• Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman, or SAP's Enterprise Architecture Framework.
• Exposure to microservices-based architectures and event-driven systems (eg, 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 solutions.
• Experience with API-led integration, micro-APIs, and API governance.
• Experience in complex enterprise environments such as retail, manufacturing, FMCG, pharma, or supply chain-heavy industries.
• Hands-on exposure to Fiori Elements & custom UI5 apps and Side-by-side extensions on SAP BTP
• Experience leading architecture review boards (ARB) or governance forums.
• Capability to mentor technical teams and guide large multi-vendor delivery environments.
• Ability to influence C-level stakeholders with well-structured architecture recommendations

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