SAP Architect

As an Enterprise Architect, you will define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap. This role leads the design and governance of the technology landscape, ensuring alignment between business objectives and IT capabilities across a complex multi-system environment. The Enterprise Architect serves as a bridge between business leadership and technology teams, translating strategic business goals into scalable, integrated technical solutions.

This role partners closely with Security Architecture and Security & Compliance teams to ensure security architecture principles are foundational to all enterprise architecture decisions. Responsibilities include evaluating emerging technologies, establishing architecture standards and principles, managing the application portfolio, driving systems integration strategy, and ensuring architectural consistency across enterprise transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Governance (50%)

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, and principles
• Develop and communicate the technology roadmap aligned with business strategy
• Lead architecture review boards and governance processes for major technology decisions
• Evaluate and recommend enterprise software solutions and integration patterns
• Manage application portfolio rationalization and system consolidation initiatives
• Embed security-by-design principles into enterprise architecture standards to ensure cybersecurity requirements are addressed proactively
• Incorporate Zero Trust architecture principles, data classification standards, and regulatory compliance requirements into enterprise architecture frameworks and technology selection criteria
• Collaborate with Security & Compliance leadership to integrate security architecture reviews into governance workflows for major technology decisions

Systems Integration & Technical Leadership (30%)

• Design integration architecture across the enterprise technology landscape
• Establish integration patterns, APIs, and data exchange standards
• Provide technical leadership for major transformation programs, including ERP, PLM, and field service initiatives
• Partner with systems integrators and vendors on architecture design and implementation
• Ensure architectural alignment across workstreams and projects
• Define secure integration patterns, API security standards, and data protection requirements across enterprise platforms
• Ensure identity and access management architecture, network segmentation, and encryption standards are embedded in integration designs
• Coordinate with Security & Compliance teams on vendor security assessments and architectural risk evaluations during solution design and implementation phases

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication (20%)

• Collaborate with business leaders to understand strategic objectives and translate them into architecture solutions
• Present architecture vision, strategies, and recommendations to executive leadership
• Mentor and guide development teams on architectural best practices
• Create and maintain architecture documentation including system diagrams, integration maps, and decision records
• Facilitate architecture discussions and workshops with cross-functional teams

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field required
• Master’s degree preferred

Experience

• 10 years of experience in IT, including at least 5 years in enterprise architecture roles
• Proven experience with large-scale ERP implementations, preferably SAP S/4HANA
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise integration architecture
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise transformation initiatives in complex environments

Interpersonal Skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex technical concepts to executive audiences
• Strategic thinker able to balance long-term vision with pragmatic execution
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills to drive architectural decisions across the organization
• Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders including business leaders, IT teams, and external partners
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to build consensus across functional boundaries
• Ability to partner effectively with cybersecurity leadership to balance security requirements with business agility and architectural simplicity

Technical Skills

• Deep expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies such as TOGAF and Zachman
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems architecture, particularly SAP S/4HANA
• Expertise in integration technologies including APIs, middleware, ESB, ETL, and data integration patterns
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS and modern cloud architecture patterns
• Knowledge of PLM systems and manufacturing system architectures
• Familiarity with data architecture, master data management, and data governance
• Understanding of modern application development practices including microservices, DevOps, and CI/CD
• Experience with architecture modeling tools such as Visio, Lucidchart, Sparx EA, or Erwin
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and enterprise security architecture
• Ability to create comprehensive technical documentation and architecture artifacts
• Experience collaborating with security architecture teams to integrate security controls into enterprise architecture deliverables
• Understanding of Zero Trust architecture, identity governance, and secure-by-design principles as they apply to enterprise systems and integration patterns

Preferred Qualifications

• TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture certification
• SAP S/4HANA architecture certification
• Experience in utilities, industrial manufacturing, or similar industries
• Background in business process optimization and organizational change management
• Experience with Agile or SAFe methodologies at enterprise scale