SAP Development Solution Architect

We are looking for a SAP Development Solution Architect to become a part of our tight-knit EPAM team and engage in technology-driven activities. As a SAP Development Solution Architect, you will be granted a fascinating opportunity to work in a leading software engineering and IT consulting company. If you want to gain vast professional experience and enrich your knowledge – welcome on board. See yourself in this roleWe're looking for a professional with exceptional communication skills who brings a high-level understanding of various SAP Portfolio Categories and Products (ERP and Finance, CRM and Customer Experience, Spend Management, Supply Chain Management, HR and People Engagement), along with a solid grasp of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) products, and experience in environments like Cloud Foundry, Kyma/Kubernetes, or ABAP PaaS. If you're also skilled in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines, capable of deployments in diverse settings, including Cloud and On-Premise, you're the professional we're seeking to shape the future of SAP development solutions.

The remote work option is available to candidates residing and working within Slovakia.

Responsibilities

• Understand stakeholder needs to help envision and create a solution to solve a problem
• Support cost/benefit analysis to align technology solutions to business strategy
• Gather and catalog functional, and non-functional (quality attributes and constraints) requirements for stakeholder requests
• Participate in pre-sales activities as a technical architect and be ready to advocate a solution proposal
• Lead the development of new capabilities or service offerings within SAP BTP, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP SaaS, including the design and deployment of integrated end-to-end solutions
• As part of the application development team, take the lead in solving technical challenges with industry best practices
• Be ready to engage with hands-on programming for front-end and/or back-end
• Determine the impact of modifications and enhancements to applications and assist with identifying integration points and the end-to-end solution design
• Advise on SAP CIO Guides (On-premises / Cloud / Hybrid), Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M), Application Extension Methodology, RISE/GROW with SAP, SAP Data and Analytics Advisory Methodology
• Estimate work efforts relating to SAP development, Basis, DevOps activities, and technical architecture components
• Create solution architecture documentation, work/feature-breakdown structure document, and other related artifacts with deep technical details
  
  
  

Requirements

• Understanding of IT architecture best practices and body of knowledge (BoK) such as TOGAF, ITABoK, BTABoK, DMBoK, and others
• Knowledge of SAP best practices and methodologies, including SAP Human-Centered Approach to Innovation, SAP Activate Methodology, RISE/GROW with SAP, SAP Golden Path for SAP BTP, SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology, SAP Enterprise Architecture Methodology, SAP Data and Analytics Advisory Methodology
• Proficiency in SAP S/4HANA and SaaS Extensibility (In-App, On-Stack, and Side-by-Side)
• Knowledge of end-to-end business processes such as Idea to Market, Source to Pay, Plan to Fulfill, Lead to Cash, Recruit to Retire, Governance, and Finance
• Familiarity with architectural styles and patterns, including Monolith, Layered Architecture, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, and Actor/Module-Based Architecture
• Experience in SAP Technical Architecture Modeling (TAM) and Architecture Concept Document, SAP BTP Architecture modeling
• Competency in programming languages such as ABAP, SQL, Java, JavaScript (Node.js, TypeScript), Groovy, XSLT
• Knowledge of programming models/frameworks like SAP Cloud Application Programming Model, ABAP RESTful Programming Model, SAP Fiori Elements, and SAP Business Object Programming Framework
• Understanding and experience with SAP BTP services/capabilities, including SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Build Process Automation, SAP Build Apps, SAP BTP Connectivity, SAP Cloud Identity Services, Integration Suite, SAP Build Work-Zone/Central Launchpad, and SAP (Advanced) Event Mesh
• Expertise in designing and developing Web-Services (REST, SOAP, WebAPI) and deploying them in various environments
• Proficiency in the core URI capabilities of OData, including designing, developing, and deploying OData services
  
  
  

Nice to have

• SAP certifications
• Experience with Agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban
  
  
  

We offer

• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, agile, software engineering culture
• Benefit program (5 weeks of vacation, 5 paid sick days, meal vouchers, cafeteria and recreation bonuses, reimbursement of glasses, contribution to pension fund)
• Referral bonuses for recommended candidates
• English language courses
• Great learning and development opportunities, including in-house professional training, career advisory and coaching, sponsored professional certifications, well-being programs, LinkedIn Learning Solutions and much more
  
  
  

Certain benefits and perks may be subject to eligibility requirements and may be available only after you have passed your probationary period.