SAP Solutions Architect

Job Title: SAP Solutions Architect

Location: Oakland, CA (Occasional Visit)

Duration: Long Term Contract

TOP THINGS:

o Utility exp Asset Management and Work Management

o SAP EAM

o GIS experience, especially with ESRI products

o Cloud computing experience (AWS, AZURE, etc)

o experience with Electric engineering tools & technology (CAD and Design tool)

o experience with Viso, Lucid Cart or similar

o working knowledge of estimating

o working knowledge of estimating tools (i.e. EES)

o working knowledge of joint pole assets, activities & technology

o works to resolve technical issues with Cybersecurity, middleware, DBA, and other support organizations as needed by projects.

Looking for specific experience in the following:

1. Electric Operations in a Utility

2. Asset Work Management (Distribution Pole, Transmission Tower, Substation)

3. SAP PM, SAP EAM, GIS

4. Bonus: PLS-CADD/AutoCAD/AUD/Estimating Tool/Substation Design Suite

Roles and responsibilities:

Solution Design and Road mapping: Works in partnership with a project manager to orchestrate the architecture design and is accountable for the overall technical quality of solutions. Follows the IT Methodology, producing, contributing to, and providing signoffs on deliverables as defined.

Future State Planning and Road mapping: Works with Business Architects and Technology Architects to contribute to planning and road mapping activities.

Standards and Governance: Participates in the governance processes as defined by the architecture practice.

Capabilities Assessment and Technology Oversight: Partners with the Technical Architects in the health evaluation of the technology within the architect s focus area and assists in the development of improvement plans for their area of focus

Architecture Practice: Follows the Architecture Practice. Leads communities within the practice. Mentors other architects.

Required industry experience:

10 years in IT

7 years of solution architecture and project implementation experience, including heavy use of SAP WM, EAM, PM, MM and/or PP modules.

Expert in the solution architecture discipline, processes, concepts and best practices

Required technical experience:

Process design, information modeling and / or system solution architecture development with project or portfolio focus in at least one of the following: SAP WM/EAM Application Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Information Architecture, Data Management, Security, or Infrastructure

Extensive experience designing and architecting complex SAP solutions with one or more of the following SAP modules: Supply Chain Management (SCM), Project Systems (PS), Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Environmental Health and Safety(EH&S), Work Management(WM),Material Management(MM), Asset Management (EAM), or Plant Maintenance (PM). Experience with Production Planning (PP) and Sales and Distribution (SD) would also be helpful.

Supply Chain Management (SCM), Project Systems (PS), Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Environmental Health and Safety(EH&S), Management(MM

Operational support for applications, systems, or infrastructure

Experience with enterprise architecture tools

Experience providing direction to design and engineering staff

Experience providing direction to one or more architects

Required functional experience:

Ability to engage and collaborate with IT and business leadership. Demonstrates thought leadership in area of expertise

Clear and concise communications skills

Influence outcomes through expertise and analysis

Excellent stakeholder interaction; collaborative, able to work cross-functionally; possessing the ability to forge relationships and partner effectively

Customer focus; Able to engage and influence partners to develop the best solutions

Own the outcome; Able to manage expectations; strive for overall IT success; take the initiative; administrative excellence;

Great insights and judgment skills; courage to share unpopular viewpoints; comfort with ambiguity Ability to apply multi-disciplinary approach to develop best-of-breed portfolio solutions

Desired education and certifications

BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field

Architecture Certification (TOGAF, Zachman, DODAF, etc)

Security Certification (CISSP, etc) (depending upon specific role)

IT Delivery Certification (ITILv3, etc) (depending upon specific role)

Additional desired experience:

Experience with SAP SaaS applications, e.g. Ariba, HANA, SuccessFactors, Material Management, Supply Chain