IT - ADMIN - SAP Senior Developer/Consulting Director

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Key duties and Responsibilities

Lead the technical design and architecture of SAP S/4HANA solutions for brownfield migration.

Oversee the migration of SAP ECC and associated components to S/4HANA with RISE using tools such as SUM DMO and Conversion Cockpit.

Collaborate with functional teams, BW/Reporting, BASIS, infrastructure, security and development teams to define scalable, secure, and high-performance system architectures.

Oversee remediation of custom enhancements, Fiori apps, APIs, and interfaces (including PI/PO, CPI, and IDocs) for migration from ECC to S/4HANA.

Guide migration strategy, system sizing, and performance optimization activities.

Ensure compliance with SAP best practices, security standards, and regulatory requirements.

Participate in project planning, timeline estimation, and risk identification.

Review and approve implementation partner work products and deliverables.

Participate in planning and reviews with the implementation partner.

Participate in planning and reviews with SAP related to the design and implementation of RISE with SAP.

Participate in Architecture Review Board governance activities including production and evaluation of Architecture Decision Records

Required Skills

10+ years of experience with SAP technologies;

4+ years in S/4HANA projects

5+ years Deep understanding of SAP NetWeaver,

2-3 years ABAP programming,

2-3 years SAP HANA DB architecture, or SAP Fiori/UI.

Preferred Skills

1 year of Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies

1 year of Experience with SAP RISE

Education Requirement

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Company / Department culture (why do you enjoy working for the company selling points for potential candidates): The organization's culture is in the process of transformation with a large Modernization Program and significant internal process improvement underway to enhance systems and services for the State of South Carolina ERP

Company / Department culture (why do you enjoy working for the company selling points for potential candidates): The organization's culture is in the process of transformation with a large Modernization Program and significant internal process improvement underway to enhance systems and services for the State of South Carolina ERP

Why is this position open (new role, increased work load, new dept, resignation, promotion)?

If backfill Position What separated the candidate you initially selected from all the other resumes presented?

New role in recognition of needing a full-time expert in SAP Architecture and its evolution as we proceed through a Brownfield upgrade from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA on RISE and set up our people, processes, and system for future modernization efforts once we are in SAP S/4HANA with RISE

What types of staffing challenges or headaches have you experienced in the past?

• Candidates that have the required skillset but cannot work in state government environment where flexibility and creativity are required to adapt to changing dynamics.
• Candidates that overstate their skill level.

Candidates not understanding onsite requirement. Candidate will need to be onsite in Columbia, SC Tuesday Thursday every other week

Scope of the project:

The South Carolina Department of Administration Division of Enterprise Applications is seeking a highly skilled contractor to serve as an SAP Architect for an SAP Brownfield Migration from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA with RISE.

This role requires a seasoned architect with deep experience in SAP ECC, experience with SAP S/4Hana and SAP RISE.

We are seeking a highly skilled SAP S/4HANA Technical Architect to participate in the design, implementation, and optimization of end-to-end SAP technical solutions and landscapes. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA with RISE architecture, migrations (including ECC to S/4HANA), environment management, custom code remediation, data archiving, security, system integrations, and emerging cloud technologies.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical design and architecture of SAP S/4HANA solutions for brownfield migration.
• Oversee the migration of SAP ECC and associated components to S/4HANA with RISE using tools such as SUM DMO and Conversion Cockpit.
• Collaborate with functional teams, BW/Reporting, BASIS, infrastructure, security and development teams to define scalable, secure, and high-performance system architectures.
• Oversee remediation of custom enhancements, Fiori apps, APIs, and interfaces (including PI/PO, CPI, and IDocs) for migration from ECC to S/4HANA.
• Guide migration strategy, system sizing, and performance optimization activities.
• Ensure compliance with SAP best practices, security standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in project planning, timeline estimation, and risk identification.
• Review and approve implementation partner work products and deliverables.
• Participate in planning and reviews with the implementation partner.
• Participate in planning and reviews with SAP related to the design and implementation of RISE with SAP.
• Participate in Architecture Review Board governance activities including production and evaluation of Architecture Decision Records

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• 10+ years of experience with SAP technologies; 4+ years in S/4HANA projects.
• Proven experience as SAP Technical Architect on at least one full-cycle S/4HANA implementation.
• Deep understanding of SAP NetWeaver, ABAP programming, SAP HANA DB architecture, and SAP Fiori/UI.
• Hands-on experience with S/4HANA migration methodologies and tools.
• Proficient in SAP integration technologies (e.g., PI/PO, CPI, RFC, BAPIs, REST, SOAP).
• Strong knowledge of SAP landscape architecture, sizing, high availability, and disaster recovery.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience with SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform)
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Experience with SAP RISE.
• Experience with smartShift for SAP code remediation for S/4HANA
• SAP BW and other data warehouse, analytics and reporting tools
• Archiving with SAP ILM
• Experience in regulated environments (Federal or State Government)
• SAP S/4HANA Technical Architecture certification
• Experience with SAP bolt-on or third party tools (e.g. BSI, Vertex, Adobe Document Services, Highland OnBase Document Classification).
• Tricentis Test Automation

Required Education/Certifications:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.