SAP Architect

Job Title: SAP Architect

Location: Columbia SC (2 days onsite Tuesday- Thursday every other week)

Duration: 12 months

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 RISE.
• Experience with SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform).
• 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 Client Government).
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• Experience with SAP bolt-on or third party tools (e.g. BSI, Vertex, Adobe Document Services, Highland OnBase Document Classification).
• Tricentis Test Automation.
• SAP S/4HANA Technical Architecture certification.

Required Education/Certifications:

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