Northern Virginia/Washington, DC

SAP Enterprise Architecture

Must be able to acquire “Secret” security clearance

Position Description:

You will be responsible for bringing deep expertise in the areas of:

  • SAP Landscape Architecture, SAP Sizing including SAP HANA
  • SAP Upgrades and Migrations
  • Technical Project Planning
  • SAP System Administration
  • Experience in architecting and planning SAP Upgrade and database migration projects
  • Excellent track record of delivering SAP upgrades, migrations and other technical related projects
  • Strong consulting background in providing both technical delivery and advisory services in a senior role
  • Deep SAP Product and architectural knowledge. Evidence of thought leadership in this domain is preferable
  • ‘Real world’ SAP HANA Experience (At least one HANA project which wasn’t a proof of concept)
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to build ‘Trusted Adviser’ relationships
  • Directs and participates in high-level SAP ERP enterprise architecture analysis, evaluation, design, integration, and solution development
  • Apply SAP ERP Architecture expertise to design, integrate, optimize and manage customer EPR implementation
  • Prepares and presents status briefings to the client’s senior executives on approach and courses of action
  • SAP BASIS/HANA administration and technical core competencies for tasks including installations and upgrades, problem determination and resolution, software patching, support package application, performance tuning, and project sizing
  • Participate in development of business process, strategic, systems and data models
  • Develops a deep understanding of business objectives and strategies and ensures architectural vision is fully aligned with those objectives and strategies
  • Applies analytical expertise to guide business leaders in optimizing their processes and streamlining their portfolio of information systems
  • Advises executives on enterprise strategy, governance, solution implementation and compliance
  • Facilitates work-group across stakeholder organizations to identify and define requirements, assess business processes and solution designs and evaluate technology solutions for customers

Basic Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business Administration, or other related scientific or technical discipline is prefered
  • Minimum of 10 years SAP Basis experience with SAP systems installation and administration with three or more of the following SAP applications: ECC, CRM, BI, BW, or GRC
  • Certified SAP Architect prefered
  • At least 10 years of experience in business process analysis/management, enterprise architecture development, systems portfolio management, enterprise solution implementations, operations analysis, enterprise governance and/or strategic planning and a background in management consulting
  • The ability to communicate politely, clearly and effectively and persuade and/or influence internal customers at a high level such as senior management on matters of a technical issues
  • Possess deep understanding  of IT Security principals, Networking and Infrastructure architecture principles to support clients in achieving clean cloud IT Operational Audits
  • Must possess excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team environment with minimal guidance
  • Ability to relate to people at all levels of an organization and possesses excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Proven track record using analytical skills to evaluate system performance, system health checks, and implementation of tuning improvements