SAP Technical Architecture Expert

About the role

OQ is looking for an SAP Technical Architecture Expert to ensure its SAP backbone remains secure, scalable, and aligned with clean‑core principles. Reporting to the Manager SAP Technical, you will act as the authority on SAP design assurance, reviewing solutions before they go live.

Key responsibilities

• Provide design assurance across SAP S/4HANA landscapes, focusing on scalability, resilience, performance, and clean‑core alignment.
• Collaborate with SAP Basis, Integration, Security/GRC, ABAP, infrastructure and managed‑service teams to keep architecture decisions consistent with OQ’s operating model.
• Review technical designs, flag risks early, and route recommendations through the Manager SAP Technical for formal approval.
• Assess SAP solution designs against standards, extensibility patterns, interface requirements and security‑by‑design principles.
• Offer governance input during SAP upgrades, migrations and platform transitions, tracking technical risk with relevant stakeholders.
• Identify performance bottlenecks by analysing system metrics, workload trends and interface behavior.

Required profile

• Extensive experience with SAP architecture, design assurance and SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Proven ability to work across SAP Basis, Integration, Security/GRC, ABAP and delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of clean‑core principles, upgrade impact analysis and long‑term supportability.

Required skills

• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Basis
• SAP Integration
• SAP Security / GRC
• ABAP
• Fiori / UI5
• Performance monitoring and tuning
• Upgrade and migration governance