SAP Enterprise Architect

at Infinity Consulting Solutions
Published January 4, 2019
Location Dallas, TX
Category Default  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

SAP ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

Downtown Dallas, TX

Direct Hire: Base + Bonus

Our client in Downtown Dallas is hiring for an Enterprise Architect with strong SAP experience. The Enterprise Architect will lead enterprise strategies and innovation for a growing SAP division.

This is a highly visible and strategic role responsible for the vision of the SAP organization, including building roadmaps.

What You’ll Do:

  • Apply a customer experience lens to Enterprise Architect (EA) activities.
  • Build the long-term strategic roadmap for all IT systems architecture.
  • Circulate technical roadmaps to align IT priorities with business partner needs.
  • Demonstrate digital opportunities and partner with internal innovation teams.
  • Build strategies around SAP eco system.
  • Develop and maintain policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the company.
  • Develop application and infrastructure rationalization framework to reduce technical debt.
  • Remain intimate and knowledgeable on cloud technologies and cloud and hybrid cloud frameworks.
  • Lead the design and modeling of tactical architectures for the delivery, development, and support of projects.
  • Manage and facilitate an Enterprise Architecture review board/council to evaluate project proposals for architectural fit.
  • Monitor new technological advances in application development and information technologies.
  • Participate in digital strategy decisions and provide digital business model consulting within IT Teams.
  • Partner with business and technology subject matter experts to elicit and translate business requirements into technological solutions.
  • Partner with Information Security to ensure architecture aligns with security strategy and policies.
  • Partner with other Solution Architects to provide a consensus-based scalable and adaptable architectural solution.
  • Remain active in external networks to proactively integrate new technologies as business needs change.
  • Actively participate in the development of the functional area/digital global strategy.
  • Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Skills/Experience You’ll Need:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems (IS), or another relevant academic discipline.  A Master’s degree is preferred.
  • 12 or more years of professional IT or IS experience in managing complex system landscape.
  • 5 years of SAP architecture experience.
  • 8 years of architecture and technology leadership experience.
  • 5 years’ experience building enterprise architecture roadmaps.
  • Experience designing, integrating, and managing complex infrastructure solutions.
  • SAP eco system experience including SCP.
  • A comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering.
  • Demonstrated experience with business process and performance modeling, benchmarking, and financial analysis.
  • The ability to 'think big and challenge conventional wisdom regarding technology refresh and hype.
  • Strong leadership and negotiation skills with business and technical groups.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong project management and organization skills.
  • A demonstrated ability to build consensus among many stakeholders.
  • The ability to be comfortable with ambiguity and a willingness to take principled bets on new technology.
  • The ability to establish, implement, and enforce appropriate IT standards to meet business requirements.
  • The ability to build a comprehensive understanding of and strategically connect the needs of multiple business/functional areas.
  • The ability to perform all essential job functions of the position with or without accommodations.