Clearance required: BPSS, must eligible for SC clearance (does not need to hold SC clearance currently)

Duration:6 months

Location: Worthing (Hybrid)

IR35 Status: Mandated PAYE only

We are heading up a recruitment drive for a global consultancy that require a SAP Technical Architect to join them on a major government project that's based in Worthing.

Job Description:

The SAP Technical Architect works within the SAP Architecture team and is responsible for understanding and elaborating client requirements and developing solutions that meet these requirements. You will oversee architectural solutions as developed in individual projects or as a large delivery project and take responsibility for ensuring that the technical solution is delivered as originally defined and fits with the overall architecture strategy.

You will work closely with the Functional Consultants and Project Managers early in the project to scope work for your own area, as well as understanding the overall business process and functional requirements, effectively cascading that onto any stream or joint team members. You will successfully manage to the agreed technical scope during the project, ensuring continued alignment with the functional scope/design, and take ownership of architectural solutions and non-functional requirements to ensure adherence to processes, policy, best practices and consistency with the client vision. You will be involved in the reviewing and scoping of technical/infrastructure projects for feasibility of delivery. You will ensure a consistent approach to technical and templated functional solutions and help refine the Enterprise Architecture. You will also manage the technical relationships with vendors and material sub-contractors.

Skills/Experience

Knowledge of high-volume SAP solutions and technical architecture (including ERP, Portal, and PI).

Understanding of business requirements, and be able to translate tech language to business language and vice versa Large scale Solution Architecture experience.

SAP system sizing and landscape design.

High-level (and Low-level) understanding of Non-Functional Requirements and clarity in the mitigation of their impact on solutions.

High-level understanding of Functional requirements and solutions, mapping their effect on the technical solution.

Ability to govern and assure the technical delivery of high complexity SAP Implementations.

Excellent communication, influencing and facilitation skills.

Clear thinking and innovation; able to think strategically at an Enterprise level.

Assertiveness in dealing with people at all organisational levels, including 3rd parties, while building and sustaining collaborative working relationships.

Proactive with a positive attitude.

Ability to deliver under pressure.

Self-motivated with determination to succeed.

Strong presentation, leadership and customer-facing skills to executive level.

Technologies

SAP CRM

SAP UI5, Fiori and Gateway

SAP NetWeaver ABAP and Java

SAP Industry Solution - Contract Accounting (or Utilities)

SAP Enterprise Portal

SAP Enterprise Core Component

SAP Mass Processing

SAP Process Integration

SAP Success Factors and Ariba