SAP Platform Architect

Ford is transforming its Enterprise Technology landscape through the implementation of SAP S/4

HANA on SAP RISE. This transformation will reduce technical footprint complexity, standardize global business processes, and enable differentiated capabilities across the enterprise.

The SAP Platform Architect, Tooling will play a key role in designing, engineering, and governing the SAP platform ecosystem that supports this transformation.

• Platform Architecture & Ecosystem Design:
  Define, design, and maintain high-availability, global reference architectures for the SAP ecosystem, spanning SAP S/4
  
  HANA, Business Technology Platform (BTP), and other data products.
• Platform Engineering & Developer Enablement:
  Engineer core platform tools, reusable templates, and enablers to accelerate delivery. Establish best practices and modernization patterns to guide application teams transitioning legacy technologies to S/4
  
  HANA and BTP.
• Hybrid Cloud Integration & Security:
  Design and implement secure, robust connectivity and API patterns bridging on-premises SAP environments, SAP cloud services, and GCP-based containerized applications (such as Cloud Run) using modern identity federation and security standards.
• Observability & Performance Engineering:
  Establish patterns and reference implementations for enterprise-grade observability, telemetry, and monitoring frameworks for BTP and GCP-hosted applications. Partner with application teams and SAP to proactively diagnose and resolve complex platform performance issues.
• AI Integration & Emerging Tech Evaluation:
  Lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) and establish architectural standards for AI-driven capabilities, including SAP Joule, SAP Business AI, and third‑party AI models hosted on GCP.
• Lifecycle Management & Technology Renewal:
  Plan, govern, and execute regular technology renewal and upgrade cycles across SAP platform components to ensure alignment with vendor life cycles and modern security standards.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Partner closely with SAP Basis, Security, Data Management, System Integrators, product and business teams to translate complex enterprise requirements into platform‑level engineering solutions in a fast‑paced environment.

• Bachelor's in computer science or engineering or related fields or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of relevant industry experience implementing SAP and other software.
• In depth technical knowledge of the S/4
  
  HANA eco‑system, including RISE cloud, BTP cloud, and GRC.
• Hands on experience in SAP Basis and SAP BTP Administration.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Experience with hyperscalers, with Google Cloud Platform being the most desired.

• Technical knowledge and experience one or more of these technologies:
  Informatica MDM, HANA Database, Big Query, Linux operating systems, and SAP Joule/AI.
• Project Management experience.

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp‑up programs, subsidized back‑up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 7‑8 and ranges from $86,600-$166,200. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate’s skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.