Principal SAP Solution Architect

Job Overview

Location:

Hybrid

About Cooper Machinery Services & ALtronic:
Cooper Machinery Services provides natural gas compression equipment and services to customers globally in the Oil & Gas, Power, Transportation, and Marine sectors. With a proud heritage dating back to 1833, Cooper Machinery Services is the OEM for legendary product lines including Cooper-Bessemer™, Ajax™, Superior™, Gemini, TSI, CSI, Enterprise, and Joy. Headquartered in Houston, TX, with commercial and services hubs around the world, Cooper Machinery Services provides world-class services to more than 22,000 units on its installed base.

Our strength is our people. Each employee plays an integral role in our success and growth. With a commitment to our vision that strong relationships drive strong results and better business, our people make Cooper Machinery Services legendary.

Altronic is a global leader in advanced ignition, control and instrumentation systems for natural gas fueled industrial engines and compressors, widely used in critical, continuous operation applications. Based out of Girard, Ohio, its portfolio includes state-of-the-art digital ignition systems, engine and compressor control solutions and monitoring/instrumentation products engineered for natural gas applications.

SAP S/4 Solution Architect

• Own the enterprise application architecture for S/4 HANA carve out and transformation, defining target state architectures, roadmaps and standards across SAP SD, SM, MM, WM, PP & FICO modules.
• Lead end to end solution design for S/4 HANA implementations including carve outs from existing SAP landscapes in the manufacturing and services space.
• Act as the principal SAP SME and trusted advisor for senior leaders across IT, manufacturing operations, Supply chain, Sales and finance regarding S/4 HANA capabilities, roadmap and risks.
• Lead design authority for all S/4 HANA enabled processes, ensuring solution follow best practice clean-core architecture principles, enable performance stability and scalability from manufacturing context.
• Perform Fit gap analysis and oversee solution quality for non-functional requirements (performance, reliability, security, usability) across S/4 HANA and integrated applications.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops, steering committee discussions and design sessions translating complex architectural concepts into clear options and recommendations.
• Provide expert-level functional knowledge of SAP modules (e.g., MM, SD, PP, QM, WM, FI/CO) and cross-functional integration points.
• Develop and maintain an integrated blueprint spanning SAP core, surrounding SaaS/On-Prem solutions (UKG, PLM/Team Center, IFM/GIB, Vertex, Medius, One Stream and integration across edge/boundary systems ensuring consistent data and process flows.
• Chair ARB (Architecture review board) meetings and design standards, including integration patterns, data patterns, master data governance approaches and GRC security compliance considerations across the SAP landscape.
• Partner with PMO to build and execute multi release roadmaps, aligning program milestones with business readiness, change impacts and value realization.
• Guide the design of end-to-end testing strategies (unit, integration testing, regression and UAT) ensuring coverage of critical cross system processes and integrations.
• Provide expert level support during cutovers Go-Lives and hyper care ensuring stable transition from project to operations.
• Define and promote robust integration patterns (API, IDoc, SFTP, iPaaS/middleware) and data governance practices to ensure stable, secure and high-quality data flows across systems.
• Collaborate with project managers, business owners, AMS/Support teams to ensure repeatable implementation patterns, quality gates and documentation standards.
• Contribute to release and change management frameworks, ensuring impacts on architecture and integrations are systematically assessed and managed.
• Advocate continuous improvement and standardization principles across plants, business units, leveraging Lean/Six Sigma and data driven insights where appropriate.

• Bachelor's degree in…