SAP Solution Architect Job Johannesburg area,South Africa,IT/Tech

EY Technology Consulting South Africa is strengthening its SAP capability to support large transformation programmes across Financial Services and asset-heavy industries. Clients are modernising core platforms, moving to S/4

HANA, adopting SAP BTP and reassessing cloud-based SAP operating models.

Key Responsibilities:

Own the overall SAP solution architecture across large, complex SAP transformation programmes.
Lead target-state architecture design covering S/4

HANA, SAP BTP, analytics, integrations, data and cloud deployment considerations.
Advise senior client stakeholders on deployment models, transformation roadmaps, architectural trade-offs and SAP-enabled operating models.
Govern design decisions across functional and technical SAP work streams, ensuring integration across process, data, security and technology domains.
Support RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP programmes and cloud-based SAP operating model discussions.
Lead SAP architecture input into major pursuits, proposals, estimates, assumptions and delivery approaches.
Mentor SAP architects and senior consultants while contributing to SAP practice capability and EY alliance value.

Key Deliverables (6-12 months):

SAP target-state architecture and transformation roadmap for priority client engagements or pursuits.
Architecture blueprints covering S/4

HANA, SAP BTP, integration, analytics, data migration, security and cloud operating model implications.
Design authority cadence, architecture decision framework and governance across SAP functional and technical work streams.
Architecture input into SAP pursuits, including estimates, solution scope, delivery assumptions and risk profile.
Improved SAP architectural integrity and delivery success across active transformation programmes.
Reusable SAP architecture assets, methods and mentoring interventions to build local practice capability.

Technical

Skills:

SAP solution and enterprise architecture across large SAP transformation programmes.
Strong understanding of SAP S/4

HANA, SAP BTP, SAP analytics, integration patterns and SAP ecosystem architecture.
Experience with greenfield, brownfield and hybrid SAP S/4

HANA transformation approaches.
Knowledge of SAP cloud deployment models, RISE with SAP, GROW with SAP and cloud-based SAP operating models.
SAP integration experience across API, event, middleware, SAP Integration Suite / CPI, PI / PO or equivalent integration landscapes.
Understanding of data migration, master data, analytics, security, controls and regulated-industry architecture requirements.

Leadership

Skills:

Trusted-advisor credibility with CIO, CFO, COO, programme sponsors and senior technology stakeholders.
Ability to govern SAP design decisions across process, functional, technical, data, security and integration work streams.
Strong commercial contribution across pursuits, proposal development, estimation and delivery model design.
Ability to explain SAP architecture trade-offs, cost, risk and transformation implications to executive audiences.
Leadership of multidisciplinary SAP teams across client, EY, SAP vendor and global delivery environments.
Coaching and mentoring capability for SAP architects, senior consultants and practice teams.

Minimum Requirements:

12+ years of SAP delivery and architecture experience.
Proven experience as an SAP Solution Architect or SAP Enterprise Architect on large transformation programmes.
Strong understanding of S/4

HANA, SAP BTP and integration patterns.
Senior client-facing advisory capability with experience engaging executive stakeholders.
Financial Services, asset-heavy or regulated-industry experience preferred for complex enterprise landscapes.
Demonstrated accountability for SAP architectural integrity and delivery success.

Preferred Requirements:

SAP certifications or equivalent experience across S/4

HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Integration Suite or related SAP domains.
Experience with RISE with SAP, GROW with SAP, SAP cloud migration or SAP platform consolidation programmes.
Experience in SAP-enabled core finance, operating model transformation, platform consolidation or integration-heavy SAP landscapes.
Prior consulting experience in a Big Four, systems integrator or major SAP advisory environment.
Knowledge of the South African SAP market and regulated-industry transformation context.

Stakeholders (Internal/External):

External: CIO, CFO, COO, programme sponsors, process owners, enterprise architecture, SAP CoE, information security, risk and compliance, SAP and ecosystem vendors, implementation partners and…