SAP Technical Architect

# SAP Technical Architect Next Era Saudi  Arabia
- Riyadh Posted 20 October 2026

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Saudi Arabia
- Riyadh Job type

On-site Experience
15+ years

SalaryUSD 16k–24k/mo (est.)Apply on Linked In## Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced SAP Technical Architect with 15+ years of experience in architecting, implementing, and managing enterprise-scale SAP landscapes.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SAP Technical Architecture, SAP Basis, SAP S/4

HANA, SAP HANA, SAP BTP, cloud platforms, enterprise integrations, security, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.

The SAP Technical Architect will define and drive the overall SAP technical strategy, ensuring that SAP environments are scalable, secure, highly available, resilient, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards and business requirements.

Key Responsibilities Technical Architecture & Strategy:

- Define and maintain the SAP technical architecture roadmap aligned with business and IT strategies.

- Design scalable, secure, resilient, and highly available SAP landscapes across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

- Lead architecture reviews and establish SAP technical standards, principles, and best practices.

- Define target-state architecture for SAP transformation and modernization programs.

- Provide architectural guidance throughout the SAP solution lifecycle.

SAP Platform Architecture:

- Architect solutions across SAP S/4

HANA, SAP ECC, SAP HANA, SAP BTP, and related SAP technology platforms.

- Design SAP landscapes covering Development, QA, Pre-Production, Production, DR, and Sandbox environments.

- Define system sizing, capacity planning, performance tuning, scalability, and high-availability architecture.

- Lead SAP cloud adoption and migration strategies across Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, OCI, and SAP RISE environments.

- Support SAP S/4

HANA migration, transformation, and modernization programs.

Integration Architecture:

- Design enterprise integration architecture using SAP Integration Suite, SAP PI/PO, SAP CPI, REST APIs, SOAP services, and middleware platforms.

- Define integration patterns between SAP and third-party enterprise applications.

- Establish API management, interface standards, monitoring, and integration governance.

- Ensure reliable and secure data exchange across SAP and non-SAP platforms.

SAP Basis &

Infrastructure:

- Provide architecture-level leadership for SAP Basis administration and landscape management.

- Define strategies for system refreshes, transport management, patching, upgrades, migrations, and maintenance.

- Lead SAP kernel upgrades, database migrations, platform modernization, and infrastructure transformation initiatives.

- Define backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery architectures.

Security & Compliance:

- Design SAP security architecture aligned with enterprise security policies and standards.

- Define authentication, authorization, SSO, MFA, and identity integration frameworks.

- Ensure SAP technical environments meet applicable security, regulatory, compliance, and audit requirements.

- Support vulnerability assessments, security reviews, remediation, and risk mitigation activities.

Performance, Availability & Resilience:

- Establish monitoring, observability, and operational performance strategies for SAP environments.

- Lead performance optimization initiatives across SAP applications, HANA databases, and supporting infrastructure.

- Define and maintain appropriate SLA, RTO, and RPO requirements.

- Architect high-availability and disaster recovery solutions for business-critical SAP systems.

Technical Leadership & Governance:

- Provide technical architecture…