SAP Retail Solutions Architect

Swan iT is searching for a SAP Retail Solutions Architect to join a leader in the retail industry. This permanent position will be based fulltime onsite in the Northern Suburbs.

The purpose of the role is to create high quality data, application and technology architectures that meets business needs and requirements, and to lead the realisation of the design into the final solution implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Create architectures and designs for solutions that are aligned with business blueprints, nonfunctional requirements, delivery constraints, data, application and technology standards, and architecture standards.


• Lead, analyse and understand highly complex large scale business requirements across the enterprise in the context of the current business environment and document the current technology landscape using easily understandable language and visualisation techniques.


• Develop and maintain expertise in current and future trends in Information Technology in the retail industry and provide innovative and actionable insights and recommendations into how new developments in IT solutions can be leveraged


• Lead, support and guide the creation of highly complex, large scale and comprehensive conceptual, logical, and physical solution designs solutions across the enterprise, using appropriate modelling techniques and methodologies. Guide the solutions architecture team on more complex solutions and designs where expertise is required.


• Research, identify and co-create suitable solution(s) and alternatives that address large scale complex project/ business needs or requirements, solution delivery and operations areas and engage stakeholders across business and functions to obtain agreement on solutions identified.


• Lead and ensure the provision of large scale highly complex enterprise-wide solution architectures aligned to the strategic direction of business, data, application, and technology architectures and develop and maintain enterprise architecture repository.


• Identify and analyse solution architecture best practice trends and emerging technologies, determine their potential impact on the enterprise, and lead/drive/guide the implementation and adoption of recommended solutions Ensure solution architecture quality across large, multiple and complex projects and serve as the primary point of contact for solution design between the project team and the SDLC process


• Lead, guide and execute the design, implementation and functioning of solutions across multiple areas, and partner with the Enterprise Architect to define and develop solutions


• Serve as the technical lead on across projects and provide technical direction and mentoring on all project resources.


• Work closely with Business Analysts, System Analysts and Project Managers as technical lead to design and implement highly complex solutions.


• Provide architectural oversight and guidance to development teams to design high-quality technical solutions that fit the solution architecture principles & standards during the detailed design, build, test and deploy phases.


• Review solution architecture deliverables throughout the system lifecycle of multiple and complex projects for compliance to architecture principles and standards.


• Detect critical deficiencies in the current solution architecture across the organisation and proactively recommend improvements. Define solution design standards and SDLC governance requirements


• Lead and provide oversight during the definition, development of frameworks, processes, policies, procedures, and templates to guide and govern the Solution Architecture across multiple areas.


• Lead all solution design and contribute to the development and maintenance of solution architecture principles and quality compliance criteria to guide technology decisions on multiple projects.


• Lead, develop and guide the development and the setting of solution modelling standards and guidelines.


• Perform, deliver, and report on highly complex solutions architecture projects and define a set of metrics to measure and report on the performance of the various solution architecture processes.


• Serve as coach and mentor to solutions architecture team and contribute toward building the architecture capability within the Group

Requirements:

• 3+ Diploma /Degree in Information Systems / B.Sc. Computer Science (or similar)


• Expert Certification in cloud technologies


• At least 6 years’ experience in a Senior Solutions Architect within SAP Retail

Apply today!