Principal Solutions Architect

About the Role

The Enterprise SAP Integration Architect is responsible for defining and executing the enterprise integration strategy across SAP and non-SAP platforms, including SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, payroll systems, customer experience applications, and third-party vendor ecosystems. This role provides architectural leadership for enterprise-wide integration, establishes integration standards and governance, drives modernization through API-led and event-driven architectures, and ensures secure, scalable, and reliable integration solutions that support business objectives and operational excellence.

Strategic Leadership & Architecture

• Define and drive the enterprise integration strategy for SAP, SuccessFactors, Payroll, Customer platforms, and external vendor ecosystems, ensuring alignment with business and technology roadmaps
• Serve as the enterprise authority for SAP integrations, APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture, and cloud connectivity
• Partner with business and technology leaders to align integration capabilities with enterprise goals
• Establish integration standards, governance frameworks, and reference architectures
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy integrations, reduce technical debt, and improve scalability and operational efficiency
• Research and evaluate emerging AI capabilities, integration technologies, and industry best practices to accelerate delivery and improve operational readiness

SAP Transformation & Integration Architecture

• Design and govern integrations supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Payroll systems, Customer Experience applications, and external vendors requiring secure data exchange and business process integration
• Define integration patterns and migration strategies for APIs, interfaces, EDI, middleware, and external system connectivity
• Design and govern end-to-end integration solutions across SAP, cloud, SaaS, data platforms, and third-party applications
• Establish API-first, event-driven, and service-oriented integration patterns supporting real-time, batch, and hybrid scenarios
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and application teams to ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards

Technical Governance & Delivery

• Establish development standards, design principles, operational procedures, and quality practices for integration solutions
• Provide expertise in SAP Integration Suite, CPI, API Management, Event Mesh, SAP BTP, OData, REST, SOAP, EDI, IDocs, RFC/BAPI, and related middleware technologies
• Conduct architecture reviews and oversee technical deliverables from internal teams, implementation partners, and vendors
• Ensure integration solutions comply with security, privacy, regulatory, and operational requirements

Leadership & Operational Excellence

• Mentor integration architects, developers, and technical teams while promoting best practices and continuous improvement
• Lead technical reviews, architecture forums, and integration governance activities
• Ensure reliability, performance, monitoring, supportability, and operational readiness of enterprise integration platforms
• Act as the primary technical liaison for business stakeholders, SAP implementation partners, and strategic vendors
• Communicate integration strategies, risks, and recommendations to leadership and project teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree relevant to the assignment from an accredited institution preferred
• 12+ years of enterprise integration architecture, design, and implementation experience
• 7+ years of SAP integration experience across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and related technologies
• 5+ years in an Integration Architect, Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, or technical leadership role
• Experience leading SAP S/4HANA migration, implementation, or modernization programs
• Strong experience with API-led, event-driven, and hybrid integration architectures
• Expertise with SAP Integration Suite, CPI, API Management, Event Mesh, and SAP BTP services
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, OData, SOAP, EDI, IDocs, RFCs/BAPIs, and middleware technologies
• Experience establishing integration governance frameworks and architectural standards
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and mentoring skills

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP S/4HANA implementation or migration experience
• SAP Integration Suite and/or SAP BTP certifications
• Experience with Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft, Boomi, Informatica, or similar integration platforms
• Knowledge of SAP Clean Core and extensibility strategies
• Experience integrating SAP with Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics, and other SaaS platforms
• TOGAF, SAP, or Enterprise Architecture certifications

Core Competencies

• Enterprise Integration Architecture
• SAP Integration Strategy & S/4HANA Modernization
• SuccessFactors and HR Integrations
• Payroll & Vendor Ecosystem Integration
• API Management & Event-Driven Architecture
• SAP Integration Suite & SAP BTP
• Technical Leadership & Mentoring
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management
• Operational Excellence
• Problem Solving & Strategic Thinking

Benefits

• Pension Plan at no cost to the employee
• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
• Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
• Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
• Short and long-term disability plans
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
• 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

Schedule

Hybrid workplace: employees whose jobs can be performed remotely may telework up to three days per week. All employees must live and work in Arizona.