Senior IT Architect – SAP (Project Architect)
About the role
This role is a critical part of shaping the future of complex SAP ecosystems for a forward-thinking client. The Senior IT Architect – SAP will design and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient SAP architecture solutions aligned with business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver scalable, secure, and resilient SAP architecture solutions aligned with business outcomes
- Lead end-to-end technical implementations across application, integration, data, infrastructure, and security layers
- Govern architecture standards, ensuring compliance across initiatives and managing necessary exceptions
- Drive SAP modernization, including ECC-to-S/4HANA migration strategies and integration transformation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, infrastructure, and security) to align solutions with enterprise direction
- Evaluate and mitigate technical, operational, and integration risks within SAP and surrounding ecosystems
- Ensure solutions meet regulatory, security, and audit requirements
- Influence architecture roadmaps, patterns, and standards across integration, data, and platform domains
- Partner with vendors and system integrators to ensure delivery excellence and technology alignment
- Improve application landscape health by identifying redundancies and modernization opportunities
Requirements
- 8+ years of IT experience in large, complex environments
- 8+ years of solution architecture experience across application, data, integration, and security domains
- 6+ years of SAP architecture and delivery experience across multiple workstreams
- Deep expertise in SAP, SAP BTP, and enterprise architecture practices
- Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale enterprise SAP solutions
- Strong knowledge of SAP integrations (APIs, middleware, event-driven, batch/file-based integrations)
- Experience leading architectural governance and participating in review boards
- Ability to drive technical decisions and influence stakeholders across all levels
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
- Relevant SAP or architecture certifications (preferred but not mandatory)
- TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture certification (nice to have)
Skills
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-wide initiatives within large, complex, highly matrixed organizations
- Ability to navigate governance, compliance, and cross-functional stakeholder environments while driving successful outcomes
- Negotiation and influencing skills
- Experience with ECC to S/4HANA migration programs
- Background in Energy, Utilities, or other asset-intensive industries
- Familiarity with TOGAF or enterprise architecture frameworks
- Exposure to integration modernization strategies and cloud-based SAP ecosystems
Benefits
Competitive Compensation – $71–$81 per hour. Final compensation is determined based on skill alignment, years of experience, and fair, market-based rates by geography.
Comprehensive Benefits for you and your dependents – Medical, dental, vision, free tele-health, HSA with company contribution, life and disability insurance, and 401k with matching
Paid Time Off – Offers paid time away from work
Hybrid Work Model – Work onsite three days per week in Denver or Minneapolis
Career Development – Access to enterprise-scale projects and architecture leadership opportunities
Supportive Team Culture – Work with collaborative teams focused on innovation and continuous improvement