SAP Basis System Architect

Job description

We're looking for an SAP Basis System Architect to join our team in Spain in a remote working mode. In this role, you will lead architecture design, modernization and operational excellence for SAP landscapes, ensuring they are scalable, secure and cloud-ready. You will define platform standards, deliver transformation programs and enable clean, automated operations across hybrid environments.

This position involves working on large enterprise SAP initiatives, including SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Cloud ALM and RISE with SAP solutions, while collaborating with global teams to set governance frameworks, security architecture and performance strategies.

Responsibilities

- Define SAP platform architecture standards and governance frameworks

- Design SAP S/4HANA landscapes for on-premise, private cloud and public cloud deployments

- Lead RISE with SAP migration and cloud transformation programs

- Architect high availability and disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical systems

- Develop SAP system sizing and performance strategies

- Define transport and landscape management strategies aligned with DevOps principles

- Establish SAP security architecture and compliance controls in collaboration with security teams

- Drive SAP Basis modernization and enforce Clean Core principles

- Implement monitoring and observability standards using SAP Cloud ALM

- Define automation approaches for system provisioning and operational processes

- Support hyperscaler deployments across Azure, AWS and GCP

- Provide technical leadership during upgrades, migrations and conversion projects

Requirements

- Extensive experience in SAP Basis administration and architecture leadership

- Strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver and SAP HANA database platforms

- Knowledge of SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager and SAP Focused Run

- Experience with SAP Landscape Management and RISE with SAP

- Proficiency with high availability, disaster recovery and performance engineering

- Understanding of SAP platform security frameworks including IAS/IPS, Single Sign-On, TLS/certificates and authorization concepts

- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure technologies (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes)

- Experience defining governance models, architecture patterns and automation strategies

- Knowledge of DevOps practices, monitoring frameworks and infrastructure operations in SAP environments

Nice to have

- Exposure to SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) administration

- Familiarity with tools like LeanIX, Signavio for architecture governance

- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code methodologies with Terraform

- Background in SAP security compliance and advanced observability