SAP Technical Architect
About this position
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
• Select and apply appropriate design standards, methods and tools, consistent with the agreed enterprise and solution architectures and ensure that these are effectively applied and adopted.
• Guide successful implementation and execution of system solutions.
• Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism(s) to the planning and operations processes.
• Contributes to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas.
• Defines and manages scoping, requirements definition and prioritization activities for small-scale changes and assists with more complex change initiatives.
• Designs components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.
• Provides pre-sales technical support and expertise in analyzing client requirements, in conjunction with the client’s current infrastructure, architecture, system capabilities and business challenges.
• Ensure technical solutions accomplish the client’s objectives.
• Work with Solutions Architects (SAs) to produce a technical specification for the solution’s custom development and systems integration requirements.
• Develop the technical design document to match the solution design specifications.
• Lead the scope of work determination, product pricing and RFP/RFI responses and assist with the decision to pursue or abort a deal.
• Manages client proof of concept (POC) initiatives, which require appropriation of appropriate resources, and setup and delivery of the POC.
Requirements
Knowledge and Attributes:
• Demonstrate seasoned product knowledge integrated with seasoned technology understanding.
• Seasoned understanding of the vendor’s products, business and technology positioning.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written coupled with the ability to establish and create excellent client relationships with their technical expertise.
• Ability to develop and leverage their seasoned knowledge of reference architectures.
• Ability to maintain knowledge of trends and development in technology domains.
• Seasoned knowledge in core frameworks used.
• Seasoned knowledge of the problem domain that their systems are to provide solutions for.
• Basic understanding of key vendor subscription models such as Cisco EA 3.0.
Academic Qualifications and Certifications:
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science or a related field.