SAP Solution Architect

Espire infolabs is hiring for Solution Architect(SAP Specialism) for Rugby, UK Location.

Job Title: Solution Architect(SAP Specialism

)Job Type: Permanen

tLocation: Rugby, U

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Job Descriptio

n:Job Purpos

e:The Solution Architect's primary objective is to collaborate with third-party vendors to ensure the design, development, and implementation of robust solutions, primarily in SAP, align with the strategic goals and requirements of the organization. Utilising appropriate governance methodologies, you'll ensure adherence to client’s Architectural Standards and Principles, primarily leveraging expertise in SAP technologies to deliver innovative and scalable solutions that optimize business processes, enhance efficiency, and drive sustainable growth. This proactive approach encompasses holistic leadership and support for enterprise architecture activities, guiding the development and management of a portfolio of solutions, including projects, products, systems and shared services. Requires the ability to quickly gain a deep understanding of business goals, objectives, outcomes, capabilities, value streams, and processes, the solution architect provides leadership, analysis, and design tasks to support the development of technology solutions that meet business needs, align with architectural governance and standards, and drive targeted business outcome

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Key Accountabilit

• iesTranslates business strategy into solutions architecture which defines & develops IT solution/application strategies to enable organization go
• alsLeads solutions design and develops and implements architectural principles, standards, policies and governance (Enterprise Architecture Desi
• gn)Orchestrates solutions delivery and delivers advisory services and assurance to programmes/projects, driving prioritization of enterprise-wide initiatives – ensures deliveries underpin, enable & realise business benefits (Technical Solution Desi
• gn)Analyses and evaluates technology whilst driving continuous improvements (Architecture Authori

ty)
Main Responsibili

• tiesUnderstands business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determines corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outco
• mes.Understands emerging technology trends and disruptions and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating mod
• els.Translates business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documents all solution architecture design and analysis w
• ork.Analyses the technology industry, competitors and market trends, and determines their potential impact on the enterpr
• ise.Provides deliverables like standard definitions, reference models and architecture designs to help the architecture review board (ARB) assess the impact of new and ongoing technology investment on the business and IT est
• ate.Acts as a consultant on a broad range of technologies, platforms and vendor offerings to drive targeted business outco
• mes.Leads evaluation, design and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value-streams, business requirements and enterprise standa
• rds.Creates architectural designs to guide and contextualize solution development across products, services, projects and systems (including applications, technologies, processes and informati
• on).Creates reference architectures focused on detailed design principles, decision points, detailed APIs, major systems and dependencies between business and
• IT.Analyses the business-IT environment (run, grow and transform the business) to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement (systems of record, differentiation and innovati
• on).Designs and directs the governance activities associated with ensuring solutions architecture assurance and complia
• nce.Defines the principles, guidelines, standards and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vis
• ion.Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurati
• ons.Supports product managers in EOL (end of life) product decisions to maintain, refresh or retire products, services or systems (including applications, technologies, processes and informati
• on).Develops a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from future to current state (as defined by the solutions architectu
• re).Monitors the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requireme
• nts.Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architect
• ure.Works closely with the product owners and product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway that can support future business requirements throughout the product lifecy
• cle.Provides consulting support to application architects within agile teams to ensure the project or product is aligned with the overall enterprise architect
• ure.Consults with application and infrastructure development projects and products to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions architect
• ure.Supports a community of practice (CoP), guiding and helping agile teams, product owners, and application architects to align with the overall enterprise architecture governance and assura

nce.
Knowledge / Skills / Exper

ienceCredentials and Experi

• ence:Bachelor's degree in computer science, information-technology, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent exper
• ienceMinimum of five years of design and implementation experience in IT, with a deep knowledge in a minimum of two of the following technical disciplines: application development, application programming interfaces (APIs), middleware, database management and cloud technol
• ogiesGood experience of IT Architecture (and underlying frameworks such as TOGAF) including the development (and ensuring adherence to) architecture principles and stan
• dardsSolid understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural
• debtGood understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating m
• odelsExperience working in a relevant industry is helpful, but not requ
• ired.Experience developing architecture blueprints, strategies and roa
• dmapsExperience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audi

ences

• SkillsExcellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negot
• iationStrong leadership
• skillsExcellent analytical and technical
• skillsExcellent written and verbal communication
• skillsExcellent planning and organizational
• skillsStrong organization skills, often juggling multiple priorities, and the ability to command respect from the existing team is impe
• rativeKnowledge of many, if not most, aspects of an enterprise technology archit
• ectureKnowledge of information principles and pro
• cessesKnowledge of financial models and bud
• getingKnowledge of various cloud technologies like Azur
• e, AWSKnowledge of various aspects of an enterprise technology architecture like business, information
• , dataKnowledge of information principles and pro
• cessesKnowledge of financial models and bud
• getingUnderstanding and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and D
• evOps)Understanding and knowledge of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library
• (ITIL)Knowledge and understanding of different modelling languages (such as UML and Arch

iMate)
Compe

• tenciesOrganizationally savvy, with understanding of the political climate of the enterprise and how to navigate obstacles and po
• litics.Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations and how they relate to achieving targeted business o
• utcomesAbility to estimate the financial impact of technology alter
• nativesAbility to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business o
• utcomesAbility to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and
• modelsDemonstrated ability to work well with others and be respected as a

leader
Charact

• eristicsTrusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT developmen
• t teams.Technology neutral: remains unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice, and is more interested in results than personal pre
• ferencesDisplays intellectual curiosity and i
• ntegrityMotivated and driven by achieving long-term business
• outcomesAbility to balance the long-term (big picture) and short-term implications of individual d