SAP ABAP Solution Architect - Senior Manager

The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly experienced SAP ABAP Solution Architect to lead complex technical designs and ensure our SAP landscape aligns with modern architecture principles, including SAP Clean Core. You will define and govern technical standards, ensuring extensibility is achieved through side‑by‑side, upgrade‑safe approaches while guiding teams in adopting S/4HANA best practices. This role provides significant influence in shaping our digital transformation by creating scalable, maintainable, and future-ready SAP solutions.

 

Your Key Responsibilities

• Architect end‑to‑end SAP ABAP solutions compliant with Clean Core principles, minimizing technical debt and ensuring long-term maintainability.
• Define development standards and enforce upgrade-safe, cloud-compliant extension models, including in-app and side-by-side extensibility.
• Lead solution design across SAP S/4HANA, ECC, and hybrid landscapes with a focus on standardization and simplification.
• Own and drive RFP, RFI, and RFQ response solutioning, including technical scoping, solution architecture, effort estimation, delivery models, and presenting solutions to customers.
• Support pre-sales cycles by creating architecture decks, technical estimations, work breakdown structures, and risk assessments.
• Define and enforce development standards, design patterns, and code governance processes.
• Review and architect complex RICEFW developments, enhancements, BAdIs, user exits, workflows, interfaces, and OData services.
• Guide the adoption of S/4HANA technologies such as CDS Views, AMDP, RAP, BOPF, and Fiori/UI5 integration.
• Promote clean core-aligned extensibility using SAP BTP, CAP, RAP, and event-driven patterns.
• Collaborate with functional, business, and enterprise architecture teams to conceptualize optimal technical solutions.
• Lead architecture review boards, conduct code reviews, and ensure compliance with ATC/SAP guidelines.
• Support modernization initiatives: S/4HANA conversions, brownfield/greenfield implementations, cloud integrations, and data migration projects.
• Troubleshoot complex issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and propose scalable remediation.
• Mentor cross-functional development teams and drive adherence to architectural principles and best practices.

 

Skills and attributes for success

• 14+ years of deep hands-on experience in SAP ABAP, OO ABAP, design patterns, advanced debugging, performance tuning, and modern S/4HANA development including CDS Views, AMDP, ABAP on HANA optimization, RAP (Restful ABAP Programming Model), OData services, BOPF, and Fiori/UI5 integration.
• Strong expertise in Clean Core principles:

• • • Standard-first design
    • Upgrade-safe extensibility
    • In-app and side-by-side extensibility
    • Avoiding core modifications

• Strong architectural experience building large-scale RICEFW solutions and integrations (IDoc, RFC, BAPI, SOAP/REST).
• Strong experience with SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), including CAP/RAP-based side-by-side extensions, SAP BTP Integration Suite, Event Mesh, security (XSUAA), and deployment/CI-CD models.
• Experience in RFP/RFI/RFQ technical solutioning and proposal creation.
• Experience in SAP Project Management, including:

• • • Leading technical workstreams and development teams
    • Creating project plans, sprint plans, and technical deliverables
    • Tracking scope, risks, dependencies, and change management
    • Working with PMO/Program teams on governance and reporting
    • Managing stakeholders across business, functional, and technical streams

• Solid understanding of cross-module SAP processes (FI, MM, SD, PP, HCM).
• Familiarity with cloud integration platforms (CPI, API Management).
• Strong skills in stakeholder management, communication, estimation, and documentation.
• Experience working across global delivery models (onshore/offshore).

 

Ideally, you’ll also

• Have SAP certifications in ABAP, S/4HANA, SAP BTP.
• Good to have PMP/Prince2 Project Management Certifications.
• Bring experience building clean-core transformation roadmaps.
• Have experience supporting or leading S/4HANA migration projects.

What we look for

• A technology leader who champions Clean Core and modern SAP architecture.
• Someone with strong consulting presence who can lead customer conversations.
• A solution-focused professional who balances technical depth with strategic thinking.
• A team-oriented architect who mentors, collaborates, and brings a positive, growth-oriented mindset.
• A professional committed to quality, scalability, and long-term sustainability of solutions.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.  

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