SAP Platform Solution Architect

At Westernacher Consulting, we are looking for an experienced SAP Platform Solution Architect to join our global Platform Engineering CoE. This role is ideal for a hands-on architect with strong expertise across SAP BASIS, Security, BTP, integration, and AI-enabled platform solutions.

• Target architectures: on-prem / RISE / GROW, S/4HANA, BTP subaccounts, destinations, connectivity.
• Network topology & secure landscape: SAP Web Dispatcher, Cloud Connector, reverse proxy, firewall zones / DMZ, load balancing, SNC / TLS, port mapping.
• Identity & access: IAS, IPS, XSUAA, IAG, corporate IdP federation, role governance.
• SAP Security: Understand and estimate efforts required security subjects and address
• SAP Business AI platform: AI Core, AI Launchpad, Generative AI Hub, Joule / Joule Studio, AI Agent Hub; agent identity & zero-trust.
• Presales: qualify opportunities, shape solutions, size effort (LoE / BoM), respond to RFI / RFP, deliver technical demos.
• Integration architecture: SAP-to-SAP and SAP-to-third-party; sync / async, API / event / file, protocol & auth selection (OAuth2 / SAML / mTLS / PrincipalPropagation).
• Migrations: NEO → CF, system conversion, SUM / DMO.
• Reusable CoE assets: reference architectures, accelerators, PoVs.

Must-Have

• 8+ yrs SAP BASIS + SAP Security, hands-on architecture. 
• RISE / GROW with SAP, S/4HANA conversion.
• Must have experience working on brownfield - greenfield conversion 
• Network topology: Web Dispatcher, Cloud Connector, reverse proxy, DMZ / firewall design, SNC, TLS.
• SAP BTP: subaccounts, destinations, XSUAA, Cloud Foundry.
• Identity: IAS / IPS, SAML / OIDC federation.
• Core BASIS: SUM, STMS, system copy / refresh, HANA admin.
• Authorization design (roles, profiles, SoD).
• Integration requirements analysis: SAP-to-SAP, SAP-to-third-party; interface patterns, Cloud Connector, Integration Suite / Edge Integration Cell.
• SAP Business AI familiarity: AI Core / Gen AI Hub / Joule / Agent Hub.
• Presales exposure: RFP responses, solution sizing, or technical demos.
• Client-facing English; global time-zone flexibility.

Nice-to-Have

• Cloud ALM, SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance (IAG), Enterprise Threat Detection (ETD), vulnerability management.
• Hyperscaler (AWS / Azure / GCP) SAP workloads, security groups.
• RAG / prompt patterns, Document Information Extraction on BTP.
• SAP certifications (BTP, Security, HANA).

This is WE:  

Committed to innovation, since 1969 Westernacher Consulting has operated worldwide, with more than 1200 consultants in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, Westernacher Consulting is the global leader in business process and technology innovation.

Living, working, and operating in partnership. We are inquisitive, creative thinkers with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. We question new ways of working, think differently, and are willing to try out new approaches to create value and innovation for our customers. All of this makes us pioneers in our field and keeps us responsive, quality-focused, and results-oriented.

Westernacher is a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Westernacher is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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