Architect, SAP S/4HANA

Liberty•Bryson, TX

3d•$120,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Architect serves as the senior architecture authority for Liberty Utilities’ SAP ecosystem, leading enterprise architecture, roadmap, integration, governance, and modernization strategy across SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives, including RISE with SAP, ERP modernization, application rationalization, utility process standardization, cloud integration, and clean-core governance. Reporting to the Director, Enterprise Architecture, this role partners closely with business leaders, infrastructure, cybersecurity, OT, enterprise applications, vendor partners, and managed service providers to design scalable, secure, resilient, and business-aligned SAP capabilities across Liberty’s multi-utility operating model. The position is critical to enabling Liberty’s long-term digital utility strategy while ensuring operational reliability, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, cost optimization, and standardized enterprise processes across electric, gas, and water utilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
10+ years of SAP architecture and enterprise technology leadership experience, including 5+ years leading SAP S/4HANA architecture initiatives
Deep expertise across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, SAP integrations, and SAP cloud transformation
Experience with utility industry business processes and platforms
Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF preferred) and experience leading large-scale ERP transformations in regulated environments
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
Strategic thinker with operational execution discipline and the ability to influence executives, vendors, and cross-functional teams
Strong governance, decision-making, risk management, and prioritization capability, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts into business outcomes

Nice To Haves

SAP Enterprise Architect certification
SAP S/4HANA implementation experience
RISE with SAP experience
Utility industry experience (electric, gas, water)
Azure or AWS cloud architecture experience
Experience working within outsourced or MSP operating models
Knowledge of AI/automation opportunities within ERP ecosystems

Responsibilities

Define and govern Liberty’s target-state SAP enterprise architecture strategy, principles, standards, patterns, and reference architectures
Lead architecture design for SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, RISE with SAP, and adjacent utility platforms
Drive clean-core SAP architecture and upgrade-safe extensibility strategy
Develop multi-year SAP modernization and rationalization roadmaps aligned with Liberty’s enterprise business capabilities and operating model
Lead architecture oversight for ECC-to-S/4HANA transformation programs, defining migration approaches, technical landscapes, integration strategies, and deployment models, and supporting RISE migration, environment consolidation, and standardization
Ensure scalable design across Finance, Supply Chain, Asset Management, Procurement, Customer Operations, and Utility Operations in partnership with implementation partners, MSP providers, and SAP leadership
Architect utility-specific SAP capabilities including Meter-to-Cash, Customer Billing, Work & Asset Management, Device Management, Field Operations, Vegetation Management, Procurement & Supply Chain, and Regulatory Reporting
Integrate SAP with ADMS, GIS, OMS, AMI/MDM, ServiceNow, contact center platforms, data & analytics platforms, and OT systems, ensuring support for regulatory and operational resiliency requirements
Define enterprise integration standards across SAP and non-SAP ecosystems, leading API, middleware, event-streaming, and BTP integration architecture
Establish enterprise data models, master data governance, and data lifecycle strategies
Partner with analytics and AI teams to enable trusted operational and enterprise data platforms and support AI-enabled process automation and intelligent operations initiatives
Establish SAP architecture review boards and governance processes, reviewing and approving solution designs from system integrators and partners
Ensure vendor deliverables align with Liberty standards and strategic objectives, and define technical debt reduction and architecture compliance processes
Support contract reviews and architecture governance for outsourced services
Ensure SAP architectures meet cybersecurity, disaster recovery, resiliency, and compliance requirements
Partner with infrastructure and security teams on identity & access management, Zero Trust integration, logging & observability, backup & recovery, and high availability architecture
Support operational SLAs and enterprise resiliency objectives