Director, Core Platforms Architecture

Constellation Brands•Rochester, NY

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Constellation Brands, Inc. seeks a Director, Core Platforms Architecture to be responsible for the availability, continuity, integrity, security, and recovery of all SAP components. This role involves lifecycle management of SAP systems and related technologies, including service packs, version upgrades, and maintenance through a change management process. The Director will influence product roadmaps, lead a team in SAP BASIS, HANA database, and SAP Security, and stay updated on SAP roadmaps and emerging technologies. Key responsibilities include driving operational excellence, providing incident and problem management, collaborating with other teams to deliver solutions, mentoring team members, establishing best practices for monitoring and troubleshooting, maintaining performance and capacity plans, and developing disaster recovery strategies. The role also involves understanding and defining security roles, architecting SAP TM implementations, and assessing cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
7 years of relevant SAP Basis Platform experience.
Leading a team.
SAP Basis planning, installations and configurations (SAP S/4 HANA, FIORI, SLT, SOLMAN, GRC, TM, BTP, Signavio, Cloud essentials, DWC, and BOBJ).
HANA High Availability and Disaster Recovery hosted in cloud or hybrid environment.
Running and maintaining SAP in hybrid environments and exposure to multiple cloud platforms such as AWS, RISE, Azure, or GCP.
Connecting SAP systems with other enterprise applications, cloud platforms, or third-party services to ensure seamless data flow and process automation.
Experience with the latest and new dimensional SAP products like SAP DWC, SAP Signavio, SAP BTP is mandatory.

Responsibilities

Assure availability, continuity, integrity, security, and recovery of all SAP components.
Accountable for lifecycle management of all SAP systems and tightly coupled technologies.
Establish practices and provide oversight for application of service packs, version upgrades, preventative, and corrective maintenance through change management process.
Influence CBI product roadmaps to extract maximum value based on expertise and evolution of vendor products.
Lead a team with responsibilities and capabilities in SAP BASIS, HANA database and SAP Security.
Maintain knowledge of SAP roadmap and emerging technologies impacting SAP Basis, make recommendations to improve efficiency, throughput, capabilities and/or capacity.
Drive operational excellence, provide level III incident and problem management, including resolution and root cause analysis of the most complex SAP Basis and database issues.
Lead interaction with Core Product, Platform Management and Enterprise Architecture teams to deliver solutions in accordance with budget and timeline constraints.
Lead Platform Operations team members, providing technical guidance and mentoring.
Establish best practices and oversee monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting the SAP environment and SAP transport system.
Maintain performance and capacity plans (including licensing) in line with product roadmap developments.
Establish data retention and archiving strategy and lead team responsible for implementation of solutions and continuous evolution and driving adoption through the product teams.
Develop Disaster Recovery plans, procedures, and test scenarios in collaboration with Cloud Engineering team and provide technical guidance at regular DR rehearsals.
Review current SAP application landscape, continually assess environmental requirements aligned with product team roadmaps, lead build (or decommissioning) of SAP instances.
Responsible for understanding and defining security roles and authorizations required by the platform team, ensures appropriate controls and usage of privileged access.
Utilize experience with the latest and new dimensional SAP products like SAP DWC, SAP Signavio, SAP BTP is mandatory.
Lead and architect SAP TM implementation from Platform Management and Enterprise Architecture perspective.
Conduct periodic assessments of cybersecurity threats and system vulnerabilities and develop comprehensive remediation strategies to mitigate identified risks.
Formulate and execute implementation plans aligned with industry best practices and regulatory compliance requirements, ensuring enhanced security posture and reduced exposure to potential cyber threats.