SAP Platform Architect

Ford • Dearborn, MI

2d • $86,600 - $166,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford is transforming its Enterprise Technology landscape through the implementation of SAP S/4HANA on SAP RISE. This transformation will reduce technical footprint complexity, standardize global business processes, and enable differentiated capabilities across the enterprise. The SAP Platform Architect, Tooling will play a key role in designing, engineering, and governing the SAP platform ecosystem that supports this transformation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in computer science or engineering or related fields or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of relevant industry experience implementing SAP and other software.
• In depth technical knowledge of the S/4HANA eco-system, including RISE cloud, BTP cloud, and GRC.
• Hands on experience in SAP Basis and SAP BTP Administration.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Experience with Hyperscalers with Google Cloud Platform being the most desired.

Nice To Haves

• Technical knowledge and experience one or more of these technologies: Informatica MDM, HANA Database, Big Query, Linux operating systems, and SAP Joule/AI.
• Project Management experience

Responsibilities

• Define, design, and maintain high-availability, global reference architectures for the SAP ecosystem, spanning SAP S/4HANA, Business Technology Platform (BTP), and other data products.
• Engineer core platform tools, reusable templates, and enablers to accelerate delivery. Establish best practices and modernization patterns to guide application teams transitioning legacy technologies to S/4HANA and BTP.
• Design and implement secure, robust connectivity and API patterns bridging on-premises SAP environments, SAP cloud services, and GCP-based containerized applications (such as Cloud Run) using modern identity federation and security standards.
• Establish patterns and reference implementations for enterprise-grade observability, telemetry, and monitoring frameworks for BTP and GCP-hosted applications. Partner with application teams and SAP to proactively diagnose and resolve complex platform performance issues.
• Lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) and establish architectural standards for AI-driven capabilities, including SAP Joule, SAP Business AI, and third-party AI models hosted on GCP.
• Plan, govern, and execute regular technology renewal and upgrade cycles across SAP platform components to ensure alignment with vendor lifecycles and modern security standards.
• Partner closely with SAP Basis, Security, Data Management, System Integrators, product and business teams to translate complex enterprise requirements into platform-level engineering solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree