Accenture Edge - SAP Tech Arch Lead

Accenture•St. Louis, MO

22h•$112,900 - $302,400•Hybrid

About The Position

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that’s why we love it here! This is an extraordinary chance to create a rewarding career at Accenture Technology. Working in a digitally driven, innovation-led environment where you can help clients shift to the New using leading-edge technologies on some of the coolest projects you can imagine.

Requirements

Minimum of 12 years SAP technology experience, including full lifecycle S/4HANA or ECC implementation experience as a Technical Architecture or Basis Lead
Minimum of 8 years of SAP Basis experience across system administration, transport management, HANA database, HA/DR, and performance tuning
Minimum of 8 years of hands-on SAP Integration Suite (CPI) experience across integration flow design, API management, and event-driven architecture
Minimum of 8 years of SAP security architecture experience across role design, SoD, GRC Access Control, IAS/IPS, and SSO
Minimum of 8 years of experience with SAP RISE, BTP subaccount design, and hyperscaler deployments
Minimum of 8 years of experience with custom code governance, including ABAP standards, Fiori/UI5, and Clean Core strategy
Prior experience working for a large Consulting/Advisory firm (Big 4, global SI, or boutique SAP consulting environment
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (12 years) work experience (If an, Associate’s Degree with 6 years of work experience)

Nice To Haves

You have a SAP Technology certification (Basis, Integration Suite, BTP)

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end SAP technical architecture across multi-system, multi-country S/4HANA landscapes including RISE with SAP, BTP, and hybrid cloud deployments
Define system landscape topology, sizing, transport management strategy, and non-production environment refresh approach
Lead SAP RISE migration architecture including hyperscaler selection (AWS, Azure, GCP), infrastructure sizing, HA/DR design, and managed services operating model
Govern HANA database architecture including sizing, HANA System Replication (HSR), backup/restore, and performance tuning frameworks
Own enterprise integration architecture across SAP Integration Suite (CPI), API Management, and Event Mesh including interface inventory, design standards, and error handling governance
Lead SAP security architecture including role concept, SoD framework, GRC Access Control, Identity Authentication Service (IAS/IPS), and SSO configuration
Define and govern custom development strategy including ABAP standards, Fiori/UI5 oversight, Clean Core adoption, and BTP Side-by-Side extensibility framework
Lead BTP architecture design including subaccount structure, environment strategy (CF/Kyma), Cloud Connector, and destination management
Drive technical readiness gates including system availability, transport readiness, security sign-off, and performance validation ahead of go-live
Manage and mentor technical teams of 5–15 across Basis, integration, security, and ABAP development tracks
Present architecture decisions, risks, and mitigation strategies to client CTO, CIO, and executive steering committees
Contribute to pre-sales pursuits, RFP technical responses, and effort estimation for technology scope