Senior SAP Technical Architect

Boeing•Dallas, TX

10d

About The Position

The Boeing Company is looking for a highly experienced and detail-oriented Senior SAP Technical Architect to join Boeing SAP Center of Excellence (COE) in either Dallas, TX; Arlington, VA; Ridley Park, PA; Miami, FL; Kent, WA; Seattle, WA; Tukwila, WA; Berkley, MO; or Hazelwood, MO. This role is a deep Senior SAP Systems Architect position with strong Basis, Security Admin skills and hosting SAP on hyperscalers. The role will be responsible to maintain/manage, build/upgrade/refresh large SAP Landscape to provide a robust, scalable, secure SAP ERP platform to support ERP Bedrock Digital Transformation roadmap delivery on MS Azure. A successful candidate will need to show excellent technical architecture and leadership skills as the focus is on partnering with other technical leads, program managers, architects, partners to provide modernized ERP platform services on time, with quality, efficiently. The position demands an individual with passion, great leadership, collaboration and communication skills. This candidate will have the ability to drive technology transformation in the domain. This senior technologist position will focus on supporting the Boeing Information Digital Technology & Security (IDT&S) goals of configuring, managing, and modernizing the SAP S4 application landscape on Azure from SAP BASIS and release deployment perspective.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in large scale SAP enabled business transformation
10+ years of experience in a Systems Enterprise Architecture role

Nice To Haves

SAP s/4 HANA certified, SAP BTP, Signavio Process Modeling, EA Modeling tools (LeanIx etc)
Experience with SAP expertise across multiple Valuestreams
Experience with Strategic and Enterprise thinking
Experience with focus and delivery of excellence
Experience with business processes
Experience with regulatory and compliance

Responsibilities

Architect and manage SAP Application Landscape hosted on Microsoft Azure, including SAP S/4HANA, ECC, BW, and other SAP systems tenancy, regions, availability zones, VNet design, connectivity, and disaster recovery
Lead SAP system installations, upgrades, patching, and migrations in Azure cloud environments
Design system sizing, SAP HANA architecture (single-node, scale-up, scale-out, HA), and requirements for compute, memory, storage IOPS, and networking by evaluating, selecting and designing Azure services for SAP
Lead migrations (brownfield, greenfield) and system copies; define cutover approach and rollback plans
Design and implement high-availability and DR strategies (synchronous/asynchronous HANA replication, Pacemaker/STONITH patterns, geo-redundant architectures, ASCS/ERS cluster design)
Define automation and IaC standards using tools such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines for provisioning and configuration
Establish patching, system lifecycle, and maintenance windows; manage SAP Kernel and HANA patch upgrades with minimal downtime
Implement and manage SAP HANA database administration and performance tuning on Azure
Collaborate with cloud infrastructure, network, and security teams to ensure SAP systems meet Boeing Info-security regulatory requirements
Develop and enforce SAP Basis best practices, automation, and governance aligned with Boeing policies
Establish patching, system lifecycle, and maintenance windows; manage SAP Kernel and HANA patch upgrades with minimal downtime
Design SAP system landscapes with a focus on security, compliance (e.g., ITAR, NIST), and performance specific to Aerospace and Defense industry standards
Ensure security and compliance: identity/role design (Azure AD, Privileged Identity Management), network segmentation, encryption (in-transit and at-rest), key management (Azure Key Vault), logging, and audit trails
Establish patching, system lifecycle, and maintenance windows; manage SAP Kernel and HANA patch upgrades with minimal downtime
Oversee SAP system monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning on Azure
Utilize Azure-native tools and services (e.g., Azure Monitor, Azure Automation, Azure Security Center) to optimize SAP operations
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Basis and cloud operations teams in outages, RCA and opportunities for continuous improvement
Stay current with SAP Basis, Azure cloud technologies, and Aerospace & Defense industry trends
Establish patching, system lifecycle, and maintenance windows; manage SAP Kernel and HANA patch upgrades with minimal downtime

Benefits

Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

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