SAP Enterprise Architect Petrochemical Saudi Arabia

SAP ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT PETROCHEMICAL SAUDI ARABIA. A global organisation requires a SAP Enterprise Architect to work on a Petrochemical project. The SAP Enterprise Architect is responsible for leading the design, development, and realization activities for SAP's Enterprise Resource Planning practice. The Enterprise Architect will support firm initiatives and help lead the development of the organization's information-sharing strategy.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Guide architecture decisions based on industry standards and best practices. Lead adherence to architectural principles, SAP product-specific guidelines, and usability standards.
* Lead project teams in blueprinting sessions and develop future-state enterprise information architecture for SAP technologies.
* Work closely Practice Leaders and Project Management to coordinate the delivery of quality technical solutions that minimize technical risk.
* Champion efforts to improve business performance through enterprise information solutions and capabilities, such as master data management, metadata management, Business Intelligence (BI), data integration, information life cycle management, and related information management or information infrastructure components.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelors or Master's Degree in computer science, Information Systems with 10 to 12 years of related experience.
* Previous SAP consulting experience delivering successful SAP architecture and systems integration projects. Petrochemical project experience desired.
* Understanding of SAP Application Life Cycle Management, Solution Manager, and development tools and methodologies, including business and process modelling tools.
* Proven experience in developing Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Master Data Management (MDM), Data Warehouse (DW) services for the organization handling high volume transactional data, application design and delivery, data warehousing, data analytics, benchmarking, and reporting.
* Well rounded technology experience and solution design exposure - (SAP, Java, Microsoft, webMethods), Understandings of Architecture Constructs - (Architecture & Design patterns, protocols SOAP, REST etc.), and Delivery Methodologies (ASAP, Agile, Iterative etc.).
* Ability to understand the organization's political climate and how to navigate the political waters.

TECHNICAL SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
* Demonstrated knowledge of industry trends and standards in ERP with in-depth knowledge of the SAP Technical Platform including SAP ECC, SAP NetWeaver, SAP HANA
* Experience architecting a variety of SAP solutions using cross-functional solutions including the SAP HR, Finance and Supply Chain suite of products
* Successful completion of multiple full-cycle SAP projects of significant size, scope and complexity
* Hands-on SAP HANA project experience completing the design and creation HANA Attributes, Analytic, and Calculation views
* Proven experience completing design, configuration, testing, debugging, delivery and support for complex SAP enterprise solutions
* Architecture and integration experience with Cloud technologies
* Previous Big 4 management consulting firm experience