SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Architect – IT & Architecture Client-Side – Hessen / Remote

Project overview

For a municipal network operator in Hessen, we are looking for an experienced IT & Architecture Project Lead on the client side.

The client is implementing SAP S/4HANA for its core energy industry processes: industry template, general contractor, program start Q1 2027, go-live by end of 2028.

Responsibilities

• Evaluation and quality assurance of architectural concepts and decisions
• Delineation between template standard, configuration, add-ons, surrounding systems, and customer-specific solutions
• Checking consistency of target architecture, transition architecture, and implementation planning
• Accompanying interface and integration management, evaluating impact on existing systems
• Building and maintaining an architecture decision register, supporting architecture committees
• Evaluating technical risks, technical debt, and transition solutions
• Technically tracking requirements from information security, data protection, audit, and regulation
• Creating technical decision proposals, evaluating operational readiness and handover to operations

Requirements

Framework:

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We look forward to receiving your application by Monday, November 16, 2026.

• More than 10 years of SAP experience, including several years as a Solution or Enterprise Architect in S/4HANA transformations
• Experience with integration architecture (e.g., SAP Integration Suite/PI/PO, interfaces to surrounding systems)
• Experience on the client side or in managing general contractors or implementation partners
• Advantageous: SAP IS-U / S/4HANA Utilities, network operator or metering point operator, template or platform solutions, TOGAF
• Fluent German
• No ongoing activity for service providers who are already providing implementation, migration, or steering services in this program (independence is a customer requirement)
• Start Q1 2027, duration approximately 24 months
• Predominantly remote, approx. 4 on-site days per month at the client's location in Hessen
• Current CV
• Hourly rate in EUR remote and on-site, as well as your legal form
• Availability from Q1 2027
• Two to three references from the last five years (industry, project size, your role and responsibility, duration)

Project details

• Start: 2027-01
• Duration: 24 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Hessen, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German