SAP Infrastructure Architect
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IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
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£54,900
(£28.15 per hour)
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Description
We are seeking an experienced SAP Infrastructure Architect to support and evolve a complex SAP on-premise estate, primarily centred around SAP ECC. This role will focus on maintaining and optimising the current infrastructure environment while contributing to the strategic programme to migrate core financial functions to SAP S/4HANA.
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the stability, security, and performance of the SAP landscape. They will also help shape improvements in infrastructure processes, particularly around security patching and operational resilience, while operating within a delivery environment largely managed by an external systems integrator.
This is a hands-on architecture role suited to someone comfortable operating in a maintenance-heavy environment, while still identifying opportunities to improve, modernise, and influence the future direction of the platform.
This is an initial 6 month contract with 3 days a week in Paddington, London.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the stability, security, and performance of the SAP landscape. They will also help shape improvements in infrastructure processes, particularly around security patching and operational resilience, while operating within a delivery environment largely managed by an external systems integrator.
This is a hands-on architecture role suited to someone comfortable operating in a maintenance-heavy environment, while still identifying opportunities to improve, modernise, and influence the future direction of the platform.
This is an initial 6 month contract with 3 days a week in Paddington, London.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide infrastructure architecture oversight for a large SAP ECC on-premise landscape supporting critical business functions.
Required Experience & Skills
- Strong SAP infrastructure architecture experience, ideally supporting SAP ECC environments.
- Deep understanding of SAP on-premise estates, including architecture, hosting, networking, storage, and integration dependencies.
- Demonstrated experience improving infrastructure security patching processes and governance.
- Comfortable operating in complex, operationally heavy environments where stability and maintenance are critical.
- Experience working alongside large systems integrators or managed service providers within enterprise delivery models.
- Ability to influence technical direction while navigating supplier-dominated delivery environments.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical teams, suppliers, and business leadership.
- Understanding of SAP S/4HANA migration programmes, particularly infrastructure implications.
- Experience supporting large-scale SAP landscapes in enterprise organisations.
- Exposure to SAP infrastructure transformation or modernisation initiatives.
- Familiarity with hybrid infrastructure models (on-premise with cloud integration).
- Competitive day rates
- Opportunity to work with a leading British multinational retailer
- Be part of an exciting transformation project