SAP Platform Architect

Ford is transforming its Enterprise Technology landscape through the implementation of SAP S/4HANA on SAP RISE. This transformation will reduce technical footprint complexity, standardize global business processes, and enable differentiated capabilities across the enterprise.

The SAP Platform Architect, Tooling will play a key role in designing, engineering, and governing the SAP platform ecosystem that supports this transformation.

Responsibilities

• Platform Architecture & Ecosystem Design: Define, design, and maintain high-availability, global reference architectures for the SAP ecosystem, spanning SAP S/4HANA, Business Technology Platform (BTP), and other data products.
• Platform Engineering & Developer Enablement: Engineer core platform tools, reusable templates, and enablers to accelerate delivery.
• Hybrid Cloud Integration & Security: Design and implement secure, robust connectivity and API patterns bridging on-premises SAP environments, SAP cloud services, and GCP-based containerized applications.
• Observability & Performance Engineering: Establish patterns and reference implementations for enterprise-grade observability, telemetry, and monitoring frameworks for BTP and GCP-hosted applications.
• AI Integration & Emerging Tech Evaluation: Lead Proof of Concepts (POCs) and establish architectural standards for AI-driven capabilities.
• Lifecycle Management & Technology Renewal: Plan, govern, and execute regular technology renewal and upgrade cycles across SAP platform components.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with SAP Basis, Security, Data Management, System Integrators, product and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science or engineering or related fields or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of relevant industry experience implementing SAP and other software.
• In-depth technical knowledge of the S/4HANA eco-system, including RISE cloud, BTP cloud, and GRC.
• Hands-on experience in SAP Basis and SAP BTP Administration.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Experience with Hyperscalers with Google Cloud Platform being the most desired.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.