Data Architect

Description:

• Technical leadership in all aspects of data management, strategy, architecture, and governance in the context of SAP S4/HANA project scoping and implementation covering the SAP systems / solutions (on-premise and on-cloud) and its integration to 3rd party applications
• Guardian of quality deliverables related to data management framework, including mapping of data sources, data movement, and interfaces with the goal of ensuring data quality and optimized solution.
• Envision data pipelines and how data will flow through the enterprise
• Collaborate with S4/HANA business process owners and focal points including 3rd party consulting team related to enterprise data and analytics.
• Develop data model and metadata policies and procedure for functional and technical design.
• Ensure data governance and best practices are followed and properly implemented
• Guide the project team in data load, migration approach, and data impact analysis
• Architect data transformation from legacy system into S4/HANA landscape
• Data Architect will play a crucial role in providing data design, strategy, architecture, governance, and execution, including migration from existing data within SAP ECC landscape to the new S4/HANA environment.

Your Tasks

• Data Architect will play a pivotal role, in collaboration with the Functional & Technical
• Architects, to provide overall data governance within the context of S4/HANA project scoping and implementation. Key responsibilities will include:
  • Provide guidance and support related to data governance, development of data definition, and conversion, in coordination with business stakeholders and consulting partner data team according to project timeline
  • Identify technical data gaps and provide approach for the solutions to address them
  • Provide direction to develop data management framework for key activities such as extraction, cleansing, migration, data quality and data validation
  • Contribute in efforts estimation of data management activities and identification of project skill and resource requirements in collaboration with project control team
  • Provide technical recommendations related to data governance
  • Promote best practice for data standards and data management
  • Advise improvement of current data management model and design
  • Ensure measures in place for data accuracy, integrity, and accessibility
  • Collaborate with functional stream on data definition and integration requirements
  • Review and endorse proposed data design and conversion approach and specification document
  • Collaborate with design and implementation partners related to data management issue and resolution
  • Provide data related support for all functional workstream as part of S4/HANA project including integration to other 3rd party applications
  • Coordinate with project team members (Functional & Technical) and other IS entities as required to ensure data related developments are functionally sound and delivered to meet business requirements
  • Participate and support in data related discussions to ensure optimized solution is assured.
  • Prepare data related information reports and analysis as required by the S4/HANA Project Management
  • Perform data gap analysis according to business requirements and provide recommendation of suitable system solutions.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's Degree preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related IT discipline; or equivalent experience.
• Experience in oil & gas sector is a preference.
• 10+ years’ hands on experience and proficiency in SAP Data Management and Governance, SAP Data Services (data extraction, data profiling, de-duplication), understanding of working principles of ABAP and SAP Cloud solutions, as well as ERP / Agile implementation methodology.
• Working knowledge of SAP data dictionary, data mapping, and ETL
• Competency on various SAP modules and related data objects
• Strong data analytic skills and knowledge of data management methodologies.
• Expert in database handling languages (SQL and variants) and data manipulation tools
• Experience and knowledge about SAP S4/HANA.
• Communication and leadership skills to manage, coordinate people, and conduct meetings.
• Fluent English both spoken and written
• Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization and work with diverse project teams
• Ability to solve complex problems with systematic and structured approach
• Demonstrated teamwork, self-management and multi-tasking abilities.
• Demonstrated a strong work ethic and willing to take the lead on his/her own initiative, meet deadlines, and produce consistent high-quality work