SAP Technical/BTP Architect - 12-Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Hybrid (London, 3-4 days onsite)

SAP Technical/BTP Architect - 12-Month Contract - Inside IR35 - Hybrid (London/Manchester, 3-4 days onsite) We are looking for an experienced SAP Technical Architect to join a SAP Brownfield Implementation and Enhancement Programme, supporting the transition to a secure, modern, cloud-aligned SAP S/4HANA platform. In this role, you'll define, design, and govern the overall technical architecture of SAP landscapes across SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP, SAP PI/PO, and SAP Fiori/UI5, ensuring high-performance, scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions aligned with business strategy. Key Responsibilities Design and govern SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC technical architectures, including system landscape design across DEV/QAS/PRD/DR environments Lead SAP Basis, system sizing, performance tuning, high-availability, and disaster recovery configuration decisions Design end-to-end integration patterns across SAP and non-SAP systems using SAP BTP Integration Suite (CPI), SAP PI/PO, APIs, IDocs, RFCs, and event-driven architectures Define and govern SAP HANA database architecture, security, and backup/restore strategy, enforcing coding standards and conducting technical reviews Lead SAP technical tracks across large implementations, migrations, or S/4HANA transformations, conducting technical impact assessments and performance troubleshooting What You Will Ideally Bring Strong hands-on experience designing and governing SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC technical architectures, with deep SAP Basis and HANA database expertise Strong expertise in SAP integration technologies (BTP Integration Suite/CPI, PI/PO, REST/SOAP/OData APIs, IDocs, RFCs) Working knowledge of SAP on Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), and strong understanding of SAP security architecture, authorisations, SSO, and compliance Desirable, TOGAF or SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework familiarity, SAP BTP advanced services (Workflow, Business Rules, Event Mesh, API Management), and DevOps/CI-CD exposur