Lead Solution Architect - Data Architecture

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Job Description

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has passionate about discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with a coordinated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

As part of the ERP function, you will lead the build and delivery of enterprise data solutions whilst we transition from our legacy ERP estate to SAP RISE. This role is pivotal in crafting our data strategy across SAP and non-SAP ecosystems, enabling robust data integration, analytics, and data product development & ensuring we build an enduring architecture. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SAP data sources and a strong understanding of modern data platforms including data warehouses and lakehouses across a multi-cloud system landscape.

Let me tell you about the role

We are seeking a lead data architect with hands on experience on architecting & designing integrated data solutions that enable extract, load, transform (ELT) of SAP data as well as non-SAP data to enable delivery of enduring data products that encourage self-service and re-use across SAP BWs, Databricks, AWS & Azure native data platforms & Palantir Foundry & ensuring they are cataloged and discoverable. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience working in rollouts of global SAP ERP programs, building a roadmap that defines the end state & interim states for delivering data products & governing the develop & delivery of the data solutions throughout the journey of the ERP program.

The candidate should also have general experience of processes and the data it transacts or references across multiple SAP application components from Finance, Procurement, Asset Management, Logistics, Sales & Distribution, Manufacturing, Material Management & IS-OIL.

The candidate should also possess an understanding of data governance tooling, how they would be used to catalog & provide lineage, enforce implement quality rules & carry out data policies.

Key Accountabilities

• Part of a cross-disciplinary team, working closely with functional ERP architects, data engineers, platform engineers, data scientists, data managers and process experts.
• Build and implement scalable data architectures that span SAP systems of record (SAP ECC, S/4HANA), SAP data platforms (BW/4HANA, SAC, Datasphere, Business Data Cloud), and non-SAP data platforms (Databricks, MS Fabric, PowerBI, AWS Glue, AWS Redshift)
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support business intelligence, analytics, and data product initiatives.
• Design data integration solutions using tools such as SAP Datasphere, SLT, Azure Data Factory, Databricks Lakeflow and AWS native data integration patterns.
• Design operational analytics on SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define pain points, working with vendors & surveying markets for potential solutions & authoring data architectures and how the architecture evolves
• Designing proof of concepts to prove out architectures and working closely with delivery teams to execute them
• Ensure data products are integrated into data governance tooling such as Alation, Collibra or SAP Datasphere to ensure quality, governance, and security across all data assets.
• Has an understanding of GDPR or equivalent data privacy legislation and how to design data solutions to remain compliant

Essential Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• Professional certification, master’s degree, or extensive relevant work experience.

Certifications:

• SAP BW/4HANA, Power BI Certified Application Associate, Fabric Data Engineer Associate, Databricks Data Engineer Associate (preferred)

Essential Experience and Job Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience SAP BW/4HANA, SAP HANA SQL, ABAP
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, with significant exposure to SAP data platforms.
• At least 1 end to end large-scale S/4HANA implementations & migration project
• Strong expertise in SAP ECC, S/4HANA, BW/4HANA & CDS Views
• Proven experience integrating SAP and non-SAP data sources into unified platforms.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS), lakehouses (e.g., Databricks), and modern data tools.
• Hands-on experience with building analytic solutions both SAP (e.g. BW queries, SAC) and non-SAP (e.g. PowerBI)
• Proficiency in data modeling, SQL, and data pipeline design using Spark
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and metadata management tools such as Alation, Collibra or SAP Datasphere
• BONUS: Hands on data engineering experience with SAP Business Data Cloud
• BONUS: Hands on data engineering experience with Palantir Foundry

What we offer:

It’s crucial to us that the differences we see in the world around us are reflected in our workplace. Who you are is what counts, not where you’re from or how you live your life. At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to encouraging an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include:

• Generous salary package including an annual bonus program and individual performance-based incentives.
• Additional EPF contributions totaling 15%.
• Excellent work-life balance & flexible working arrangements!
• Collaborative environment that celebrates achievements, diversity, and culture
• Ongoing career development and progression opportunities in a global organization
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (4 weeks partner leave)

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Business modelling, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Data design, Digital Analytics, Emerging technology monitoring, Information Assurance, Integration, IT Management, IT strategy and planning, Network Design, Requirements definition and management, Risk Management, Service operations and resiliency, Solution Architecture, Systems Development Management, Technical specialism, User Experience Analysis

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