Platform Expert

Description

• Define, maintain, and evolve SAP team work guidelines, including:
  
• Development best practices
  
• Clean Core strategy and extensibility models
  
• DevSecOps cycle applied to SAP
  
• Security, compliance, and quality requirements
  
• Define and operationalize the RISE with SAP governance model, in coordination with architecture, security, and suppliers.
  
• Promote the adoption of SAP standards and frameworks (SAP Activate, Best Practices, Reference Architectures).
  

• Work closely with business areas to:
  
• Understand functional and strategic needs
  
• Define the best SAP solutions, ensuring a balance between value, cost, and technical sustainability
  
• Support the definition of solution architectures and integrations
  
• Ensure that solutions are aligned with corporate architecture and security guidelines.
  

• Accelerate the transformation of EDP’s SAP landscape, including:
  
• S/4HANA and RISE with SAP
  
• Reduction of customizations and application modernization
  
• Adoption of SAP BTP
  
• Evaluate and promote the use of artificial intelligence in the SAP context (e.g., SAP Business AI, Joule, side-by-side scenarios).
  
• Evaluate SAP and partner solutions, analyzing maturity, technical suitability, and business value
  

• Support the analysis, management, and optimization of SAP licensing, in collaboration with the relevant internal areas.
  
• Manage the relationship with SAP, ensuring:
  
• Strategic alignment and monitoring of roadmaps
  
• Coordination with SAP partners
  
• Management and escalation of critical issues
  

• Work in alignment with other Competence, Architecture, and Security Centers.
  
• Contribute to the training of SAP teams, promoting standards, knowledge, and continuous improvement.
  
• Act as a technical and functional reference in the SAP ecosystem
  

Requirements

• up to 15 years of experience in the role for the service to be contracted
• Degree in Software Engineering or Computer Engineering or similar
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to work in a collaborative environment and with global teams
  
• Ability for critical analysis and focused on problem solving
  
• Commitment to quality of deliveries
  
• Knowledge of Agile methodology, JIRA and Confluence tools (valued)
  
• Experience in strategic projects
• Knowledge of languages (written and oral): English (mandatory), Portuguese (valued), Spanish (valued)
  
• Advanced knowledge of the technology in question
  
• Experience in designing/architecting solutions on the technology/platform in question
  
• Certifications in the technologies / platforms in question
  AP Competence Center – Transformation & Governance Specialist
  

• SAP S/4HANA and ECC
  
• RISE with SAP
  
• Clean Core strategies and extensibility
  
• SAP BTP and integrations
  
• Knowledge of SAP solution architecture.
  
• Solid understanding of security, compliance, and DevSecOps in SAP environments.
  
• Experience in evaluating SAP and partner solutions.
  

• Strong communication and influencing skills with technical and business stakeholders.
  
• Strategic thinking and end-to-end vision.
• Autonomy, proactivity, and critical thinking.
• Ability to work in complex and multidisciplinary environments.
• Focus on results and continuous improvement.

• Fluent English (mandatory).
  

• Relevant SAP certifications (S/4HANA, BTP, Architecture, Activate).
  
• Experience in large organizations or multinational environments.
  
• Previous experience in SAP Competence Centers or governance roles.
  

• Technical guidelines
  
• Code Reviews
  
• Reference architectures
  
• Development blueprints
  

Benefits