SAP Technical Architect

Role: SAP Technical Architect

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Manchester / London, UK (Hybrid)

Number of hours: 40 hours per week – full time

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in SAP ?

We have an exciting role for you – SAP Technical Architect

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose‑led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• Bring in your GCP Cloud Infra and Engineering skills to curate and engineer Cloud Resources and make their Cloud Adoption journey seamless.
• Identify areas of improvement and innovation harnessing your Google Cloud competencies to make services more Secure, reliant, self‑serve and autonomous.

The Role

We're looking to recruit an SAP Technical Architect as part of a greenfield implementation/rollout/enhancement and steady state on SAP with RISE, new applications are being provisioned and configured to support new SAP standard retail functionality. The technical setup and configuration of these newly provisioned systems need to be completed in order to enable the functional build to be deployed to support SIT, UAT, Performance testing prior/post to go‑live.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Strong hands‑on experience designing and governing SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC technical architectures.
• Provide technical leadership for ABAP, Fiori/UI5, OData, CDS Views, and SAP Basis teams.
• Deep understanding of SAP system landscape design, including DEV/QAS/PRD/DR environments.
• In‑depth knowledge of SAP Basis, system sizing, performance tuning, high‑availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) configurations.
• Strong experience with SAP HANA database architecture, optimization, backup/restore strategies, and security.
• Expertise in SAP integration technologies:
• SAP BTP Integration Suite (CPI)
• SAP PI/PO
• APIs (REST, SOAP, OData)
• Ability to design end‑to‑end integration patterns across SAP and non‑SAP systems (CRM, eCommerce, SCM, WMS, POS, Finance apps).
• Ability to enforce coding standards, reusable component frameworks, and conduct technical reviews.
• Working knowledge of SAP on Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Strong understanding of SAP security architecture, roles/authorization, SSO, encryption, and compliance requirements.
• Proven experience leading SAP technical tracks in large implementations, migrations, or S/4HANA transformations.
• Experience conducting technical impact assessments, solution reviews, and performance troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman, or SAP’s Enterprise Architecture Framework.
• Experience with SAP BTP advanced services (Workflow, Business Rules, Event Mesh, API Management).
• Knowledge of DevOps / CI‑CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Knowledge of SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or cloud‑native analytics solutions.
• Experience with API‑led integration, micro‑APIs, and API governance.
• Experience in complex enterprise environments such as retail, manufacturing, FMCG, pharma, or supply chain‑heavy industries.
• Hands‑on exposure to Fiori Elements & custom UI5 apps and Side‑by‑side extensions on SAP BTP
• Experience leading architecture review boards (ARB) or governance forums.
• Capability to mentor technical teams and guide large multi‑vendor delivery environments.
• Ability to influence C‑level stakeholders with well‑structured architecture recommendations

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long‑term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at if you would like to opt in.