Senior Solution Architect - Enterprise Applications
The Bridge Search is partnering with a major retailer on a large-scale ERP transformation. We’re looking for a Senior Solution Architect with real functional depth in Retail, Supply Chain or Finance. This is not an integration-only or SAP module role. It’s for an enterprise-first architect who happens to have deep SAP experience.
You’ll sit across six workstreams as the architect who keeps the program coherent: guiding solution design, simplifying the integration landscape, uplifting master data governance and holding the line on the Target Architecture.
What you’ll be doing
- Leading end-to-end solution design across Finance, Supply Chain, Retail Platforms, HR and Corporate Applications
- Championing clean-core principles across S/4HANA, BTP and MDG, keeping customisation to a minimum and using BTP or SaaS for extensibility
- Rationalising integrations toward API-first, event-driven patterns and away from point-to-point
- Defining master data ownership across product, supplier, customer and finance domains
- Aligning designs to identity, security and access models (Entra ID, SAP IAS/IPS, ServiceNow provisioning)
- Taking solutions and option analysis to the Architecture Review Board and influencing senior stakeholders
- Bringing structure and clarity to a multi-vendor, regulated environment, and challenging vendors and SIs where needed
What you’ll bring
- 10+ years in enterprise solution architecture
- Strong functional architecture background in Retail, Supply Chain or Finance
- Hands-on S/4HANA architecture at scale, plus BTP and MDG; SuccessFactors is a bonus
- Experience leading architecture on one or more large ERP or transformation programs, ideally alongside global SIs
- A solid grasp of clean-core, RISE and cloud deployment models
- Commercial awareness covering TCO, licensing and vendor leverage
- A calm, structured communication style and strong written and visual artefacts
Experience in retail, distribution or other regulated, high-volume environments is highly regarded.
Why this role matters
This architect is central to keeping the program aligned, scalable, compliant and future-ready. It’s a rare chance to shape a transformation that touches every part of the business, and to leave behind a cleaner, simpler architecture than you found.
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Solutions Architect in Melbourne employer: The Bridge Search
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