Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Provide SAP-specific technical guidance and design assurance under the delegated authority of the SAP Technical Manager. The role acts as a Subject Matter Expert for SAP technical architecture, integration standards, clean-core alignment, security-by-design, and solution scalability across SAP landscapes. It contributes to technical standards and reference patterns, reviews SAP technical designs before implementation, and works closely with SAP Basis, Integration, Security/GRC, ABAP, and delivery teams to support SAP solutions that are secure, compliant, resilient, and aligned with OQ architecture principles and business priorities. The role provides SAP-specific technical design assurance within the SAP Technical domain and aligns with OQ architecture principles, target-state direction, and cross-platform standards. The position will act in accordance with the Group s Mission, Vision, Values & Strategies, as well as, policies, guidelines, and standards, supported by an IT Technology platform, HSE standards, Omani s government & other legal justifications, and best international practices in consonance with national objectives.

Main tasks and responsibilities

SAP System Architecture:

• Provide expert-level guidance and design assurance for SAP technical architecture, including SAP S/4HANA landscapes, technical components, integration touchpoints, and architecture principles, to support scalability, performance, reliability, resilience, and clean-core alignment.
• Collaborate with SAP Basis, Integration, SAP Security/GRC, ABAP, infrastructure teams, SAP-managed service counterparts, and business stakeholders to review and align SAP technical architecture with business needs, approved standards, and OQ s SAP operating model.
• Review SAP technical designs before build and provide recommendations through the Manager SAP Technical approval route to ensure alignment with approved architecture, security, compliance, integration, and governance standards.

Application

• Provide expert SAP technical guidance and design assurance to support SAP solutions being designed, enhanced, and integrated in line with approved standards, business requirements, clean-core principles, and OQ s SAP operating model.
• Review SAP technical specifications and solution designs before build to ensure alignment with architecture standards, extensibility patterns, interface requirements, security-by-design, and compliance expectations.
• Provide technical guidance to demand, delivery, SAP Basis, Integration, SAP Security/GRC, ABAP, and business teams to ensure proposed SAP changes are technically feasible, scalable, supportable, and aligned with business priorities.
• Promote SAP technical best practices, knowledge sharing, and design consistency across SAP application changes, enhancements, integrations, and technical solution decisions.
• Identify SAP technical risks related to application changes and recommend mitigation actions covering integration impact, system compliance, security, performance, resilience, and operational supportability.

SAP Development and Customization:

• Provide design assurance and technical input for SAP development and customization delivered by ABAP, Fiori/UI5, integration, vendor, and delivery teams.
• Review custom development approaches for alignment with clean-core principles, approved extensibility patterns, coding standards, security expectations, upgrade impact, and operational supportability.
• Provide technical oversight and quality assurance for custom development deliverables without owning ABAP, Fiori/UI5, or integration delivery execution.

SAP Integration and Interface Management:

• Provide high-level SAP technical architecture input on integration and interface requirements to ensure alignment with approved SAP standards, business needs, security requirements, and OQ s SAP operating model.
• Review SAP integration designs at architecture and risk level to identify key risks related to data flow, security, performance, resilience, monitoring, and operational supportability.
• Coordinate with SAP Basis, Integration, SAP Security/GRC, ABAP, SAP-managed service counterparts, and vendors to support integration-related technical reviews and issue resolution.
• Support the definition and improvement of SAP interface documentation, monitoring expectations, error-handling principles, and ownership clarity across integration touchpoints without replacing SAP Integration Expert ownership of detailed integration design and delivery.

SAP Upgrade and Migration:

• Support SAP upgrades, release changes, and platform transitions by providing SAP technical governance input from planning and preparation through execution readiness and post-go-live stabilization.
• Provide technical review of upgrade and migration impacts covering OQ-owned dependencies, interfaces, security, testing, business continuity, operational readiness, and SAP-managed service responsibility boundaries.
• Coordinate with SAP Basis, SAP-managed service providers, project delivery, functional teams, integration, security, and business stakeholders to ensure technical risks and dependencies are identified, tracked, and addressed.

SAP Performance Optimization:

• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimization opportunities within SAP systems by reviewing system metrics, technical patterns, workload trends, interface behaviour, and operational feedback.
• Recommend and coordinate performance improvement actions with SAP Basis, SAP-managed service providers, infrastructure, integration, ABAP, functional, and vendor teams, within the applicable OQ and SAP responsibility boundaries.
• Support review of performance testing and benchmarking outcomes to assess system performance, scalability, and reliability under different workloads and usage scenarios.

SAP Security and Compliance:

• Collaborate with SAP Security/GRC, SAP Basis, Integration, ABAP, infrastructure, SAP-managed service counterparts, and vendors to review security-by-design requirements during SAP technical design and architecture review.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Minimum Qualifications for this position are a bachelor s degree in IT or related disciplines.
• Master s degree in relevant field.
• Excellent knowledge of written, read, and spoken English (required).
• A minimum of 8 10 years experience in SAP technical architecture or senior SAP technical roles, with exposure to standards, design review, and cross-team technical advisory activities.
• Hands-on background in SAP technical roles, with expertise in SAP system architecture, integration architecture review, clean-core principles, and technical design assurance.
• Experience with enterprise applications integrated with SAP, such as laboratory, environmental, operational, or other business systems used in OQ s landscape.
• Experience in application development methodologies and integration techniques sufficient to review and govern designs without owning development or integration delivery.
• Working experience in industries like Oil & Gas, Energy and Utilities is preferable.
• Experience reviewing or contributing to enterprise integration, APIs, and service-oriented architecture solutions.
• Working knowledge of OQ s SAP-enabled Oil & Gas business processes across relevant areas such as finance, procurement, maintenance, supply chain, projects, reporting, integrations, and asset operations.
• Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, BW/BI, SAP GRC, Solution Manager, SAP BTP/CPI, SAP Cloud Connector, the SAP RISE operating model, SAP-managed service responsibilities, and related SAP technical components used across OQ s landscape.
• Ability to assess SAP technical requirements in an Oil & Gas operating context without assuming ownership of functional solution design, ABAP development, SAP Basis operations, SAP Security/GRC administration, or detailed integration delivery.
• Strong stakeholder influence and collaboration skills, with the ability to guide technical teams and business stakeholders without direct reporting authority.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex SAP technical designs, identify risks, and recommend practical improvements.
• Clear communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain SAP technical topics to technical, business, audit, and management stakeholders.
• Good planning and prioritization skills, with the ability to balance business urgency, risk, compliance, technical impact, and operational stability.
• Forward-thinking mindset, with the ability to promote continuous improvement, standardization, resilience, and future-ready SAP technical practices.
• Strong accountability mindset and business results orientation, with focus on secure, compliant, supportable, and business-aligned SAP solutions.
• Customer-focused approach, with the ability to maintain constructive relationships with internal teams, SAP, vendors, and business users.
• Strong understanding of SAP technical architecture, SAP S/4HANA landscapes, the SAP RISE operating model, SAP-managed service responsibilities, and SAP technical components relevant to enterprise environments.
• Working knowledge of SAP technologies such as ABAP, Fiori/UI5, integration tools, BW/BI, SAP Basis concepts, and cloud/private cloud services sufficient to review technical designs and identify key risks.
• Ability to review SAP technical specifications, solution designs, and change proposals for alignment with clean-core principles, approved extensibility patterns, security-by-design, performance, resilience, and operational supportability.
• Good understanding of SAP security and compliance concepts, including access governance, privileged access, technical/generic users, segregation of duties, logging, monitoring, auditability, and vulnerability remediation.
• Practical understanding of SAP integration and interface concepts, including data flow, interface monitoring, error handling, security, and ownership clarity across integration touchpoints.
• Ability to identify SAP technical risks and recommend practical mitigation actions covering integration impact, compliance, performance, resilience, and supportability.