Principal Platform Engineer SAP AFS S/4

This is a remote position.

Overview:

·        Looking to hire a Platform Engineer to be part of a mission critical team – a seasoned professional with experience designing, building and maintaining solutions in SAP FICO and integrating SAP (AFS and S/4) with SaaS source to pay solutions. 

Who you will work with:

·        You will be part of the Leadership Team for the Procurement and Working Capital Management Platform Engineering team. In this capacity, you will work with the Engineering Directors, Managers and Principal Platform Engineers.

·        This role also serves as a technical authority for the software engineering team. Your colleagues will sit in globally distributed teams across product, program, architecture, and engineering. You will help the squads collaborate with other squads to deliver end to end solutions.

·        Product managers and business partners will work with you for prioritization, impact assessment and resolution. You will participate with multiple squads in an Agile / Scrum methodology to deliver high-quality software releases every two weeks through Sprints.

·        You will report into the Senior Director of Engineering for your capability area.

What you will work on:

·        As a Platform Engineer you will architect, develop, test and deploy solutions in Procurement and Working Capital domain. 

·        You will provide leadership on how software solutions are built, tested, deployed and supported. We also expect you to be hands-on in the design and implementation of product features in SAP and integration (STMs, design decisions and more).  We will also rely on your expertise to address issues and perform root cause analysis to proactively resolve product and operational issues.

·        You will promote the reduction in technical debt across our platforms, emphasize technical quality, showcase new technologies as well as facilitate experimentation and proof of concepts to demonstrate technical considerations.

WHAT YOU BRING:

·        The ideal candidate will have functional knowledge and experience delivering solutions for Procurement, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable. We also need you to have practical technical experience connecting SaaS applications into ERPs and on-premise systems.

·        To ensure your success, you'll want to bring at least five years’ experience with these skills on Day 1:

• Bachelor's degree or relevant combination of education, experience and training
  
• Expertise in SAP AP and AR modules
  
• Experience creating STMs and designing integration solutions
  
• Working knowledge of common integration tool-sets such as Nifi, Kafka, Oracle Fusion, Mulesoft, etc
  
• Amazon Web Services specifically using Lambda, Simple Storage Services, Amazon API Gateway, and Elastic Compute Cloud instances
  
• Operations and design of high availability systems with SLAs and OLAs
  
• Strong background in Java and Python
  
• Proficiency with Agile methodology
  

We are also interested in hiring someone with experience working across a large technology organization on multi-functional initiatives who:

• Effectively translates business objectives and roadmaps into results.
  
• Connects successfully with a variety of technical teammates and functional partners.
  
• Has completed a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical subject area, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
• Brings 5 to 7 years relevant work experience in the Software Development and/or Data Engineering field.