SAP BDC / SAP Datasphere Solution Architect

Role: SAP BDC / SAP Datasphere Solution Architect

Location: Emeryville, CA (Onsite /Hybrid )

Duration: 12 months

Role Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced SAP BDC (Business Data Cloud) / SAP Datasphere Solution Architect to lead the modernization and migration of the existing SAP HANA Sidecar platform to SAP BDC/Datasphere. The architect will serve as the primary onsite technical and business liaison, working closely with Grocery Outlet business teams, SAP stakeholders, application owners, integration teams, and project leadership.

The role will be responsible for defining the target architecture, governing migration activities, ensuring performance and scalability requirements are met, and enabling seamless integration with Talend and downstream applications while minimizing business disruption. The solution must support operational reporting, API-based consumption, high concurrency workloads, data governance, security, and future analytical capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Solution Leadership

• Own end-to-end architecture for SAP HANA Sidecar migration to SAP BDC/Datasphere.
• Design target-state architecture covering:
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP CAR
• SAP Datasphere / SAP BDC
• Talend integration layer
• Downstream portals and applications
• Establish data ingestion, harmonization, transformation, and consumption layers.
• Define architecture standards, naming conventions, and design principles.
• Conduct architecture reviews and solution governance sessions.
• Lead technical workshops with business and IT stakeholders.

Datasphere / SAP BDC Design

• Design replication architecture using Datasphere Replication Flows.
• Lead development strategy for:
• SQL Views
• Analytical Models
• Transformation Flows
• SQL Script Views
• Task Chains
• Establish semantic and consumption models.
• Define reusable frameworks and accelerators for migration.

Migration Leadership

• Lead migration of:
• Calculation Views
• SQL Views
• Materialized Views
• Stored Procedures
• Table Functions
• Define migration waves and cutover strategies.
• Ensure business-rule parity between source and target platforms.
• Govern release and deployment activities across Dev, QA, and Production environments.

Integration Architecture

• Architect integration patterns using:
• JDBC/ODBC
• OData
• APIs
• Databricks Delta Sharing
• Oversee Talend integration redesign and optimization.
• Ensure minimal impact on consuming applications.
• Define API and service-layer best practices.

Performance & Scalability

• Define performance benchmarking framework.
• Address critical pain points:
• Sub-second API response expectations
• High concurrency access patterns
• Resource utilization optimization
• Data freshness requirements
• Drive performance tuning, workload management, and capacity planning.
• Establish SAP BDC Capacity Unit (CU) sizing strategy and optimization recommendations.

Data Governance & Security

• Define enterprise governance framework covering:
• Data lineage
• Auditing
• Data masking
• Access controls
• Security standards
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies.
• Recommend archival, retention, and hot/cold storage strategies.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as primary onsite solution authority.
• Present architecture and status updates to executive leadership.
• Facilitate business requirement workshops.
• Coordinate across SAP, Talend, application, infrastructure, and business teams.
• Support proposal reviews, governance reviews, and steering committee meetings.

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 12+ years of SAP architecture and data platform experience.
• 5+ years in SAP Datasphere/SAP Data Warehouse Cloud architecture.
• Multiple SAP HANA to Datasphere migration programs completed.
• Strong experience in retail, grocery, supply chain, or distribution environments.
• Proven leadership of large-scale enterprise data transformation initiatives.

Technical Expertise

• SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC)
• SAP Datasphere
• SAP HANA Native Modeling
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP CAR
• SAP SLT
• SQLScript
• Data Modeling and Semantic Layer Design
• Talend Integration Platform
• API-led Integration Architecture
• OData Services
• JDBC/ODBC Connectivity
• Databricks Integration
• Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning

Leadership Skills

• Executive communication skills.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management experience.
• Solution governance and architecture review board participation.
• Team leadership across onshore and offshore delivery teams.

Preferred Certifications

• SAP Certified Application Associate SAP Datasphere.
• SAP HANA Certification.
• SAP BTP Certifications.
• TOGAF Certification.
• SAP Business Data Cloud related certifications.