SAP Solution Architect - Swindon, United Kingdom - Thames Water

Thames Water

Verified Company

Swindon, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

SAP Solution Architect:

This role will be Swindon based. However, there is an option for hybrid or remote option. _

Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK's largest water and wastewater company.

We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.

Thames Water requires, a SAP Solution Architect, within the Digital Data Intelligence (platform services) team.
The role is accountable for the availability and currency of the SAP Data Platform i.e.
SAP Data Services - ETL tool providing a single solution for Data Integration, Transformation, Data Quality and Data Profiling.

Provide leadership to the SAP developer team, focused on improving the performance, productivity and efficiency of the team by instilling and driving a continuous improvement mindset and enabling the best (and simplest) possible data and information experiencefor customers and end users.

The role is also accountable for ensuring all aspects of change requests and environment transports are legitimate and in no way compromise the day-to-day operation of the platforms.

This role provides you the opportunity to be placed within the heart of a growing, dynamic team, working in a collaborative environment where the focus on change is a constant.

Platform Services Digital Data Intelligence is committed to the delivery of innovativedata and reporting solutions that deliver tangible business benefits and organisational value leading to demonstrable operational performance improvements.

What you will be doing:

Accountable for the availability and precision of the SAP Data Platform across all environments.
Accountable for ensuring the currency of all SAP support packs, product updates and system refreshes and certificates.
System administration/capacity accountabilities across all environments in the technology stack to ensure projects deploying new data assets onto warehouse do not impact BAU operations
Supporting the Platform services BI architect with the development of architectural standards and guidelines
Lead by example and support the development of the team to be more commercially aware
Demonstrate leadership behaviours across the team; manage and motivate employees to deliver high performance results
Ensure the team's resources and workloads are being effectively utilised, delivering within agreed timescales
Working closely with developers, business specialists and support teams to ensure developments on the platform run to task.

What you should bring to this role:

Experienced in building, integrating or managing at least one significant SAP data/reporting platform implementation with a deep understanding of how the solution was put together (e.g. data transfers, integrations, automation, QA).
Experience of designing/authenticating; Composite Providers, Operational Data Stores, DSO's and Info Objects.
Able to join and align technical understanding with an appreciation of customer experience wants and needs.
Experience of building effective relationships with all levels of the business including senior stakeholders
An understanding of change governance lifecycle and the prerequisites that accompany it.
Experience of continuous delivery and experience in delivering in cross functional teams
A pragmatic approach to Risk Management.

What's in it for you?
Our Digital Team is a fun, fast paced environment where no two days will be the same.
You will be working with like-minded people who really want to make a difference to our customers.
We are committed to giving you great training and will make sure you areconfident in helping customers.

We're proud of the positive ways of working we've adopted during the pandemic, creating a more flexible and dynamic environment so all our colleagues can thrive
. For our office-based roles we're moving to a hybrid approach with various optionsacross working from home, office and our sites.

Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner.
If you join our team, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career and flexible working arrangements.

Our competitive salary package includes an excellent contributory pension, 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you moneyand support your wellbeing.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.