EAM Architect

Position: EAM Architect

Location: Houston, Texas

Duration: 6-12+ Months Contract to Hire ( C2H )

Position Overview:

• Provide overall design guidelines for software and hardware integration, performance, reliability, operating, and security designs.
• Capture business capability requirements, functional requirements, and expected service levels from business unit. Create EAM solutions that map to an actionable Business-IT roadmap (a long-range plan for the business that identifies specific IT investments in applications and infrastructure to support business objectives).
• Support BU leadership in identifying opportunities for emerging technologies, through collaboration with the EAM architect, to enable business strategies. Provide an advisory role with the clients on the impact of new technologies on their existing technical and information system environments.
• Ensure business and functional requirements are maintained throughout the development/configuration process.
• Maintain strong understanding of technology needs and solutions for the business units.
• Liaison between the client, vendors, project management and the technical team on questions, issues, and revisions to the solution architecture.
• Manage engagement risk and economics including planning and budgeting; manage accounts receivable; define deliverable content; ensure buy-in of proposed solutions from business owners.
• Guide complex fit/gap analysis and design decisions and validate fit/gap analysis and design decisions to ensure deviations from "out of the box" functionality have sufficient business justification and positive value proposition.

Your background includes:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience. Advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of experience architecting, implementing, and managing enterprise asset management solutions/systems.
• Experience in SAP platform architecture, solution design, project envisioning, planning, developing, deployment, and scalability
• Experience in a minimum of 3 full cycle greenfield SAP implementations
• Experience in a minimum of 1 full cycle brownfield SAP implementations
• Experience with converting new acquisitions/mergers into current platforms.
• Experience with SAP ISU
• Experience with current technology implementation patterns
• Technical consulting, solution design, project envisioning, planning, developing, and deployment.
• Strong, persuasive communication and presentation skills
• Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas--both verbally and in written form to technical and non-technical peers
• Experience and knowledge of integration of SAP enterprise modules (e.g., CRM, MM, FI) and 3rd party applications

A bonus to have:

• SAP PM/EAM certification a plus

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