SAP Technical Solution Architect

About the Job

The European Parliament’s Directorate-General for Finance is seeking expressions of interest from candidates with a view to filling a SAP Technical Solution Architect post, based in Luxembourg, to work as a Contract Agent (FG IV) within its FMS Competence Centre Unit.

The FMS Competence Centre Unit is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the Parliament’s Financial Management System (FMS), as well as other SAP S/4HANA tools related to the financial entitlements of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The Unit also provides end-user support and training. Recently, the Unit has expanded its mission to become the SAP innovation hub of the European Parliament. This includes extending its current portfolio of SAP applications, preparing the migration of the existing on-premises infrastructure to the cloud (SAP RISE) by 2027, and defining a roadmap for the implementation of a series of AI initiatives.

Responsibilities and tasks:

You will help turn this transformation into practical technical solutions. Working with external consultants and project teams across different business areas, you will contribute to solution design and implementation, review technical proposals, and help ensure that development standards and security requirements are met.

• Help design SAP solutions across S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and SAP Business Data Cloud.
• Work with external consultants and project teams to translate business needs into appropriate technical solutions.
• Review technical proposals, identify risks, and recommend practical improvements.
• Monitor compliance with development standards and guidelines throughout delivery.
• Keep technical teams aligned through clear communication and effective coordination.
• Assess security risks in private and public cloud solutions.
• Plan and coordinate penetration tests, follow up results, and monitor corrective actions.
• Contribute to the SAP RISE cloud migration and the expansion of our SAP portfolio.

What we are looking for:

Knowledge and skills

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferably in IT, telecommunications, or a related field.
• Proven SAP solution architecture experience covering S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, SAP BTP, and SAP Business Data Cloud components.
• Experience assessing security risks for private and public cloud solutions.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and following up penetration tests and corrective actions.
• The ability to evaluate technical solutions and ensure compliance with development standards.
• An analytical mindset: you identify the key issues in complex situations and develop practical, innovative solutions.
• The flexibility to quickly understand different business processes and environments.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and workloads and deliver under tight deadlines.
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach to working with technical teams and external consultants.
• SAP implementation, migration, or transformation projects is considered as a valuable asset
• Cloud migration initiatives, particularly SAP RISE is considered as a valuable asset

What we offer:

• Contribute to SAP transformation at the European Parliament, with a clear connection to the institution’s financial operations.
• Work across a broad SAP landscape and varied business processes.
• Collaborate with colleagues and consultants in an international, mission-driven environment.

This is a contractual agent role in function group IV. Salary and benefits are determined in accordance with the EU regulations for contract staff (see here for details about the contract type, duration and salary).

How to express your interest?

• Express your interest by registering a spontaneous application on our job board Apply4EP. You can access it by clicking on the Apply button or by following this link.
• After submitting your expression of interest, please also email your CV and motivation letter to [email protected] the subject line: “Expression of Interest SAP FMS LUX (FG IV) – Technical Solution Architect – Name.Surname” .

Questions about the role? Contact the recruiter: Catalina Ghitcu

Disclaimer: The services will contact you only if your profile corresponds to the requirements of the job. Submitting your expression of interest is not a guarantee that you will be invited for an interview on behalf of the European Parliament. Inclusion of your name in the database or passing an interview and/or a selection test is not a guarantee that you will be offered a secondment. If a contract becomes available, the recruiting services will consult the database and issue invitations to those candidates whose profiles most closely match the requirements of the post in question. If it emerges that the information they have provided is incorrect, candidates will be excluded from the procedure and their names will be removed from the database.

The European Parliament is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes expression of interest without discrimination on any ground such as gender, ethnicity, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status or family situation.