SAP Archive Specialist- (OpenText ILM Consultant)

<ul> <li><strong>Role/Job title:</strong><strong>SAP Archive Specialist- (OpenText ILM Consultant)</strong></li><li><strong>Mode of working – Leeds- 2-3 days onsite</strong></li><li><strong>Type of Employment- Permanent</strong></li></ul> <p><strong>The Role:</strong></p> <p>We are looking for an experienced <strong>SAP Archive Specialist (OpenText ILM Consultant)</strong> to support a large-scale SAP transformation programme. You will contribute to greenfield implementations, rollouts, enhancements, and steady-state operations on SAP with RISE. Your role will be critical in configuring and optimising SAP Data &amp; Document Archiving and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) across ECC, S/4HANA, and BW/4HANA landscapes. This includes enabling the technical setup required to support SIT, UAT, and performance testing prior to and following go-live.</p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Key responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the design, implementation, and operational delivery of SAP Data &amp; Document Archiving and ILM across SAP ECC, S/4HANA, and BW/4HANA environments.</li><li>Integrate SAP with OpenText components (Archive Server/Center, Document Access) and/or SAP Content Server via ArchiveLink to ensure performant, compliant, and cost-efficient storage.</li><li>Collaborate with BASIS, Security, and Business Process teams to manage data growth, define retention strategies (GDPR/SOX/HIPAA), and enable seamless retrieval of business documents.</li><li>Ensure system configurations and archiving strategies meet compliance, operational efficiency, and audit requirements.</li><li>Support archiving readiness for SIT, UAT, performance testing, and go-live cycles.</li></ul> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Your Profile</strong></p> <p><strong>Essential skills/knowledge/experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong knowledge of SAP ADK (Archive Development Kit), SARA, SARI, and OpenText ArchiveLink.</li><li>Deep knowledge of OpenText Archive Center, Document Access, and Extended ECM.</li><li>Experience with SAP S/4HANA or SAP Business Suite, HANA Database, and Archive Server administration.</li><li>Solid understanding of ArchiveLink architecture, Storage Categories, and foundational ABAP for analysing archiving objects.</li><li>Ability to run production archiving/ILM jobs, monitor throughput, troubleshoot ArchiveLink RFC/HTTP issues, and perform system health checks.</li><li>Strong collaboration skills, working closely with BASIS, Security, Business Process teams, vendors, and external partners.</li><li>Knowledge of GDPR, SOX, HIPAA compliance requirements, including legal holds, defensible deletion, audit trails, and policy documentation.</li><li></li></ul> <p><strong>Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hands-on experience with SAP SARA configuration, ArchiveLink repositories, storage categories, and early/late archiving setups.</li><li>Strong troubleshooting across RFC/HTTP Content Server, ArchiveLink queues, and high-volume archiving runs.</li><li>Familiarity with BW/4HANA NLS/NSE and S/4HANA-specific archiving considerations.</li><li>Experience with advanced ILM (residence/retention management, legal holds, legacy system decommissioning).</li><li>Strong OpenText expertise, including Document Access, Enterprise Scan, Document Pipeline tuning, and high availability/DR setup for Archive Center.</li><li>Experience with automation and scripting (Perl, Shell) and ABAP exits/BADIs for monitoring and automation.</li><li>Exposure to DVM tooling and third-party solutions (e.g., PBS, TJC) for analytics, purge/hybrid strategies.</li><li>Experience supporting S/4HANA conversions, including archiving cutover plans and test cycles.</li><li>Experience delivering SAP CQC services (especially CQC for Data Volume Management) and managing remediation plans.</li></ul>