SAP Data Archival ILM

SAP Data Archival ILM

Data Archiving Architect : Minimum 12 to 15 years of experience

Job description : Responsible for leading end to end application data archiving initiatives, working closing with the clients and internal stake holders to define, design, and document archiving requirements across multiple applications. This role serves as the primary functional and technical authority on data archiving Lifecyle practices, ensuring compliance with data retention policies, security standards, and end user access needs.

SME will lead structured client workshops to capture archiving requirements, translating business, legal and technical needs into clear, actionable documentation to support archiving.

 

Key responsibilities :

 

Lead and facilitate client workshops to elicit and document detailed application archiving requirements across business, legal and IT stakeholders.

Access application landscapes to determine appropriate archiving approaches

Serve as the primary point of contact for archiving related discussions , decisions, and clarifications throughout the engagement lifecycle

 

Data Archiving Lifecycle expertise :

 

Define and document the full data archiving lifecycle u=including:

Data identification and eligibility

Retention and deletion policies

Archiving execution and validation

Ensure alignment with regulatory, compliance and audit requirements including long term data retention and retrievability

Identify the archiving objects based on Top-Size tables

Customized the application settings, Object Specific & Basis Customization for the archiving objects

Creation of Design and Build documents and user guides

 

Produce high quality client facing documentation including:

 

Archiving requirements specifications

Data retention and access models

Application archiving assessments and recommendations

Ensure documentation is clear, complete, and suitable for technical implementation teams and client review

 

Senior Archiving consultant :  Minimum of 8 years of SAP Archiving implementation experience :

 

Strong knowledge in SAP Classical archiving solution and SAP ILM solution for SAP ECC system

Understand business processes and map or identify the archiving objects, ILM policies, and retention times

Scheduling archiving jobs and monitoring job logs, prepare archiving statistics

Experience in implementation of attachments archiving

End to end exposure of implementation experience in archiving project, good communication and interpersonal skills

Strong knowledge in different archive server and archive link

Strong knowledge in different retrieval methods

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Areas of responsibility
Triaging and resolution of tickets	Establish incident monitoring protocols and provide technical guidance to enable permanent fixes for recurring issues.
SLA Monitoring	Review SLA performance across the team, represent the function in meetings, and ensure consistent delivery quality.

 

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Performance tuning and optimization	Collaborate with technical teams in managing production support activities regarding incident resolution, efficient deployments, and implementation of changes.
Perform system Improvements	Collaborate with technical teams to review mitigation measures and proposed improvement actions.
Handling disaster recovery	Develop disaster recovery and data backup plans to ensure system resilience and quick restoration in case of disruptions.

 

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Reporting and stakeholder engagement	Participate in Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), manage client expectations, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
Team Management	Supervise team members by overseeing daily operations, conducting performance appraisals, and providing feedback.
Knowledge base and continuous learning	Update and maintain documentation for complex issues, share best practices within the team, and support ongoing knowledge enhancement to improve service efficiency.

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