Role Overview We are seeking an experienced SAP Data Archiving & ILM Specialist to lead the design, implementation, and ongoing support of SAP data archiving, retention, destruction, and legacy system decommissioning solutions. The ideal candidate will bring solid hands-on expertise in SAP Classical Data Archiving and SAP ILM, with experience translating business, privacy, and retention requirements into practical technical solutions. This role requires close collaboration with global business stakeholders, SAP functional teams, ABAP developers, Basis teams, and compliance stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities
SAP Data Archiving and Data Volume Management
• Lead end-to-end archiving engagements, including system assessments, requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.
• Conduct data assessments and system health checks to identify high-growth tables, housekeeping needs, and archiving opportunities.
• Develop archiving roadmaps and strategies supporting system performance, data volume reduction, migrations, and long-term data accessibility.
• Implement archiving across MM, FI/CO, SD, PM, PP, and QM, along with technical objects such as IDOC, BC_BAL, BC_DBLOGS, and CHANGEDOCU.
• Perform object-specific configuration in SARA, schedule archiving jobs, monitor logs, resolve failures, and prepare archiving statistics.
• Enable access to archived data through Archive Information System (SARI), Data Relationship Browser (DRB), and standard transactions and reports.
• Support ongoing archiving operations, production troubleshooting, housekeeping, and Archiving-as-a-Service delivery. SAP ILM and Retention Management
• Configure SAP ILM objects, retention periods, audit areas, policies, and rules based on approved business and legal requirements.
• Implement data blocking and controlled data destruction processes supporting GDPR and organizational privacy requirements.
• Establish and maintain Legal Case Management and legal holds, ensuring applicable retention restrictions are respected.
• Map business processes and data categories to relevant archive and ILM objects.




• Coordinate with business, legal, and compliance stakeholders to validate retention and destruction requirements.
• Support conversion of standard ADK archive files to ILM-enabled archive files and migration of archive files between content repositories. Data Decommissioning and Content Archiving
• Deliver SAP legacy system decommissioning solutions using SAP ILM and the Data Fridge tool, including FEX and No-FEX modes.
• Support preservation, retrieval, and controlled lifecycle management of historical data from retired systems.
• Work with GOS attachments, unstructured data profiling, document archiving, and print list archiving.
• Coordinate with storage and infrastructure teams on archive repositories, third-party storage integration, and archive accessibility.
• Support relevant data extraction and audit requirements using SAP Data Retention Tool (DaRT). Technical Delivery and Quality Assurance
• Develop or enhance custom archive objects, ILM objects, deletion objects, and supporting reports in collaboration with ABAP teams.
• Apply working knowledge of ABAP Data Dictionary, simple and interactive reports, ALV, RFC, and RICEF concepts to analysis and troubleshooting.
• Prepare unit and integration test plans covering archiving, retrieval, retention, legal holds, and destruction scenarios.
• Investigate technical issues and coordinate applicable SAP correction notes with development and Basis teams.
• Maintain solution designs, configuration records, technical specifications, operational procedures, and user documentation. Stakeholder Collaboration and Leadership
• Lead requirements workshops, solution discussions, project kickoffs, and knowledge-transfer sessions.




• Coordinate delivery across offshore teams and global stakeholders, managing dependencies, risks, timelines, and deliverables.
• Contribute to Center of Excellence initiatives, reusable accelerators, archiving tools, and delivery standards.
• Support presales assessments, solution demonstrations, and proof-of-concept activities.
• Mentor junior team members and provide structured technical training. Required Qualifications and Skills
• 12+ years of IT/SAP experience, with substantial hands-on specialization in SAP Data Archiving and SAP ILM.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end archiving implementations and production support engagements.
• Strong expertise in SAP Classical Data Archiving, SAP ILM, Data Volume Management (DVM), DaRT, and GOS.
• Hands-on experience configuring retention policies, data blocking, data destruction, and legal holds.
• Experience in SAP data decommissioning using Data Fridge and SAP ILM.
• Strong understanding of business dependencies and archiving prerequisites across major SAP functional modules.
• Practical experience with SARA, SARI, DRB, ADK files, archive repositories, and background job monitoring.
• Working knowledge of ABAP and custom archiving/ILM object development.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote offshore delivery model and collaborate effectively across time zones. Preferred Qualifications
• Working knowledge of SNP OutBoard Suite, including ERP Archiving, Data Decommissioning, Data Transformation, and Test Data Organizer.
• Experience supporting archiving strategies for SAP migration or transformation programs.
• Understanding of third-party storage technologies, content repositories, and ETL processes.
• Experience contributing to SAP archiving Centers of Excellence, tool development, or managed services.
• Experience supporting global clients across multiple regions and retention requirements. Please share resume at [email protected] to discuss further BEST Recruitment Manager 93137 39389

📌 Senior SAP Data Archiving (India)
🏢 ERP Initiatives Group
📍 India