Practice Lead | Engineering Manager | Principal Consultant | Solutions Architect
Sydney, Australia
Email: abdulrahman.mars@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/abdulrahmansheikhm
I am a solution architecture and engineering leader with experience leading engineers, guiding cross-functional delivery teams, and solving complex business problems through practical, scalable technology solutions.
My current role combines Practice Lead, People Manager, Principal Consultant and Solutions Architect responsibilities. I lead and mentor engineers across Australia and offshore teams, support delivery quality, shape solution direction for customers, contribute to pre-sales and advisory work, and remain hands-on in architecture decisions across SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Commerce, integration, cloud platforms and enterprise applications.
I work best where business, architecture and engineering need to come together. I help teams move from unclear business problems to structured solution options, delivery paths and measurable business outcomes.
- Engineering and people leadership — lead, mentor and support engineers while improving delivery behaviours, technical standards and team capability
- Solution advisory — translate business problems into practical solution options, target-state architecture and delivery recommendations
- Cross-functional leadership — guide business, architecture, engineering, integration, identity, security, testing and delivery teams through complex decisions
- Business-value architecture — connect solution decisions to operating model impact, cost, risk, scalability, user experience and long-term supportability
- Delivery confidence — reduce ambiguity, clarify risks, guide technical trade-offs and improve alignment between solution intent and delivery execution
- Practice development — contribute to reusable delivery practices, architecture guidance, Git discipline, development standards and AI-assisted engineering productivity
I am focused on future roles that combine leadership, architecture and delivery impact:
- Engineering Manager
- Practice Lead
- Delivery Engineering Lead
- Principal Solutions Architect
- Architecture Practice Lead
- Platform Engineering Lead
- Head of Engineering - Enterprise Applications
- Technology Consulting Lead
| Area | Skills |
|---|---|
| Leadership | Engineering leadership, people management, mentoring, capability uplift, technical coaching, cross-functional leadership |
| Architecture | Solution architecture, enterprise application architecture, platform architecture, integration architecture, API design, architecture governance |
| Advisory | Customer advisory, pre-sales support, discovery, estimation, solution options, executive-ready recommendations, business-value translation |
| Delivery | Agile delivery, delivery risk management, design clarification, technical trade-offs, solution-quality reviews, stakeholder alignment |
| SAP | SAP BTP, SAP Commerce Cloud, SAP Integration Suite, SAP Cloud Identity Services, SAP IAS/IPS, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP CAP, SAP Fiori, SAP Build Work Zone, SAP Customer Data Cloud |
| Cloud and DevOps | AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, GitOps, DevOps, Terraform, CI/CD, infrastructure as code |
| Engineering | Java, Spring, Node.js, React, JavaScript, microservices, serverless, event-driven architecture, integration patterns |
Practice Lead | People Manager | Principal Consultant | Solutions Architect
Mar 2021 - Present
- Lead, mentor and support engineers and consultants across Australia and offshore teams, helping individuals grow technically and contribute effectively across customer projects
- Guide engineers through complex delivery situations by clarifying requirements, shaping solution options, reviewing design decisions and helping unblock technical and delivery risks
- Support recruitment, technical evaluation and capability planning by identifying engineering strengths, gaps and fit for customer delivery needs
- Build reusable practice guidance across architecture, Git discipline, SAP BTP development practices, solution delivery quality and AI-assisted engineering productivity
- Balance people leadership, customer expectations, commercial priorities, technical advisory and hands-on solution architecture responsibilities
- Lead solution advisory and architecture direction across enterprise customer engagements, converting business problems into target-state architectures, transition paths and delivery recommendations
- Guide cross-functional teams across business, engineering, architecture, integration, identity, security, testing and delivery to keep solution intent aligned with delivery execution
- Translate architecture findings into business-readable risks, decision points and recommendations that support stakeholder confidence and delivery clarity
- Support pre-sales and advisory work by shaping solution approaches, estimates, assumptions, delivery options and customer-ready recommendations
- Build customer trust by providing pragmatic advice that balances business priorities, technology constraints, delivery risk and future-state architecture direction
Solutions Architect | SAP Business Technology Platform | Supplier Collaboration
Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
- Led solution advisory and guided cross-functional teams across business stakeholders, supplier operations, architecture, integration, identity, data and delivery to shape a modern supplier-facing portal on SAP BTP
- Reframed fragmented, spreadsheet-driven supplier collaboration into a governed digital portal model covering pack plans, actualised forecasts, planned packing requirements, fruit purchase orders and quality reporting
- Guided solution direction across identity, supplier-scoped authorisation, role-based access, user experience, functional requirements and API contracts, balancing usability, security and long-term supportability
- Guided functional, technical and testing teams through solution clarification, API decisions, system integration testing support and cutover readiness, while keeping focus on business outcomes
- Improved solution confidence by clarifying access patterns, reducing delivery ambiguity and enabling reusable platform foundations for Zespri’s supplier digital transformation
Solutions Architect | Integration Advisory | Logistics Enhancements
Jul 2025 - Jun 2026
- Provided solution advisory and guided business, integration, testing and delivery teams across third-party logistics enhancements, focusing on operational continuity and regional rollout readiness
- Led solution playbacks with business owners and delivery teams, translating integration findings and process gaps into business-readable risks, solution decisions and action areas
- Guided solution-quality reviews across system integration testing, user acceptance testing, integration behaviour and automation considerations, helping improve reliability of logistics processes
- Supported regional rollout readiness by clarifying dependencies, integration considerations and solution risks across logistics enhancements
- Reduced ambiguity across solution work packages and helped progress logistics enhancements with clearer direction, stronger business alignment and lower delivery risk
Solutions Architect | SAP BTP Platform Advisory | Hybrid Cloud Governance
Oct 2025 - Mar 2026
- Provided solution and architecture advisory for a hybrid SAP BTP landscape across Sovereign Cloud and Commercial Cloud
- Guided platform, integration, security, mobility and enterprise architecture teams across tenancy structure, workload placement, cost control and environment separation decisions
- Balanced immediate delivery needs for WeDrive, SAP Integration Suite, mobile services, spatial services and shared platform capabilities with a scalable future platform direction
- Contributed to solution options and integration design considerations across Toll Global Express, Toll Transport Management System, enterprise resource planning, SAP S/4HANA and transport management scenarios
- Helped improve platform decision-making, reduce delivery friction and build confidence for future integration and mobility initiatives
Solutions Architect | Strategic Platform Advisory | Customer Service Architecture
Sep 2025 - Oct 2025
- Supported strategic solution advisory for the future customer service platform, balancing business, service operations, architecture and commercial perspectives
- Analysed fragmented service processes across ServiceNow, CRM, SAP S/4HANA and field service applications, highlighting business impacts such as manual handoffs, duplicated data and limited service visibility
- Provided advisory input into total cost of ownership comparison, solution options assessment and integration impact analysis, helping connect platform choices with business value and operational outcomes
- Guided the team in shaping future-state service architecture options, showing how a more unified SAP-aligned solution could simplify operations, reduce long-term complexity and improve customer service visibility
- Helped connect solution options to operating model impact, cost, integration effort and business value
Solutions Architect | SAP BTP Foundation Advisory | Enterprise Transformation Readiness
Jul 2025 - Aug 2025
- Led SAP BTP foundation advisory ahead of a broader enterprise resource planning transformation programme, guiding cross-team input across platform, identity, integration, development operations and lifecycle management considerations
- Assessed platform governance, SAP Cloud Identity Services, SAP Integration Suite, development operations and SAP Cloud ALM, identifying gaps that could affect future delivery, security and scalability
- Provided thought leadership on clean core principles, API-first integration, security, cost transparency and delivery agility to support future programme decisions
- Led customer playback sessions and guided the team in converting architecture findings into clear current-state risks, target-state options and practical transition steps for future SAP S/4HANA and hybrid cloud initiatives
- Helped create a structured foundation for platform adoption and improved confidence in the long-term enterprise transformation roadmap
Solutions Architect | SAP BTP Assessment | Platform Governance Advisory
Jul 2025 - Aug 2025
- Led an SAP BTP assessment by guiding architecture, integration, identity and platform teams to bring together governance considerations for secure, scalable and cost-transparent adoption
- Reviewed account governance, identity services, SAP Cloud ALM, legacy SAP Neo considerations and development operations maturity, helping clarify ownership and improvement areas
- Assessed migration readiness from SAP Process Integration and Process Orchestration to SAP Integration Suite, helping stakeholders understand integration modernisation options and transition considerations
- Provided advisory recommendations covering regulatory separation, ownership clarity, security compliance, cost transparency and long-term platform scalability
- Guided the team in translating architecture findings into clear business recommendations, risks and transition steps for a stronger target-state platform governance model
Solutions Architect | SAP BTP Assessment and Proposal | Platform Adoption
Jun 2025 - Jul 2025
- Supported an SAP BTP assessment and proposal, guiding stakeholders and delivery teams on how to scale the platform beyond immediate integration needs
- Provided solution advisory input and guided cross-team discussion across platform governance, application development guidance, SAP Cloud ALM, cloud financial operations and infrastructure automation
- Helped define practical recommendations to improve platform control, monitoring, cost visibility, development consistency and operational readiness
- Positioned the platform as a structured foundation for future enterprise initiatives, including SAP SuccessFactors integration and broader business technology adoption
- Provided a clearer path to use SAP BTP in a more structured, scalable and cost-aware way, supported by stronger governance and solution direction
CX and BTP Solutions Architect | SAP Commerce | Customer Portal Modernisation
Nov 2024 - May 2025
- Led solution design for an optimised Claims Portal built on SAP Commerce, focused on usability, integration consistency and future platform extensibility
- Designed a scalable and maintainable integration approach, balancing standard integration patterns with pragmatic customisation
- Introduced guided validation for delivery search and claims creation, improving usability and operational efficiency
- Proposed a shift from single-claim submission to multiple-claim creation, improving customer and support team efficiency
- Provided strategic guidance for extending the SAP Commerce platform towards a broader Customer Portal experience
BTP Architect | Mobile Application Advisory | Process Modernisation
Aug 2024 - Oct 2024
- Led solution design and delivery guidance for an SAP MDK mobile application to modernise purchase order management
- Helped simplify PO approval and management processes for users working across construction environments
- Worked with business stakeholders to define MVP scope, prioritise backlog items and support incremental delivery
- Guided the team through solution decisions, soft launch planning and feedback-driven refinement
BTP Architect and Service Delivery Manager | Platform Delivery Support
Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
- Provided technical leadership and solution governance across multiple concurrent SAP BTP-based initiatives
- Established architecture standards and best-practice guidance to improve solution quality and delivery consistency
- Supported service delivery management by improving issue visibility, delivery coordination and continuous improvement of BTP solutions
- Guided the team in developing process automation on SAP BTP, improving scalability and maintainability
Enterprise Solutions Architect | SAP Commerce | Azure | SAP BTP
Apr 2021 - Mar 2024
- Provided enterprise solution architecture across customer self-service, digital identity, customer master, pricing, SAP Commerce and Azure-based architecture
- Designed Azure AD B2C-based enterprise login patterns for CSR digital applications
- Helped shape the target-state architecture for customer master, price catalogues, content management, ERP integration and customer self-service capabilities
- Supported teams through design options, sprint work package definition, solution priorities and implementation guidance
- Contributed to modernising customer onboarding, improving digital self-service and reducing operational complexity
Solution Architect and Team Lead | SAP Commerce | SAP BTP | Integration
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
- Led solution design across sales and service digital transformation, improving portal usability and internal process efficiency
- Architected an end-to-end solution integrating SAP Commerce, SAP BTP and SAP ECC via SAP Integration Suite
- Led an onshore and offshore team of seven, guiding engineering practices, code reviews and delivery direction
- Defined MVP-based solution options and collaborated with business and technical leads to manage scope, trade-offs and delivery priorities
Engineering Lead | Team Lead | Full Stack Developer | SAP Commerce Developer
May 2015 - Mar 2021
- Led and contributed to large-scale digital commerce and enterprise application delivery across Woolworths, BIG W, SiteOne, NAPA, Mitre 10 and other customer engagements
- Led engineering teams and supported developers through solution design, code reviews, delivery practices, integration implementation and production-quality engineering outcomes
- Delivered SAP Commerce, Java, React, Python, Azure, GCP and microservices-based solutions across retail, B2B commerce, order management, store applications and digital channels
- Established DevOps practices using Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, shell scripting, automated pipelines and infrastructure-as-code principles to improve delivery consistency and engineering reliability
- Helped transform monolithic commerce platforms into more modular, scalable and integration-ready solutions aligned to evolving business needs
- Practice leadership: Lead engineers and consultants while remaining hands-on across customer solutioning, architecture direction and delivery quality
- Cross-functional leadership: Guide business, architecture, engineering, integration, identity, security and testing teams through complex solution decisions
- Business-value architecture: Connect technical choices with operating model impact, cost, risk, security, scalability and customer experience
- Customer trust: Operate as a trusted advisor for SAP BTP, SAP Commerce, integration and cloud architecture decisions
- Capability uplift: Mentor engineers, support recruitment, improve delivery standards and contribute to reusable practice guidance
- Pre-sales and advisory: Support discovery, solution proposals, estimates, architecture roadmaps and commercial solution positioning
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- SAP Certified Development Associate - SAP HANA Cloud 1.0
- SAP Certified Product Support Specialist - SAP Commerce Cloud
- AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Architecting
Engineering Manager, Practice Lead, Principal Consultant, Solutions Architect, Delivery Engineering Lead, Technology Consulting Lead, Enterprise Application Architecture, SAP BTP, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Commerce Cloud, SAP Integration Suite, SAP Cloud Identity Services, SAP CAP, SAP Fiori, SAP Build Work Zone, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Customer Data Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP, Java, Spring, Node.js, React, Microservices, API Architecture, Integration Architecture, DevOps, GitOps, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Stakeholder Management, Customer Advisory, Architecture Governance, People Leadership, Capability Uplift