Lead Engineer, Enterprise Systems Software

The Enterprise Systems Software Engineering Lead serves as the senior technical authority for Allegiant's SAP ecosystem and related Enterprise Systems portfolio, providing leadership for architecture, security, integrations, development, administration, and ongoing operational support.

This position leads the design, governance, and delivery of technical solutions across SAP functional and basis administration, security, ABAP development, middleware, integrations, and enterprise application infrastructure. The role establishes technical standards and best practices, ensures compliance with regulatory and SOX requirements, directs complex troubleshooting and system optimization efforts, and oversees a team of Software Engineers responsible for supporting critical business operations.

Working closely with business leaders, Enterprise Systems management, vendors, and technology teams, the Software Engineering Lead ensures enterprise systems remain secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned with corporate objectives. The role requires deep expertise in SAP architecture, security, master data management, integrations, and software engineering, while providing strategic guidance for the evolution of Allegiant's enterprise application landscape.

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Combination of Education and Experience will be considered. Must be authorized to work in the US as defined by the Immigration Act of 1986. Must pass a Criminal Background Check.

• Provide technical leadership for Allegiant’s SAP ecosystem and related enterprise applications.

• Establish engineering standards, development practices, security standards, and operational procedures.

• Review technical designs, architecture decisions, integrations, and development approaches.

• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and supportability requirements.

• Mentor and develop technical team members across multiple SAP and Ariba disciplines.

The Physical Demands and Work Environment described here are a representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.

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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, MIS, or related technical discipline.

• Minimum eight (8) years of experience supporting, administering, developing, or architecting SAP enterprise solutions.

• Minimum three (3) years leading technical teams, projects, or enterprise platform initiatives.

• Oversee administration, support, availability, performance, and health of SAP and Ariba applications.

• Coordinate platform maintenance, upgrades, patching, refreshes, and technology roadmaps.

• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational readiness activities.

• Ensure environment integrity across Development, QA, and Production systems.

• Oversee SAP and Ariba security administration and access governance processes.

• Ensure compliance with segregation of duties requirements, SOX controls, and audit expectations.

• Review access designs, role structures, privileged access, and security-related changes.

• Support internal and external audit activities.

• Guide technical design and development efforts across SAP and Ariba for customizations, enhancements, reports, interfaces, and integrations

• Review code quality, technical documentation, testing strategies, and release readiness.

• Lead complex troubleshooting efforts across applications, integrations, data flows, and infrastructure dependencies.

• Coordinate vendor and support partner activities when technical expertise is required.

• Ensure Allegiant’s change management policies are adhered to.

• Evaluate emerging SAP and Ariba technologies and recommend improvements.

• Identify automation opportunities that improve reliability, supportability, compliance, and user experience.

• Lead technical initiatives that reduce technical debt and improve platform performance.

• Support modernization and transformation efforts across the Enterprise Systems portfolio.

• Ensure any direct reports understand and apply our Customer Commitment and customer service stands to their daily responsibilities as appropriate.

• Model Allegiant’s customer services standards in personal actions and when providing leadership direction.

• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and service-oriented culture.

• Other duties as assigned.