Cloud Architect & Advisor (RISE with SAP)

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

RISE with SAP, allows customers to run their SAP S/4 HANA and other SAP applications in a managed private cloud environment. SAP has established strategic partnerships with the major cloud infrastructure providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), to offer customers maximum choice for their SAP private cloud deployment.

Within the SAP Enterprise Cloud Services organization, the Cloud Architecture and Engineering Team is looking for highly motivated and customer-focused team members, to play the role of Cloud Architecture & Advisor (CAA) in EMEA. The Cloud Architect Advisor becomes the primary point of contact for architecture topics, building a relationship of trust with the customer by closely working with all the other internal SAP teams, to design the technological foundations of customers' success on their cloud journey under RISE with SAP.

Expectations & Tasks:

This is a customer facing role where you will team up with different SAP teams and other parties along customers' cloud journey under RISE with SAP from the presales on. Following are the key tasks that this role will perform:

+ Present in detail technical and operational aspects of the RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition offering, including respective managed service offerings (usually to CIO’s, IT managers, data center managers and SAP Technology staff).

+ Present the technical requirements and value proposition for SAP private cloud.

+ Conduct technical assessment workshops with customers to define the future cloud architecture and plan the migration roadmap together with partners, System Integrators, and or SAP Professional Services.

+ Guide customers on non-functional capabilities such Business Continuity, Cybersecurity & Compliance, Networking, Technical Operations, and service consumption.

+ Support account stakeholders on pricing-related activities and offers creation, providing ongoing deal support to sales teams.

+ Own the technical discussions with the customer along customers' cloud journey under RISE with SAP orchestrating experts to obtain expertise from the SAP Enterprise Cloud Services delivery organization as required.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

+ Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science from an accredited university. Other Engineering degrees can be evaluated as well.

+ High proficiency in customer level communications and presentations is required

+ High proficiency in the SAP product portfolio, offerings and industry solutions.

+ Good understanding of SAP solutions (releases, platform interdependencies etc.)

+ Good understanding of operational aspects (Application and Technical) of SAP solutions in a cloud environment. 

+ Good understanding of the entire platform stacks (storage, virtualization, hardware, networks etc.)

+ Good understanding of technical capabilities of at least one Hyperscale provider (AWS, MS Azure or GCP)

+ Ability and willingness to be part of a global team of Cloud Architects

+ Willingness to undertake customer related travel on short notice

+ Fluency in English and Spanish is a MUST and any other language is an asset.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

+ 3+ years of customer facing SAP Consulting experience.

+ 3+ years of solution design, enterprise architecture and/or SAP implementation.

+ Experience in a customer facing pre-sales role is an advantage.

+ Experience with SAP BTP, IaaS Providers (AWS, MS Azure or GCP), SAP Premium Suppliers and/or data centers is a big advantage.

+ Cybersecurity & Compliance expertise is an advantage

+ SAP Application Lifecycle Management and or SAP Operations experience is an advantage

+ ITSM, Service Design & Delivery experience is an advantage

+ SAP HANA and S/4 HANA skills are an advantage

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Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 407343  | Work Area: Sales Support  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.