Developer - Cloud Infrastructure Orchestration and Automation

 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.

About our Team

Step into the future with the Cloud Infrastructure Engineering and Automation (CIEA) team. We take the lead in designing, developing, and delivering cutting-edge infrastructure automation solutions that drive SAP's leading cloud services, such as Business Technology Platform and Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS). As the stepping stone towards SAP's cross-cloud future, we provide a comprehensive infrastructure automation and orchestration framework. This empowers SAP's business and operation teams to manage diverse cloud solutions with ease and efficiency.

We are a passionate team of developers and engineers who thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment. We believe in collaboration, continuous learning, and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in cloud automation.  If you're excited about shaping the future of cloud infrastructure and working with a team that values your contributions, then we want to hear from you!

The Role

Imagine a world where IT infrastructure manages itself.  As a Cloud Infrastructure Orchestration and Automation Developer in our team, you'll be making this vision a reality. You'll work on high-impact projects, building the automation framework that powers the deployment of SAP cloud offerings across multiple cloud environments – from hyperscalers to SAP's own data centers.

What you will do:

• Develop cutting-edge prototypes: Design and develop innovative solutions that bridge our automation tools with public IaaS providers, enabling seamless deployment of infrastructure and services.

• Drive solutions to production:  Take ownership of transforming ideas into production-ready solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and integration with existing operational processes.

• Contribute to championing knowledge sharing: Conduct knowledge transfer sessions empowering the team to effectively manage and utilize the solutions we build.

• Shape the future of automation: Contribute to the development of a truly "no-touch" IT infrastructure landscape, leveraging automation and AI to manage cloud infrastructure at scale.

• Ensure business continuity: Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues and maintain up-to-date documentation throughout the development lifecycle

This role is perfect for you if you:

• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where innovation is celebrated.

• Are passionate about automation and its potential to transform how we manage cloud infrastructure.

• Enjoy working with cutting-edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

Experience / Role Requirements

Proven experience in software development is essential, specifically requiring 3 to 7 years of experience and a solid understanding of distributed system architecture, with a particular focus on web application architecture.

It would be a plus if you have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, along with a solid foundation in Object-Oriented Programming concepts.

Your expertise and technical skills encompass, but are not limited to:

• Mastery of programming languages such as Perl, Python, and JavaScript

• Familiar with agile software development frameworks and methods

• Experience with version control and CI/CD pipelines (Git, GitHub, GitLab)

• Good understanding of software architecture styles and patterns

• General web services development skills HTTP/HTTPS, RESTful APIs, Open API, Swagger

• Good knowledge and experience with microservices architecture, containerization technologies (e.g., Docker), and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes

• Familiar with Linux operating system

• Strong analytical and logical skills

• Customer orientation with a strong focus on quality

• Ability to work in an international team

• Good proficiency in English, both spoken and written

• Beneficial, but not mandatory, is having:

  • experience with Public Cloud infrastructures (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Azure)

  • experience with central infrastructure services (e.g., DNS, LDAP, NTP, Mail) and network services (e.g., IPv4/6, VPN, Proxies)

​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.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

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: 408465  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.