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We are looking for highly motivated and customer-focused team members to strengthen the Cloud Architecture & Advisory team. The candidate will act as a primary point of contact for the customer on technical topics and will work closely with internal teams during the sales cycle. They will perform as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert for the customer on the S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition topic and its offerings. For this role we expect the candidate will have greater focus on our Private Edition Customer Data Center deployment.

What you’ll do

This is a customer facing role where you will support the sales teams during entire cycle of a RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. Following are the key tasks that this role will perform:

• Present in detail technical, security and operational aspects of the SAP RISE Private Cloud.  This includes our hyperscaler and Customer Data Center (CDC) deployment option.
• Conduct discovery (technical assessment) workshops with customers to define the future cloud architecture and plan the migration roadmap together professional Services.
• On the case of CDC, you will work closely with customer and IaaS partner of CDC to perform data center assessment & compatibility check for cloud deployment.
• Guide customers around Business Continuity, Cybersecurity & Compliance, Networking, Technical Operations, and service consumption.
• Work with other teams within the Customer success board area to generate pricing and provide ongoing deal support to sales teams.
• Own the technical discussions with the customer and act as the orchestrator of experts to obtain expertise from the SAP Enterprise Cloud Services Delivery organization as required.
• Work closely with teams in ECS CTO office to help mature RISE Private Cloud, Customer Data Center option offerings by providing technical expertise and feedback from customer.

What you bring

• Good understanding of different cloud delivery models in depth (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, PCE)
• Good understanding of Private and Public cloud – at technical, delivery and operational levels
• Familiar with RISE Private Cloud GtM and initiatives
• Experience working with IT management and Leaders at Customers
• High proficiency in customer communications and presentations is required.
• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science required from an accredited university
• 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 Chinse are MUST

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of hands-on customer facing SAP Technology Consulting experience (e.g. Basis Admin, DB Admin, Migrations, Upgrades, Business Continuity etc.)
• 3+ years of solution design, enterprise architecture and or SAP implementation.
• Experience in a customer facing pre-sales role is an advantage.
• Experience with any of Hyperscaler IaaS Providers (AWS, MS Azure or GCP) and traditional IaaS providers (HPE GLS, Lenovo Truescale and DELL Apex).
• Experience with VMware technology.
• Knowledge on data center design and setup is a big advantage.
• SAP Cybersecurity & Compliance expertise.
• SAP HANA and S/4 HANA skills would be very helpful.

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​Bring out your best

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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.
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Requisition ID: 409568  | Work Area: Sales Support  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.