Senior Cloud Architect & Advisor (f/m/d) for RISE with SAP in MEE

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. 

What you’ll do

As a Cloud Architect & Advisor (CAA), you will be responsible for the technical foundation of RISE with SAP engagements. The mandate of the Cloud Architect & Advisor spans the initial sales cycle, the subsequent change request and renewal events for S/4HANA private cloud architecture changes.
You’ll advise customer and internal account teams on SAP’s private cloud offerings and assess the technical feasibility of customers’ requirements. Then, you will transition those requirements as technical landscape design to our delivery teams for system provisioning and delivery to the customer. 

What you bring

• Customer facing mindset
• High proficiency in customer communication and presentations 
• 5+ years of customer facing experience
• Expertise of the technical operational aspects of SAP solutions in a cloud environment
• Good understanding of technical capabilities of at least one hyperscaler (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Good understanding of the entire platform stack (storage, virtualization, hardware, networks etc.)
• Good understanding of SAP technologies (releases, platform interdependencies etc.)
• Understanding of data center capabilities like high availability or disaster recovery is a benefit
• SAP HANA and S/4 HANA skills are a benefit
• Cybersecurity & Compliance expertise is an advantage
• Self-sufficient worker and strong team player
• Affinity to technical topics, willingness to tackle aspects outside the comfort zone and to continuously learn
• Fluency in German and English is a must, any other language an asset

 
Meet your team

Cloud Architecture & Advisory is an integral part of the Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) organization. ECS drives and develops the S/4HANA Private Cloud portfolio to cater to our customers’ needs and operates most of the RISE landscapes.
 

The Cloud Architects & Advisors (CAA) are a group of highly motivated and customer-focused people who validate the technical feasibility of RISE with SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud deals during the presales phase and serve as trusted advisors post-signature. This is crucial to ensure all customers get landscapes that match their requirements and to drive the customer adoption of SAP's cloud offerings.
 

The mandate of the Cloud Architect & Advisor spans the initial sales cycle, the subsequent change requests, and renewal events for S/4HANA private cloud architecture changes. The CAA advises customers and internal account teams on SAP’s private cloud offerings, assesses the technical feasibility of customers' requirements, and transitions those requirements to our delivery teams for system provisioning and delivery to the customer.
 

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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.
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.

Requisition ID: 408968  | Work Area: Sales Support  | Expected Travel: 0 - 50%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Part time or Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
 

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