Associate Director, DevOps and S4 Public Cloud Infrastructure Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural design, setup, and engineering decisions for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud landscapes and key ecosystem components (including CBC, BTP Integration Suite, Identity Management, BDC and Datasphere, SAC, and CALM)
• Translate architectural requirements into scalable infrastructure by defining and implementing DevOps configurations, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment strategies for SAP extensions
• Develop, author, and fine-tune processes to seamlessly synchronize configurations and custom code developments across multiple environments, parallel tracks, and Public Cloud instances
• Manage environment promotion strategies across 3-system (3SL) landscapes, overseeing system merges, re-baselining, and test data refreshes
• Establish and govern infrastructure standards and controls across implementation teams, collaborating closely with functional, integration, data, and security units to ensure end-to-end solution alignment
• Oversee SAP licensing operations, including usage governance, demand forecasting, and platform optimization

Qualifications

• Minimum eight years of recent SAP experience, including a minimum of three years in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud (infrastructure/DevOps) and 5 years in ECC or HANA on-prem environments
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; minimum of a high school diploma or GED is required
• Proven track record of leading infrastructure or platform teams through large-scale SAP transformations, multi-country deployments, and multi-track implementations
• Deep expertise in SAP Public Cloud DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines for BTP extensions, source control (Git), and S/4HANA configuration/transport management (for example, Client 80 to 100 promotions)
• Strong understanding of SAP Public Cloud architecture and integration patterns, with hands-on experience leveraging Central Business Configuration (CBC) and both key user and developer extensibility models
• Extensive practical experience navigating and managing 3-system landscapes (3SL), parallel landscape management (PPL), and complex release strategies; practical proficiency with SAP Cloud ALM (CALM) and/or JIRA for project tracking and application lifecycle management