SAP NS2 Principal Cloud Architect

About the role

The SAP NS2 Principal Cloud Architect leads activities across multiple technical domains for SAP NS2’s largest and most strategic customers’ innovation and digital transformation initiatives. This role involves preparing and conducting customer workshops to analyze a customer’s “as-is” situation, identifying challenges and opportunities, and translating findings into transition and target state architectures.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with SAP Functional and Enterprise Architects and the SAP Engagement Lead on project deliveries, including heatmaps, roadmaps, and technical architectures.
• Liaises with SMEs from other SAP organizations to address engagement requirements such as product capabilities, gaps, or roadmaps, as well as incident support.
• Collaborates with SAP Premium Engagement and SAP National Security Services to ensure alignment on project deliverables and service delivery.
• Drives the design, implementation, and oversight of SAP solutions' technical architecture.

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation - able to lead customer engagements at an executive level.
• Proven excellent knowledge across all technical architecture domains and deep implementation knowledge in SAP ECC, S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and cloud solutions (ideally in A&D and Public Sector).
• Exposure to SAP Joule, SAP Business AI, Generative AI Hub, or AI Core initiatives.
• Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills; ability to present and discuss strategies and technical information in a manner that establishes rapport, persuades others, and establishes understanding for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency SAP LeanIX, SAP Signavio expertise, Cloud ALM and TOGAF certification are ideal success criteria for this role.
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of various architectural alternatives.
• You demonstrate a proactive approach to leveraging AI in everyday work, ensuring high-quality outputs through thoughtful context design and system integration.
• 10+ years of SAP Basis/Technical Solution and/or project experience.
• 5+ years of management or technology consulting experience.
• 10+ years of IT and architecture experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. A combination of equivalent work and life experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.
• MBA preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of technical strategy and governance, including strategic alignment with business objectives, technology governance, and roadmap planning.
• Experience in integration architecture, including designing and managing seamless integration across SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Expertise in data architecture and management, including reporting and analytics, data modeling, master data management and governance, and data quality.
• Understanding of application development, including the SAP Clean Core paradigm, SAP Fiori, SAPUI5, ABAP, and customization within SAP’s development framework.
• Experience with emerging technologies and AI, including leading adoption of SAP evolving technologies such as BTP, AI/ML, Joule, BDC, and translating emerging capabilities into tangible business outcomes.
• Knowledge of security and compliance, including SAP security architecture, identity and access management, and compliance standards.
• Experience in application lifecycle management, including proficiency in SAP’s ALM solutions, such as SAP Solution Manager, SAP Cloud ALM, and Focused Build for SAP Solution Manager.
• Experience with cloud and on-premises infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud migration, including proficiency in cloud platforms (SAP BTP, AWS, Azure), hybrid architecture models, and SAP Basis administration.
• Experience with cloud architecture and SaaS, including in-depth knowledge of cloud strategies, expertise in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and hybrid cloud solutions, as well as cloud security practices.

Skills

• Technical Strategy and Governance
• Integration Architecture
• Data Architecture and Management
• Application Development
• Emerging Technologies/AI
• Security and Compliance
• Application Lifecycle Management
• Infrastructure and Cloud Architecture
• Cloud Architecture and SaaS

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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