Senior DevOps Engineer

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

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Your Role & Impact

As a Senior DevOps Engineer within the Unified Cloud & Infrastructure Services team, you will serve not only as a senior technical contributor, but also as a trusted engineering leader, mentor, and change agent for the Sovereign Cloud Platform Services (SCPS) engineering organization.

In this role, you will drive engineering excellence by establishing technical standards, improving development and operational processes, driving architectural consistency, and promoting modern DevOps practices across teams. You will partner closely with engineering managers, architects, product teams, and project managers to ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives while helping build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational maturity.

You will be expected to lead by example, influence without authority, and serve as a recognized thought leader whose technical judgment, leadership, and delivery discipline help elevate the effectiveness of the broader engineering organization.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and compliant cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenStack environments.
• Provide technical leadership for SAP product enablement, modernization, and sovereign cloud initiatives.
• Establish and drive adoption of cloud architecture standards, engineering best practices, automation frameworks, and operational models across SCPS.
• Review solution designs and guide teams to ensure scalability, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to engineering teams, project leaders, and business stakeholders.

Engineering Excellence & Delivery

• Lead and support multiple strategic, high-impact engineering initiatives from planning through execution.
• Drive continuous improvements in engineering processes, Agile delivery, workload management, operational readiness, and execution effectiveness.
• Partner with project managers and engineering leaders to remove delivery obstacles, manage dependencies, and ensure project success.
• Standardize operational procedures, documentation, and support practices to improve consistency, efficiency, and reliability.
• Promote data-driven decision making through meaningful engineering metrics and operational KPIs.

DevOps & Automation

• Build scalable, cloud-agnostic automation solutions and platform services.
• Design and implement CI/CD and GitOps workflows using GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, and Concourse.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management using Terraform, Crossplane, Helm, Kustomize, and Ansible.
• Champion Infrastructure-as-Code, automation-first principles, platform engineering, and operational excellence practices.

Mentorship & Organizational Impact

• Mentor engineers and help develop technical capabilities across the organization.
• Lead technical forums, architecture reviews, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Drive positive organizational change through thought leadership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, innovation, and engineering excellence.
• Serve as a role model for technical leadership, execution discipline, and customer-focused delivery.

What You Bring

Technical Expertise

• 6+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps.
• Strong understanding of SAP workloads and infrastructure requirements, including S/4HANA, HANA, ECC, BTP, HCM, and IBP.
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with exposure to multi-cloud and OpenStack environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, reliability, and security best practices.
• Experience supporting regulated and compliance-driven environments (FedRAMP, NIST, DoD, or similar frameworks).
• Proven expertise in CI/CD, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Crossplane, Ansible, and Docker.

Leadership & Influence

• Demonstrated success driving engineering maturity, process improvements, and organizational change across multiple teams.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives involving engineering, infrastructure, operations, and product organizations.
• Strong ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Proven track record of improving delivery effectiveness, engineering standards, and operational excellence.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build consensus across diverse teams.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and developing high-performing engineering organizations.
• Experience leading as a leader or thought leader in large enterprise organization leading/supporting complex teams (engineering, operations, DevOps) and projects a plus.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a highly respected technical leader who combines deep cloud and DevOps expertise with a passion for improving engineering organizations. They are a trusted mentor, architect, and change agent who elevates the teams around them through strong technical judgment, operational discipline, and a relentless focus on engineering excellence. This individual sets the standard for how engineering teams operate, collaborate, and deliver, while helping shape the future of SCPS engineering.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Shape SAP's Sovereign Cloud Future: Help build secure, compliant, and innovative cloud platforms that power mission-critical business operations worldwide.
• Drive Meaningful Impact: Influence architecture, engineering standards, automation strategy, and operational excellence across strategic cloud initiatives.
• Work with Exceptional Talent: Collaborate with world-class engineers, architects, and technology leaders solving complex challenges at global scale.
• Lead and Inspire: Expand your influence through mentorship, thought leadership, and initiatives that elevate the broader engineering organization.
• Grow Through Innovation: Thrive in a collaborative culture that values learning, continuous improvement, accountability, and new ideas.
• Accelerate Your Career: Take on high-visibility challenges, broaden your leadership impact, and help shape the next generation of cloud engineering at SAP.

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
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Requisition ID: 458142 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid