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As a Sovereign Cloud Architect & Advisor at SAP, you will guide customers through hybrid cloud transformations while ensuring regulatory compliance and data sovereignty. This hybrid role based in St. Leon-Rot, DE requires fluency in both German and English, a strong background in SAP consulting and enterprise architecture, and willingness to undergo a personal security clearance.

Requirements

  • Required Experience: 10+ years of customer-facing SAP consulting and 8+ years in enterprise architecture, solution design, or SAP implementation.
  • Required Skills: Deep knowledge of SAP solutions (HANA, S/4HANA, BTP), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, SCI), hybrid architectures, cloud security, and compliance.
  • Language Skills: Fluency in German and English is mandatory.
  • Security Clearance: Willingness to undergo a personal security clearance.
  • Education: No specific educational degree or minimum years of formal education stated.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Cloud Architecture & Strategy: Define sovereign cloud strategies and build transformation roadmaps balancing innovation, security, and operational excellence.
  • Multi-Cloud Solution Design: Architect trusted hybrid and multi-cloud solutions across platforms like SAP Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Engage executives, architects, and technical stakeholders with strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Compliance & Security: Enable resilient and compliant environments supporting business continuity, data privacy, and regulatory requirements.
  • Potential transition routes: People from Enterprise Architect, SAP Solution Consultant, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineer roles may bring relevant technical and consulting skills, alongside meeting the mandatory language and experience requirements.

Job description

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.

What you`ll build

At SAP, we help the world run better. As a Sovereign Cloud Architect & Advisor (f/m/d), you will be at the forefront of enabling customers to modernize their IT landscapes through trusted cloud solutions that meet regulatory, security, and compliance requirements. You will serve as a strategic partner, trusted advisor, and cloud visionary, helping customers navigate complex hybrid environments and design cloud strategies that accelerate innovation while preserving compliance. Working with customers, partners, and internal experts, you will:

  • Define sovereign cloud strategies that balance innovation, security, compliance, and operational excellence.
  • Build transformation roadmaps that guide customers from their current landscape to a future-ready cloud operating model.
  • Architect trusted hybrid and multi-cloud solutions across platforms such as SAP Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
  • Enable resilient and compliant environments that support business continuity, data sovereignty, and regulatory requirements.
  • Create lasting customer relationships as a strategic advisor throughout their cloud transformation journey.

What you bring

  • 10+ years of customer-facing SAP consulting experience and 8+ years in enterprise architecture, solution design, or SAP implementation, with exposure to pre-sales, service delivery, ITSM, and SAP operations.
  • Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage executives, architects, and technical stakeholders.
  • Deep knowledge of SAP solutions, industry offerings, product roadmaps, and solution dependencies.
  • Solid expertise in cloud infrastructure and platform technologies, including virtualization, compute, networking, storage, and hybrid/multi-cloud architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with Hyperscaler such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI); relevant certifications are highly valued.
  • Extensive SAP technology background, including SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, OS/DB migrations, SAP BTP, HANA Cloud, AI and enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
Apply now
SAP

Sovereign Cloud Architect & Advisor

St. Leon-Rot
Hybrid
  • Understanding SAP BTP, integration architectures, cybersecurity, compliance, data privacy, and sovereign cloud principles; experience in regulated industries or the public sector is a plus.
  • Fluency in German and English due to relevant stakeholders; additional languages are an advantage.
  • You are willing to undergo personal security clearance (a government process).
  • During the interview process the following skills will be evaluated as pre-requisite for the role: Cloud Architecture, Cloud platform system, Effective Communication & Collaboration, Hybrid Architecture & Resiliency, Cloud Security, Complex problem solving, Agentic AI Day-to-Day Practice, AI Adoption Capability, AI Output Quality Assurance, Context Engineering, AI-Assisted Automation and Prototyping.

    Where you belong

    Sovereign Cloud solutions help organizations meet evolving data privacy, residency, compliance, and sovereignty requirements while accelerating their cloud transformation journey. The Sovereign Services & Delivery (SS&D) business unit, part of SAP's Customer Value Group, specializes in delivering end-to-end sovereign cloud solutions for sectors like public, highly regulated industries etc.

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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 world.
    SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides 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.

    AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

    For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.

    Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.

    Requisition ID: 459217 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 20% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Part Time or Regular Full Time #LI-Hybrid #SAPCareersSovereignCloud, #SAPCloudReq

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