SAP Solution Architect

Solution and Deliver SAP Transformational programs into IBM Cloud, with deep involvement in the platform, data, security and infrastructure design.
- Lead Architecture, Strategy, Design and Roadmap of all Integration patterns within any SAP Hybrid integration Landscape.
- Maintain alignment with Product Owners Management business strategy, drivers, and goals
- Ensure that the solutioning of client engagement enhances the customer’s competitive advantage, whilst meeting profit and quality targets for IBM
- Supporting the continuous refinement of IBM’s services, including maturation/training of methods, tools, and points of view, as well as integration with IBM’s other services and products for synergistic value. Harvest, share and present intellectual capital from past and parallel engagement

Define and elaborate SAP architectures in IBM Cloud, create public SAP architecures and work with Technical Writing Team to publish it on IBM Cloud SP dedicated documentation repos

Work with Github as our source code management tool

Become a contributor for CI/CD topics and get familiar with Github pipelines ,REST API development

Basic know-how How SAP LAMA (Landscape Management) works to use it for the execution of your scripts & libraries
- Help the team to automate reoccurring manual operational tasks into script-based workflows
- Familiar with SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) to make use of its potential for automation

Very good knowledge of Ansible, very good knowledge about infrastructure automation and best practice concepts

As a Senior Architecture Specialist, you will be responsible for the technical and architectural discussions with the customers,partners or stakeholders in solution roadmap development.

Analyze and implement SAP support methodology.

Bring comprehensive knowledge on SAP S/4HANA architecture, conversion, and migration path.

Understand the SAP high availability or disaster recovery architecture, network, and virtualization technologies (e.g., tranzit gateways, load-balancer, virtual machine etc.).

Ability to own, lead and coordinate migration related tasks and activities.

Deliver high quality migration service to ensure stable operations.

Scripting/programming languages Perl, Python, Ansible, Terraform

Comfortable in using tools - JIRA, Github

Understanding in different SAP solutions is beneficial.

Experience with database technologies (HANA,DB2,ASE SYBASE, MaxDB,Oracle,MsSql).

Solution evaluation, recommendation and management experience.

Experience with scaling infrastructure and process inside a rapidly growing business.

Experience in requirements identification, solution analysis/testing, and product selection.

Expert knowledge and practice with multiple public clouds.

Strong hands on experience with scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) and automation and orchestration (Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform).

Knowledge about CI/CD concepts and the usage of DevOps tools for automated code testing, is beneficial

Experience with Linux OS and provisioning of scripts that run on Linux

Usage & implementation of APIs in self-written scripts

Interest to learn about and work with SAP BTP & SAP LAMA

The SAP Architect develops roadmaps, applies technology to solve complex business processes. Develops a holistic enterprise architecture model that supports established enterprise goals and bridges the gap between business and technology needs. Helps clients to future-proof their technology environment.

Establish IT infrastructure, maintain and update IT hardware, software, services.

Map business requirements to (SAP) solutions

Must understand Cloud Architecture and be familiar with the SAP RISE movement.

Responsible for overseeing all aspects of solution development, testing and release for Greenfield System Implementation

Expert in analyzing system specifications, and developing tests and validation of business solutions utilizing SAP and digital technologies.

Establish and coach Testing Standards to be followed for the implementation program and drive stakeholder acceptance

Engage with customer IT, business and strategic partners to translate business requirements to test coverage

Own SAP Test Strategy for functionality and integrations with services and systems within SAP ecosystem

Manage Test Planning, Functional Test management and Non-functional testing of technical solutions utilizing SAP and digital technologies

Drive Test Design and Execution for Functional Integration Tests, E2E Tests, Integration Tests

Guide the Testing Team to identify, develop and organize Test Scenarios, Test Cases and variants as per the business requirements

Enable evaluation of functional integrity of the technical solution through relevant quality engineering solutions

define and monitor all CICD SAP product livecycles according with latest SAP, OS platforms, DB owners and Cloud platform latrst recomandations

Day to Day governance of Testing Lifecycle tasks across implementation lifecyc