SAP Services Architecture Senior Specialist 

Spain, Community of Madrid, Madrid 

476170740

The Services Architecture Sr Specialist

• Acts as an advisor to the customer’s CIO / IT-department with technology- / operations focus, covering parts of the IT-department of a customer end-to-end.
• Try to understand the as-is situation and goals of a customer holistically, helps to translate it into an adequate technology roadmap design (processes, applications, systems) as well as the appropriate operating concept based on SAP’s offerings, with a clear focus on customer success.
• Helps operationalizing the customers’ IT-strategies, helps identifying relevant components, approaches, input required, etc. to derive the best possible technology / operations approach for the customer combining public and private cloud as well as On Premise scenarios. Is challenging existing approaches/concepts, to generate a state-of-the-art and future-ready outcome.
• Takes a step back if required and helps re-defining the concept to come to the best solution (agility in solution design)
• Helps clarifying existing expectations with customer’s technology/ operations experts and stakeholders; helps creating an approach which integrates diverse points of views, and which drives success from a technology / operation perspective. Collaborates with customer / SAP teams for the best possible implementation.
• Drives knowledge management and innovation activities based on this experience with customers. Documents successful approaches, tools etc. and makes them available to colleagues at SAP.
• Collaborates and co-innovates with the respective development teams.
• Helps ensuring overall integration during the implementation project.

Specifically, the Senior Technology Architect…

• Helps defining IT strategies, -governance and –architecture based on state-of-the art technology; helps creating buy-in with the customer and works with other SAP-experts on the implementation.
• Helps defining the strategic, conceptual, and technological boundaries for the design of the SAP-centric IT landscape as well as their financial impact. Can address the organization as well as the procedures of customers’ IT-departments with a focus on high efficiency, stability, and performance. Helps customers to implement a state-of-the-art Technology-Innovation Roadmap.
• Knows several solutions to address the need for cost sensitive IT operations versus supporting innovation in the age of digital transformation.
• Stays abreast with newest technological developments driving the Digital Transformation as well as the top technology trends; uses this knowledge to drive the SAP innovation story with customer engagements.

Experience & Language Requirements

• University degree resp. adequate experience
• Minimum Job Experience: 6-8 Years
• Thereof in a relevant position at SAP: 3-5 Years
• Fluency in English and Spanish
• Other languages are an asset.

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