One of the key deployment options for our customers is a Private Cloud environment. SAP provides comprehensive cloud infrastructure and managed service offerings for the private cloud and therefore acts as an essential part of the overall Cloud Strategy of SAP.

SAP allows customers to run their SAP S/4 HANA, and HANA applications, including SAP4 Business Suite powered by SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver4 Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA, in a managed private cloud environment either in SAP's datacenters, Hyperscale Clouds IaaS Environments and in customers' existing datacenters. SAP has established strategic partnerships with the major public cloud providers, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), to offer customers choices for their SAP private cloud deployment.

As part of SAP's Customer Success organization, we are looking for highly motivated and customer-focused team members to strengthen the Cloud Architecture & Advisory team (CAA). The Cloud Architect Expert acts as a primary point of contact for all technical topics from a customer perspective and works closely with all the other internal teams.

What You'll Do

This is a customer-facing role focused on Strategic Customers where you will support broader virtual account teams during the entire sales cycle of a Cloud deal. The following are the key tasks that this role will perform:

• Present RISE Private Cloud offering, technical details, and engagement model to internal and external stakeholders.
• Build customer-specific cloud roadmaps to support cloud adoption and Business Transformations
• Gather as-is technical requirements and map them to to-be Enterprise cloud architecture
• Assess customer security and network requirements to make sure the SAP security architecture framework can meet customer requirements
• Work with SAP delivery and engineering teams to address customer-specific requirements
• Present the value proposition for SAP private cloud on Hyperscale clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Conduct Technical Assessment workshops with customers to define the future Cloud architecture and support the migration roadmap together with partners, System Integrators, and or SAP Professional Services
• Guide customers on all technical aspects like Business Continuity, Security & Compliance, Networks, etc
• Own the technical discussions with the customer and act as the orchestrator of experts to obtain expertise from the SAP delivery organization as required
• Act as Trusted Advisor to VAT and assigned customers on all technical aspects of SAP RISE

What You Bring

• High proficiency in customer communications and presentations is required
• High proficiency in the SAP product portfolio, offerings, and industry solutions
• Good understanding of SAP solutions (releases, platform interdependencies, etc.)
• Good understanding of operational aspects (Application or Technical) of SAP solutions in a cloud environment.
• Good understanding of capabilities of at least one Hyperscale Clouds (AWS; MS Azure or GCP)
• Ability and willingness to be part of a global team of Cloud Architects
• Willingness to undertake customer-related travel on short notice
• Fluency in English is a MUST, any other language is an asset
• 2+ years of customer-facing pre-sales and cloud architecture role is an advantage
• 8+ years of customer-facing SAP Technical Consulting experience
• 8+ years experience with customer facing SAP Technology Consulting (e.g. Basis Admin, DB Admin, Migrations, Upgrades, Business Continuity, Operations etc.) in large-scale customer environments.
• SAP NetWeaver, OS/DB migration, SAP HANA, TOGAF certifications are a plus
• Experience and certifications with IaaS Providers (AWS, MS Azure, or GCP) are a big advantage
• SAP HANA and S/4 HANA skills would be very helpful but not mandatory
• Cloud security including Cyber Security, Encryption, and key management knowledge is preferred

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Requisition ID: 439122 | Work Area: Sales Support | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

Requisition ID: 439122

Posted Date: Jun 29, 2026

Work Area: Sales Support

Career Status: Professional

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Expected Travel: 0 - 10%

Location: