SAP Solution Architect

Introduction
As a SAP Solution Architect you are part of the IBM Ecosystem Lab where you are responsible to combine SAP technologies with IBM and Red Hat capabilities. You are a hands-on technical resource responsible to assemble innovative solutions based on IBM and Red Hat technology integrated with SAP software working closely with experts of the Ecosystem Lab in India as well as the IBM SAP CTO and the IBM Innovation Center for SAP Solutions in Walldorf.  You gather customer requirements and then integrate set up and test the SAP IBM stack in a PoC-type of engagement for focus accounts including building a prototype / MVP. The new solutions will be featured in the demo environment of the IBM Innovation Center for SAP Solutions in Walldorf.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Architect integrated SAP solutions for on-premise and cloud implementations

• Work closely with the IBM Innovation Center for SAP Solutions in Walldorf and the IBM SAP CTO to master build/assemble and provide implementation guidance for state of the art contemporary solutions based on IBM and Red Hat technology integrated with SAP Business Technology Platform SAP S/4HANA & SAP LoB / SaaS solutions
• Assemble test and validate IBM and Red Hat Software Solutions with SAP Software Solutions for the purpose of public demonstration for the purpose of customer evaluation and for the purpose of IBM customer proof-of-concepts. Your role in this area will include remotely supporting IBM customer and IBM Partner proofs-of-concepts and demonstrations; as well as providing guidance and counsel to others who might be doing the same with their customers.
• Provide advanced technical support to IBM Sales and Consulting teams in the architectural design capacity planning operations and life cycle management and test/validation of GA level software solutions that combine technologies from IBM and Red Hat IBM Cloud and IBM Hybrid Cloud platform capabilities with SAP software capabilities.
• Communicate feedback and requirements to IBM development teams based on lessons learnt from your work regarding the IBM SAP integrated software environments you assemble test validate and demonstrate.
• Your role will include documenting the solution design architecture and functional and performance capabilities of these IBM SAP solutions that you built and integrate.
• Set up customer-ready demo of the new solution to be featured in the IBM Innovation Center for SAP Solutions .As an SAP S/4HANA Integration/Middleware Develope you supplement SAP S/4HANA solutions with Robotics Industry 4.0 Blockchain IoT Cloud Watson / Cognitive Technologies and Data Analytics solutions from IBM including technical implementation and POCs for the newly designed solutions.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in business computer science computer engineering or related fields at time of application
• 10+ Years of Industry experience
• Deep understanding of the SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA technology and architecture
• SAP Certification in place
• 7+ years of experience with SAP S/4HANA including typical integration with other SAP and non-SAP solutions e.g. Salesforce Workday
• SAP integration programming / development experience
• SAP ABAP knowledge
• SAP API inferfaces – Develop and enforce coding standards across satellite SAP ABAP and Middleware Integration teams
• Deep knowledge of SAP software products and in particular S/4 HANA (on-premise and cloud) and other key SAP solution like e.g. SAP Business Suite SAP HANA SAP Business Objects SAP Mobility SAP Ariba and their architecture and infrastructure needs.Design and implement solutions with SAP integration technologies (especially SAP Integration Suite SAP Process Integration/Process Orchestration SAP Application Integration Framework and SAP API Management)
• Experience with SAP Technology architecture and business technology platform (SAP BTP)

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Broad knowledge of IBM product portfolio for Hybrid Cloud (esp. IBM Cloud RedHat OpenShift Kubernetes) + AI (Speech to Text Text to Speech Visual Recognition)
• Swift / IOSSAP Fiori / OpenUI5
• Java (MUST to Have)JavaScript(MUST to Have) & Python(Nice to Have)