About the role
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to IP creation accelerators, reusable assets, reference architectures, and practice-building initiatives.
- Design BTP solution architectures covering SAP Integration Suite, Extension Suite, Data and Analytics cloud, and SAP Build portfolio.
- Architect and deploy SAP AI Core pipelines model serving, ML Ops workflows, and custom inference endpoints in production.
- Lead development of cloud integration flows using SAP Integration Suite (CPI), API Management, and Event Mesh for hybrid and multi-cloud landscapes.
- Drive SAP BTP subaccount strategy, environment provisioning, identity and access management (IAS/IPS), and security posture.
- Define and govern integration patterns: synchronous/asynchronous, event-driven, point-to-point, and hub-and-spoke models.
- Enable AI use cases using SAP AI Launchpad, Foundation Models, and third-party LLM integrations via BTP Generative AI Hub.
- Build and mentor a team of consultants and developers; run architecture workshops, enablement sessions, and CoE activities.
- Evaluate and recommend SAP BTP service mix against custom cloud-native alternatives to optimize TCO and roadmap alignment.
- Stay current with the SAP roadmap, RISE with SAP, GROW with SAP, and relevant cloud platform evolution (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Requirements:
- 12+ years of overall SAP consulting/architecture experience, with at least 4-5 years on SAP BTP and its predecessor (HCP/SCP).
- Minimum 3 full-cycle SAP BTP implementation projects as Solution/Integration Architect or Technical Lead in large enterprise environments.
- Hands-on delivery experience with SAP AI Core or at least 2 production AI/ML implementations in the SAP ecosystem (not just POC/demo).
- Deep familiarity with SAP S/4HANA cloud integration patterns, side-by-side extensibility, and ABAP-to-BTP migration strategies.
- Experience leading architecture design sessions, reviewing technical deliverables, and owning solution blueprints for enterprise clients.
- Exposure to multi-cloud environments and ability to design hybrid landscapes integrating SAP BTP with hyperscalers.
- Prior client-facing consulting or practice-building experience in a Big 4 SAP partner or independent software vendor context preferred.
Certifications:
- Preferred/expected: C_BTP_2408 SAP Certified Associate, BTP; P_BTP_2408 SAP Certified Professional, BTP; C_AIG_2412 SAP AI & GenAI, C_ARCIG_2404 SAP Integration Solution Architect; C_HANADEV SAP HANA Cloud Developer.
- Good to have: AWS Solutions Architect, Azure/GCP Professional, SAP Analytics Cloud.