Cloud solution architect Jobs in Walldorf

We help the world run better
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What you`ll build

At SAP, we help the world run better. As a Sovereign Cloud Architect & Advisor (f/m/d), you will be at the forefront of enabling customers to modernize their IT landscapes through trusted cloud solutions that meet regulatory, security, and compliance requirements. You will serve as a strategic partner, trusted advisor, and cloud visionary, helping customers navigate complex hybrid environments and design cloud strategies that accelerate innovation while preserving compliance. Working with customers, partners, and internal experts, you will:

• Define sovereign cloud strategies that balance innovation, security, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Build transformation roadmaps that guide customers from their current landscape to a future-ready cloud operating model.
• Architect trusted hybrid and multi-cloud solutions across platforms such as SAP Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Enable resilient and compliant environments that support business continuity, data sovereignty, and regulatory requirements.
• Create lasting customer relationships as a strategic advisor throughout their cloud transformation journey.

What you bring

• 10+ years of customer-facing SAP consulting experience and 8+ years in enterprise architecture, solution design, or SAP implementation, with exposure to pre-sales, service delivery, ITSM, and SAP operations.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage executives, architects, and technical stakeholders.
• Deep knowledge of SAP solutions, industry offerings, product roadmaps, and solution dependencies.
• Solid expertise in cloud infrastructure and platform technologies, including virtualization, compute, networking, storage, and hybrid/multi-cloud architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Hyperscaler such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI); relevant certifications are highly valued.
• Extensive SAP technology background, including SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, OS/DB migrations, SAP BTP, HANA Cloud, AI and enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Understanding SAP BTP, integration architectures, cybersecurity, compliance, data privacy, and sovereign cloud principles; experience in regulated industries or the public sector is a plus.
• Fluency in German and English due to relevant stakeholders; additional languages are an advantage.
• You are willing to undergo personal security clearance (a government process).

During the interview process the following skills will be evaluated as pre-requisite for the role: Cloud Architecture, Cloud platform system, Effective Communication & Collaboration, Hybrid Architecture & Resiliency, Cloud Security, Complex problem solving, Agentic AI Day-to-Day Practice, AI Adoption Capability, AI Output Quality Assurance, Context Engineering, AI-Assisted Automation and Prototyping.

Where you belong

Sovereign Cloud solutions help organizations meet evolving data privacy, residency, compliance, and sovereignty requirements while accelerating their cloud transformation journey. The Sovereign Services & Delivery (SS&D) business unit, part of SAP's Customer Value Group, specializes in delivering end-to-end sovereign cloud solutions for sectors like public, highly regulated industries etc.

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

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Requisition ID: 459217 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 20% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Part Time or Regular Full Time #LI-Hybrid #SAPCareersSovereignCloud, #SAPCloudReq