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What you'll do
The Sovereign Cloud Automation & Tooling (SAT) team is responsible for driving secure, compliant, and automated operational tooling for SAP’s Sovereign Cloud offerings across regulated markets such as the UK, Canada, Australia, and more. The team owns critical platforms like the Operations Control Plane (OCP) and integrates with tools including FRUN, LAMA, Dynatrace, and Solution Manager (SolMan), enabling lifecycle management, observability, and automation at scale.
We are looking for an experienced and technically strong DevOps Architect to lead the design, standardization, and evolution of DevOps architecture and automation tooling within the SAT portfolio.
In addition to driving automation excellence for current SAT tools, this role requires a forward-looking mindset to actively contribute to R&D initiatives with emerging hyperscaler platforms such as SAP Cloud Infrastructure (Converged Cloud), Azure, and GCP, evaluating their applicability, automation patterns, and compliance readiness for sovereign cloud operations
This position can be filled in part time as well.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and ownership of SAT DevOps architecture, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable pipelines, automation, and tooling across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, OpenStack).
- Define and implement CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevSecOps standards across the SAT portfolio.
- Evaluate and pilot new automation tools, frameworks, and architectures in collaboration with product, engineering, and security teams.
- Drive R&D initiatives to explore emerging hyperscaler platforms (e.g., SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI/Converged Cloud), Azure, GCP) and assess their fitment and integration into SAT automation models.
- Design and implement automation blueprints and patterns for upcoming sovereign cloud regions using new hyperscaler services.
- Collaborate with security, compliance, and architecture teams to ensure DevOps practices meet strict sovereignty, data residency, and security requirements.
- Act as a trusted advisor to engineering and operations teams, guiding DevOps adoption and toolchain evolution.
What you bring
- Minimum 10 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Architecture, or Infrastructure Engineering, with at least 3 years in a DevOps Architect or technical leadership role.
- Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm), and automation tooling (GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible).
- Proven experience working in multi-cloud and hybrid environments with an emphasis on automation, observability, and platform scalability.
- Experience in DevSecOps, security automation, compliance frameworks, and vulnerability management.
- Hands-on experience or strong curiosity to explore emerging cloud platforms like SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI/Converged Cloud), Azure, and GCP.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to drive POCs, pilot projects, and R&D initiatives independently.
Preferred:
- Prior experience working in Sovereign Cloud, Public Sector, or highly regulated industries.
- Familiarity with SAP internal tooling, cloud governance, and regional delivery models.
- Certifications in AWS/Azure/GCP Architecture, Kubernetes, or DevOps.
- Knowledge of observability and monitoring platforms like Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus.
Meet the team
Join a high-impact team shaping the automation and operations landscape for SAP’s most strategic cloud offerings. Be at the forefront of innovation as we explore and pioneer next-generation automation models across emerging hyperscaler platforms. #SAPCareersSovereignCloud
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.
We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
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Requisition ID: 423667 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Part Time or Regular Full Time #LI-Hybrid #SAPCareersSovereignCloud, #SAPCloudReq
