IT Technology Services Senior Specialist

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging - but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll build:

You will act as the primary technical owner and strategic advisor for customer private cloud landscapes, driving stability and optimization, and contributing to continuous improvement across SAP Global Cloud Operations. In this role, you will drive proactive risk management, provide architectural guidance, and oversee end-to-end technical governance-empowering customers to achieve secure, reliable, and scalable cloud operations aligned with their business goals.

Your core tasks include but are not limited to:

• Own the end-to-end technical health of customer cloud landscapes, ensuring stability, performance, scalability, compliance, and effective coordination across customers and internal stakeholders.
• Provide strategic cloud architecture and technical governance leadership, defining roadmaps, standards, best practices that optimise the landscape and align with business objectives and long-term sustainability.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, critical issues, and escalations, driving preventive actions and coordinating timely resolution through close engagement with customers and internal teams.
• Lead key landscape lifecycle activities and transformation initiatives, including upgrades, migrations, disaster recovery testing, major changes, and adoption of SAP S/4HANA, Clean Core principles, and cloud capabilities.
• Drive automation, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement, ensuring reliable operations, measurable business outcomes, and value realization from cloud investments.

What you bring :

• 7+ years strong technical expertise in SAP technologies with several years hands-on SAP Basis experience in both implementation and steady-state scenarios, knowledge of operating systems, databases, networking and technical architecture are considered essential to being successful in this role. Experience with SAP HANA, Sybase and Unix/Linux environments is highly valued.
• 7+ years of extensive experience in SAP technical administration and operations
• Customer-focused experience in technical leadership or customer-facing roles, with the ability to manage critical situations, navigate escalations, and build trusted stakeholder relationships.
• Collaborative and analytical mindset, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to effectively lead and coordinate projects across diverse, global, and virtual teams.
• Relevant certifications in SAP technologies and hyperscaler platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) are considered an advantage.
• Fluent English (written and spoken).
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Management, or a related field

Where you belong :

• Within the Customer Value Group board area, the mission of the Global Cloud Operations (GCO) is to ensure maximum value for every customer throughout their cloud journey by delivering exceptional E2E operational experience and seamless technical adoption.
• Within GCO, the mission of the GCO Global Cloud Experience delivery organization is to run and operate SAP's Cloud ERP Private offering.
• GCO Global Cloud Experience delivers the technical managed services and technical operations across entire stack of Cloud ERP Private (RISE with SAP) and helps thousands of customers globally to become intelligent enterprise. Services are delivered from all regions (EMEA/MEE/AMER/APAC) having a strong international focus and cultural diversity.

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 world.

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Requisition ID: 453663 | Work Area: Information Technology | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid