DevOps Architect (f/m/d) Sovereign Cloud Automation & Tooling (SAT)
DevOps Architect (f/m/d) Sovereign Cloud Automation & Tooling (SAT)
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Job Description
We help the world run better
At SAP we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences values flexibility and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development recognition for your individual contributions and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
What youll do
The Sovereign Cloud Automation & Tooling (SAT) team is responsible for driving secure compliant and automated operational tooling for SAPs 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 also be filled in part time.
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
- Willingness to go through personal security clearance (Government process)
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 SAPs most strategic cloud offerings. Be at the forefront of innovation as we explore and pioneer next-generation automation models across emerging hyperscaler platforms. #SAPCareersSovereignCloud #SAPCloudReq
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
SAPs 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
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