Network Engineer – SAP RISE with SAP Migration (Freelance Contract)

About SDA

At SDA we specialize in helping enterprises unlock the full value of the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). We do this through two complementary pillars:

• Products: We design and deliver innovative user-centric solutions on SAP BTP available on the SAP Store and trusted by leading enterprises.
• Services: We provide SAP BTP consulting and advisory services enabling clients to modernize their SAP landscapes extend S/4HANA and embrace clean core principles.

We are a lean ambitious and values-driven team committed to excellence integrity and customer success.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer to support enterprise transformations to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition under the RISE with SAP framework.

In this role you will be responsible for ensuring that business application and integration connectivity requirements are correctly translated into RISE- and ECS-compatible network designs and that all customer-side and hyperscaler dependencies are coordinated validated and aligned with SAP-managed service models.

You will work closely with the RISE Migration Lead (SI-side MCS-equivalent) SAP ECS teams hyperscaler network teams and customer IT stakeholders to ensure secure resilient and predictable connectivity for mission-critical SAP workloads.

*Full-time availability during the clients business hours is required with the project scheduled to start on March 2 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate business application and integration requirements into RISE with SAPcompliant network designs and implementation requirements aligned with SAP ECS service boundaries.
• Assess and understand the existing enterprise network landscape including traffic management connectivity and orchestration patterns and define how these capabilities are mapped or adapted within the RISE operating model.
• Define and validate target-state network architectures for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition including hybrid connectivity between customer environments and SAP-managed cloud landscapes.
• Coordinate customer-side responsibilities for routing firewall rules DNS configuration IP allow-listing and security prerequisites ensuring readiness ahead of SAP ECS execution.
• Collaborate with SAP ECS and hyperscaler teams (AWS Azure GCP) to validate:
  • Supported connectivity models
  • End-to-end traffic flows for SAP and non-SAP integrations
  • Latency throughput resiliency and availability expectations
• Validate network behavior post-implementation including connectivity stability routing paths latency characteristics and failover behavior ensuring alignment with business expectations.
• Support all RISE migration phases (readiness cutover stabilization) by coordinating network dependencies tracking risks and resolving issues across SAP customer and third-party teams.
• Work closely with the RISE Migration Lead SAP Basis Integration Security/IAM SAP BTP and application teams to ensure network assumptions are explicitly identified validated and addressed early.
• Produce and maintain network documentation including architecture diagrams dependency matrices validation results and operational handover materials.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in enterprise networking cloud networking or cloud migration programs.
• Proven experience supporting SAP landscapes hosted on hyperscalers or RISE with SAP environments.
• Strong understanding of hybrid connectivity models enterprise routing firewall design DNS and network security principles.
• Experience coordinating with SAP-managed environments and hyperscaler networking teams.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze legacy enterprise network constructs and map them into managed cloud service models.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across SAP customer IT and third-party vendors.
• Relevant certifications such as CCNP / CCIE or AWS / Azure / GCP Networking or Security certifications.
• Familiarity with SAP network and integration patterns including SAProuter Web Dispatcher and SAP application traffic (RFC OData APIs).
• Experience supporting mission-critical cutovers and go-live network validation.

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