Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Architect in IBM Consulting, you'll serve as a leader in defining solutions for clients. You'll be the advocate for the client while guiding the technical team to implementation. SAP solution architects serve as the conduit between businesses and technology. You will use your analytical and problem-solving skills, to craft adaptable, comprehensive suites appropriate for each client. Your primary responsibilities include: Strategic Technical Solutions for Business Transformation: Working with a multi-disciplinary team to design technical solutions required to support business transformations and articulating proposed solutions in business terms demonstrating technical effectiveness. Project Management and Delivery Excellence: Managing or executing specific project deliverables and scope to ensure project schedules & timelines are respected. Architectural Guidance and Functional Specifications: Have architectural oversight to provide solutions, technical guidance and functional specifications based on business requirements. Continuous SAP Knowledge Expansion: You'll be able to expand your SAP knowledge base (in cooperation with SAP trainings)

Required technical and professional expertise

• Strong understanding of SAP technology and products, including SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP Cloud Platform

• Experience with SAP solution design and implementation, including integration with other systems and technologies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to craft adaptable, comprehensive suites for clients

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Experience with project management and delivery excellence, including managing or executing specific project deliverables and scope

Preferred technical and professional experience

• SAP certification in application development, architecture, or a related field

• Experience with SAP solution architecture and design, including experience with SAP Solution Manager and SAP Solution Documentation

• Strong understanding of SAP Cloud Platform and SAP Cloud services, including SAP Cloud Platform integration and SAP Cloud Platform security