SAP CAA Cloud Architect Advisor Role

Job Summary

• The role is Remote; however, candidates are required to visit either Noida or Bangalore HCL campus within 2 days of joining to collect their laptop.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

We are seeking self-driven, highly motivated, and customer-obsessed team members to enhance the Cloud Architecture & Advisory team.

The candidate will act as a primary point of contact for the customer on technical topics and will work closely with SAP internal teams during the sales cycle. They will perform as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert for the customer on the S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition topic and its offerings. The candidate needs to be a strong team player in supporting other team members as and when required.

SCOPE FOR THE CAREER

• Scope of learning new technologies on SAP Products (S/4HANA, HANA Database, MDG, SaaS Products (Ariba, Salesforce etc.) & Cloud (AWS, Azure OR GCP)
• Access to all SAP internal training & learning materials to gain knowledge in latest technologies.
• Exposure to all latest build architectures in one single place/ position which will be valuable/ useful in future. Generally, this exposure is not available in any regular SAP Basis position.
• Will not be assigned/ dedicated to one single customer but will engage with Multiple customers in various Industries to gain knowledge about different SAP Landscape setups, Delivery processes & Challenges.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

• This is a customer-facing role where you will support the sales teams during the entire cycle of a RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. (Since it is a customer facing role, there will not be any hands-on.)

The following are the key tasks that this role will perform:

1. Present in detail the RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition service offerings and value proposition to the customers (usually to CIOs, IT managers, datacenter managers, and SAP Technology staff)
2. Support and organize technical responses to RFP / RFI's.
3. Blueprint customer requirements around HA/DR, Business Continuity, Security & Compliance, networks, etc.
4. Work to generate pricing and provide ongoing deal support to sales teams.
5. Own the technical discussions with the customer on the Private Cloud Edition topic and act as the orchestrator of experts to obtain expertise from the Cloud Architecture & Advisory organization as required.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Proficiency in customer communications and presentations is required.
• Bachelor's / Master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science, Business Administration required from an accredited university.
• Good understanding of SAP technologies (releases, platform interdependencies, etc.)
• Good understanding of the entire platform stacks (storage, virtualization, hardware, networks, etc.)
• Good understanding of RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
• Good understanding of SAP Business Technology Platform
• English native speaker, any other language an asset

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 7-12 years of hands-on customer-facing SAP Technology Consulting and/or Presales experience (eg, Basis Admin, DB Admin, Migrations, Upgrades, Business Continuity, etc.)
• Experience with hosting providers and data centers is a BIG advantage; HANA / Suite on HANA skills would be very helpful, but not mandatory.
• Experience working for an enterprise software and/or services vendor is necessary.