Sovereign Cloud Architect & Trusted Advisor

SAP SE; Greater London; On-site; GBP 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP SE is seeking a Sovereign Cloud Architect & Advisor to lead the modernization of customer IT landscapes with trusted cloud solutions. You will partner with customers, partners, and SAP experts to design hybrid, compliant cloud strategies across SAP Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, and GCP, balancing innovation with security and governance.

The role requires deep SAP knowledge, cloud infrastructure expertise, and strong executive engagement skills to guide transformation roadmaps and build

Qualifications

• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage executives, architects, and technical stakeholders.
• Deep knowledge of SAP solutions, industry offerings, product roadmaps, and solution dependencies.
• Solid expertise in cloud infrastructure and platform technologies, including virtualization, compute, networking, storage, and hybrid/multi-cloud architectures.
• Hands-on experience with hyperscalers such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI); relevant certifications are highly valued.
• Extensive SAP technology background, including SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, OS/DB migrations, SAP BTP, HANA Cloud, AI and enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Understanding SAP BTP, integration architectures, cybersecurity, compliance, data privacy, and sovereign cloud principles; experience in regulated industries or the public sector is a plus.
• 10+ years of customer-facing SAP consulting experience and 8+ years in enterprise architecture, solution design, or SAP implementation, with exposure to pre-sales, service delivery, ITSM, and SAP operations.

Responsibilities

• Define sovereign cloud strategies that balance innovation, security, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Build transformation roadmaps that guide customers from their current landscape to a future-ready cloud operating model.
• Architect trusted hybrid and multi-cloud solutions across platforms such as SAP Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Enable resilient and compliant environments that support business continuity, data sovereignty, and regulatory requirements.
• Create lasting customer relationships as a strategic advisor throughout their cloud transformation journey.

Skills

Cloud architectures

Sovereign cloud

Executive engagement

Hybrid/multi-cloud

Hyperscaler experience

SAP Cloud Infrastructure

TOGAF

Tools

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud Platform

SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI)

Job description

SAP SE is seeking a Sovereign Cloud Architect & Advisor to lead the modernization of customer IT landscapes with trusted cloud solutions. You will partner with customers, partners, and SAP experts to design hybrid, compliant cloud strategies across SAP Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, and GCP, balancing innovation with security and governance.

The role requires deep SAP knowledge, cloud infrastructure expertise, and strong executive engagement skills to guide transformation roadmaps and build