Sovereign Cloud Project Lead

Socket.dev; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 374,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP in Reston, Virginia, is hiring a Project Expert - Development focused on Sovereign Cloud within SAP Business Data Cloud. You will join the Multi‑Tenant Platforms team and help deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions to customers, coordinating among product, security, engineering, and operations to ensure timely, quality deployments.

You will manage multiple concurrent projects, track milestones, report status to senior leadership, and guide the engineering team on process improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field.
• Strong background in project management.
• Proven track record in managing schedules for large scale projects / programs.
• Familiarity with senior leadership reporting and executive-level communication.
• Experience across the entire product development lifecycle.
• Professional experience in Cloud Delivery related fields and technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of DevOps processes and concepts.
• Solid knowledge of Cloud infrastructure and design incl. hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Advanced JIRA expertise in planning, reporting, defect handling, custom dashboards, and automation (JQL etc.).
• Experience with Security processes, tools, and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, ITAR, GDPR, ISO 27001).
• Proven ability to work in cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder priorities across Engineering, Operations, and Customer Success.
• Experience with incident escalation management and coordinating resolution across teams.
• Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2) is a big plus.
• Prior team or work stream lead experience is a plus.
• Product knowledge of the SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) or its components is a plus.
• Working knowledge of databases (SAP HANA preferred, Postgres/MySQL acceptable) is a plus.
• Excellent methodological and conceptual skills paired with analytical thinking.
• Demonstrated ability to unblock teams, resolve ambiguity, and drive decisions without complete information.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent projects, dependencies between applications, and milestones.
• Provide status reports and act as trusted advisor for system landscape questions.
• Coordinate relationships between SAP commercial, Sovereign Cloud, and Operations stakeholders.
• Guide the Sovereign Cloud Engineering team around processes and tools for seamless deployments.

Skills

Project management

Cloud DevOps

DevOps processes

Cloud infrastructure

JIRA expertise

Security/compliance

Cross‑functional teamwork

Stakeholder management

Leadership

BDC product knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field

Tools

SAP HANA

PostgreSQL/MySQL

JIRA

Job description

SAP in Reston, Virginia, is hiring a Project Expert - Development focused on Sovereign Cloud within SAP Business Data Cloud. You will join the Multi‑Tenant Platforms team and help deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions to customers, coordinating among product, security, engineering, and operations to ensure timely, quality deployments.

You will manage multiple concurrent projects, track milestones, report status to senior leadership, and guide the engineering team on process improvements.