Application Architect-SAP HANA

Position: Application Architect-SAP HANA Basis
Location: Bengaluru

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide.

You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results.

Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities

Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the SAP HANA infrastructure and basis components. Requires a strong understanding of SAP HANA, basis administration, and system architecture.
Works closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure SAP HANA solutions that meet business requirements and exceed customer expectations.
Designs applications which may run on multiple platforms and may be composed of multiple software packages. Responsible for performance, availability and scalability of the applications, and maintains the functional interface to the application infrastructure.
Must have knowledge of SAP HANA, S/4 HANA, Cloud migration, ECC, BW, SCM, CRM, SRM, HCM, SQL, among other skills like SAP BTP, SLT, SAP ASE.
Architecture design in Cloud like AWS or Azure or any Hyperscaler. Also design experience in SAP BTP, SAP LeanIX , SLT, HANA etc.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

At least one certification from Azure / AWS / GCP / IBM Cloud. SAP Security / GRC certification is mandatory.
At least 12 years of hands-on in both SAP Security (including S/4

HANA) and SAP GRC area is mandatory.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) knowledge and experience in SAP Security and GRC technical and functional knowledge in SAP S/4

HANA, SAP ECC, SAP MDG (Web Dynpro based), SAP BW - BOBJ, SAP GRC (AC/PC), etc.
Leadership experience in conducting multiple rounds of business workshops, gathering requirements, strategize the SAP Security / GRC solution & documentation, translating those into the SAP Security / GRC functional & technical design, TSD / Security matrix preparation, build the solution, clear the SAP review, testing support and following all other tasks END-TO-END.
End to end experience (minimum 6 years) in handling SAP Security / GRC implementation (Greenfield) engagements. Exposure in handling Brownfield / Bluefield implementation would be an added advantage.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Must be associated (min 5 years) with SAP solutioning / RFP deals, Oral presentation, customization of effort estimation model from SAP Security/ GRC side
Contribution to the SAP Security community / Blogs / Knowledge sharing / as trainer is must to have (min 5 years).
Contribution in creating Tools / accelerators to automate any SAP Security / GRC tasks / actions are expected (at least
2)