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At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

The development center of SAP in Bulgaria plays a key role in the defining and developing of the SAP Business Technology Platform. With its more than 1400 professionals, SAP Labs Bulgaria also has strong contributions toward life-cycle management, user interface & user experience across the broader portfolio of SAP products and has recently welcomed new teams focusing on business applications. For its 24-year history, the company has established itself as a preferred employer in the IT sector in Bulgaria.

 

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The Cloud Lifecycle Management organization designs and implements the infrastructure to handle the requirements of the rapidly growing SAP Cloud Business.  We are implementing the automation of delivering the whole portfolio of SAP Software to our customers, also we automate the process on update/upgrade and decommission of our software. We work with the latest cloud native technologies and we have solutions both in Cloud and On-Premise.

 

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

Do you have background in cloud development? Are you eager to learn new technologies? Do you want to work with the latest cloud technologies in the world?

You will be driving the software architecture together with fellow team members. You will be responsible for creating and delivering an excellent, state-of-the art experience for prospects, customers, and partners.

We are seeking experienced and highly motivated cloud software architect. You will be part of the teams working on the core lifecycle management components for SAP’s cloud business. Our team is fully responsible for the automation, orchestration and scalability of various lifecycle management operations. Our customers are among the biggest and successful companies in the world. You will get the opportunity to work with most trending technologies, in a highly motivated team, established from young talents as well as experienced professionals.

 

As a Development Architect you will be responsible for one and later several in our team. Tasks and expectations will include: 

Responsible for aligned and consistent architecture of a product, part of a product or a specific architecture subject Evaluate architecture risks and estimate effort for business case or backlog item, prepares management decisions on these topics Translate business and product requirements into technical requirements, models and software architecture Actively seek for new opportunities to evolve your service. Partner with development manager who is leading the development team and is jointly accountable for delivery of the goals of the product. Collect and document requirements and constraints with high impact on the architecture as basis for architectural decisions Collaborate with other product owners in SAP and seek integration points and new scenarios for your service. Identify opportunities for reuse of architecture concepts or software parts and cross-team synergies Align architecture with stakeholders regarding architectural or technical dependencies. Support and advice product owner by ensuring technical and architectural feasibility, readiness, and compliance. Coach and advise implementation team(s) on all aspects which have impact on the architecture, reviews design documents of implementation teams regarding compliance with relevant product line guideline

 

Required skills

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or similar field; Strong background in development within Software/Technology industry, preferably delivering complex cloud native projects in short release cycles. Experience in delivering highly available, performant and secure software in the cloud Experience with different cloud IaaS and PaaS layers like – AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry and/or others. Understanding cloud concepts like – microservices, API first approach, distributed systems, etc. Proven ability to plan, manage, track, and deliver on commitments. Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in quickly changing environment. Ability to quickly build new architectures or code a simple PoC to prove a new feature. Fluent written and spoken English Positive mindset, team player.

 

Advantage:

Experience with Kubernetes Experience with Cloud Foundry

 

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 412327  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.