As an IBM Application Architect, you directly help clients transform their business and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms. You are a technical leader, serving as a liaison among business partners, technical resources, and project stakeholders. Your Role and Responsibilities As an IBM Application Architect: SAP, you will: Solution and deliver SAP transformational programs, with deep involvement in the platform, data, security, and infrastructure design. Lead architecture, strategy, design, and roadmap of all integration patterns within any SAP hybrid integration landscape. Act as a subject expert in SAP architectural models and integration between the platforms, always developing for the least risk. Understand the client's application modernization needs and the best cloud modernization strategy for them. Maintain alignment with the client's business strategy, drivers, and goals. Ensure that the solutioning of client engagement enhances the customer's competitive advantage, whilst meeting profit and quality targets for IBM. Support the continuous refinement of IBM's services, including maturation/training of methods, tools, and points of view, as well as integration with IBM's other services and products for synergistic value. Harvest, share, and present intellectual capital from past and parallel engagements. Develop roadmaps and apply technology to solve complex business processes. Establish IT infrastructure and maintain and update IT hardware, software, and services. Map business requirements to SAP solutions. Understand cloud architecture and be familiar with the SAP RISE movement. Required Technical and Professional Expertise SAP S4/HANA transformation projects experience. 5+ years experience developing enterprise architecture models closely aligned with business strategies and operating models. 5 years of experience as an SAP Technical Lead or Integration Architect. Experience in architecting and managing complex SAP BTP solutions and platforms. Strong understanding of SAP BTP services, including Cloud Foundry, SAP Business Application Studio, and integration tools. Integration of SAP and non-SAP applications. Demonstrated know-how for enterprise architecture methodology and framework. Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Math, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline. Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise TOGAF Certification. SAP Cloud platform technology certification. About Business Unit IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market-leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your Life @ IBM In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that dedication to our clients' success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, live in what we do as IBMers. About IBM IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason, and science, we can improve business, society, and the human condition. Location Statement IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment. Being You @ IBM IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr