Job Description

Introduction
As an Application Package Specialist, you\'ll help clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions. You\'ll gain in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients\xe2\x80\x99 business environment. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client expected business results and become the expert you want to be.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an SAP Application Architect, you are responsible for the technical design and implementation of the solution at our clients. You are an expert in your subject and a trusted advisor to our clients and internal teams. You communicate your points of view to IBM\'s global network of SAP architects and participate in the advancement of our consulting services.

What you will do:

• You are required to work in different sites, with many internal and external interfaces. Communication and collaboration with project teams and other professionals is key to successfully lead technical teams to a common goal and working with advanced technologies in the SAP space. Tasks will spread from optimizing existing environments from a solution point of view to personally realizing solutions in the area of HANA, Cloud and Mobile.
• Assist clients in the selection, implementation, and support of the SAP Hana Basis
• You will use your consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the client\'s business environment in order to achieve client expected business results

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum 6 years of experience in architecting and planning SAP Upgrade and database migration projects
• Proven track record of delivering SAP upgrades, migrations and other Basis related projects
• Demonstrated consulting background in providing both technical delivery and advisory services in a senior role
• Experience have experience in Real world SAP HANA BASIS
• Experience in backup/Restore/Recovery of SAP/Oracle installations, Server Monitoring and optimizing techniques

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Certification in SAP OS (Operating System)/ DB (Database) Migration Consultant or Technology Associate - SAP Landscape Transformation 2.0
• Experience in working in implementation, upgrade, maintenance and post- production support projects
• HANA Migration Basis Architect (ECC)

About Business Unit IBM Services is a team of business, strategy and technology consultants that design, build, and run foundational systems and services that is the backbone of the world\'s economy. IBM Services partners with the world\'s leading companies in over 170 countries to build smarter businesses by reimagining and reinventing through technology, with its outcome-focused methodologies, industry-leading portfolio and world class research and operations expertise leading to results-driven innovation and enduring excellence.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.


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