Infrastructure Architect at PwC South Africa

 Significant travel may be required

•  The right person will possess 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting experience in the software or Internet industries and demonstrate a strong understanding of SAP applications, server technology, and network security.
•  Experience and deep knowledge of SAP systems (like SAP Business Suite, S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, SAP Business Objects, etc.) and their architecture and infrastructure needs.
•  Experience and deep knowledge of SAP Basis / NetWeaver Administration.
•  Experience in SAP Sizing by using the SAP Quicksizer.
•  Experience and deep knowledge of SAP system migration or upgrades.
•  Experience in SAP Backup and Recovery.
•  Experience in SAP High Availability architectures.
•  The successful candidate will have spent at least 5 years of their career in customer facing roles with a proven record of earning trust as well as effective collaborations across multiple internal organizations and in interactions with partner and customers.
•  Experience working with end user or developer’s communities.
•  Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must. Past experience writing and publishing technical whitepapers desirable.
•  Demonstrated knowledge in architecting, deploying, and the operation of SAP solutions. Past experience working directly in customer SAP implementations is highly desirable.
•  BA/BS degree required; Computer Science, Math or Technical background highly desired; working knowledge of software development practices and technologies required. Advanced Degree a plus

Preferred Qualifications

•  Broad knowledge of the entire SAP platform stack.
•  Deep experience with helping customers implement SAP integration scenarios through SAP Cloud Platform or other cloud services a plus.
•  Ability to contribute to complex software development projects
•  Either experience working for SAP or with SAP in a development/customer support role.