SAP Manager Specialist (SAP Solution Manager / SAP HANA)

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’ 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
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) organization is look for highly skilled and motivated professionals for its SAP Center of Excellence (CoE) team. The position would require skills in Agile methodologies, mobile, social analytics, and experience with SAP applications.

• Be part of a worldwide team to support and extend IBM’s implementation/scope of SAP Solution Manager with responsibilities for various functions used across the enterprise.
• Manage SAP Solution Manager processes, utilize the available tools, and communicate standards and Operations plans across the internal SAP application teams.
• Utilize Agile software development mythologies to achieve continuous delivery and continuous improvements
• Solution Manager projects involve assessments, scoping, planning, implementation, testing, Operations monitoring, and support.
• Collaborate in informational calls across IBM’s SAP internal applications to foster an atmosphere of teaming and openness.
• Initiate, support and manage corporate wide initiatives applicable to IBM's internal SAP projects
• Engage in cross team collaboration across the CIO SAP Center of Excellence
• Excellent communication and written skills to communicate with teams, organize conference calls, and coordinate/manage activities across global teams

Successful individuals will be well versed with IT, new productivity tools, always willing to learn and use new technology yet focused on high quality, on schedule deliverables.
Join an exciting group of application support teams delivering innovative solutions!
No remote opportunities exist
Will consider relocation for candidates with the right skills/experience
Must have the ability to work in the US without current/future need for IBM sponsorship
CIODEM20
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3 + years' experience with SAP Solution manager / SAP HANA
• 3 + years’ experience in software development environments and SAP system implementation
• 3 + years’ experience with supporting, testing or developing
• Understanding of software project delivery methodologies
• Knowledge of testing strategies

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experienced with SAP Solution Manager setup, usage, and support
• Ability to implement functionality required for the successful rollout of Solution Manager Processes and functionality as per standard SAP requirements
• Practical SAP experience - SAP Technical administration skills
• Familiar with software implementation cycles - from concept planning/assessment, configuration, development, documentation, testing, thru to deployment delivery and post GoLive support
• Development experience i.e. in Java, C++, SAP, etc.
• Familiar with Agile Software Development Mythologies
• Familiar with testing strategies, technical monitoring, and incident management
• Demonstrated ability to work with global teams

About Business Unit
The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM’s financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing.
Your Life @ IBM
What matters to you when you’re looking for your next career challenge? Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible. Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.
How we’ll help you grow:
• You’ll have access to all the technical and management training courses you need, to become the expert you want to be.
• You’ll learn directly from expert developers in the field; our team leads love to mentor.
• You will have the opportunity to work in many different areas to figure
About IBM
IBM is a global technology and innovation company. It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with presence in 170 countries. The diversity and breadth of the entire IBM portfolio of research, consulting, solutions, services, systems and software, unusually distinguishes IBM from other companies in the industry.
Over the past 100 years, a lot has changed at IBM, in this new era of Cognitive Business, IBM is helping to reshape industries as diverse as healthcare, retail, banking, travel, manufacturing, and many more, by bringing together our expertise in Cloud, Analytics, Security, Mobile, and the Internet of Things. We like to say, “be essential.” We are changing how we craft. How we collaborate. How we analyze. How we engage.
Join the next generation of innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs who are crafting the very way the world works. We want the brightest minds doing work that encourages, in an environment where growth is supported. IBMers get to discover their potential, so they’re encouraged to build breakthroughs that help our clients succeed. We’re establishing teams with dynamic strengths with people who want their ideas to matter.
Join us — you’ll be proud to call yourself an IBMer.
Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.