**Introduction** In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology. **Your role and responsibilities** As an SAP Consultant, 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. 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. **Required technical and professional expertise** * Minimum 3-5 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 in backup/Restore/Recovery of SAP/Oracle installations, Server Monitoring and optimizing techniques **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Experience in working in implementation, upgrade, maintenance and post- production support projects * HANA Migration Basis Architect (ECC)