Why Work at Lenovo We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers. Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked 196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY). This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com , and read about the latest news via our StoryHub . Description and Requirements We are seeking a Principal Architect to lead the architecture of Lenovo's platform capabilities into SAP's HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC 3.0) and Customer Data Center (CDC) program. This is a named-account lead architect role embedded with the SAP engagement, accountable for end-to-end design across compute, storage, network, disaster recovery, high availability, backup, and integration. You will drive Lenovo's CDC capability roadmap from Planned and Partially Enabled status to Generally Available, working jointly with SAP engineering on shared capabilities and independently on Lenovo-owned items. The role sits within Lenovo's Hybrid Cloud Solutions & AI Offering Engineering (OA&E) organization. Deliverables are reference architectures, validated configurations, joint engineering artifacts, and operational runbooks consumed by Lenovo Professional Services and Managed Services Key Responsibilities Architecture Design & Engineering • Compute Architecture: Design Lenovo’s compute architecture for SAP PE CDC (Cloud Delivery Center), including virtual machine and bare-metal deployment patterns, hardware model selection, precise sizing guidance, and validated configurations. • Storage Architecture: Define storage architecture across block and NFS tiers for both virtual and physical workloads; establish file system layouts, self-service provisioning patterns, and volume-to-bare-metal mappings in close partnership with SAP Storage Engineering. • Network Architecture: Define comprehensive network architecture capabilities, covering core datacenter networking topologies, Load Balancer as a Service (LBaaS), and network-layer micro-segmentation. • Data Protection & Backup: Lead the architectural design for enterprise backup and data protection using Cohesity and/or Veeam, ensuring seamless integration across NFS and object storage tiers. Resilience, High Availability & Disaster Recovery • Data Center Topology: Lead data center topology design for complex single-site and dual-site deployments, establishing site-to-site replication parameters and seamless operational handoffs. • Disaster Recovery (DR) Ownership: Own the end-to-end DR architecture for application environments, including NFS-based replication, cross-site DR testing, and strict RPO/RTO validation. • High-Availability (HA) Validation: Define high-availability architectures for virtual and physical database tiers to target and sustain 99.9% availability, backed by rigorous, lab-based validation. Joint Roadmap & Delivery Ownership • Strategic Roadmap Execution: Drive Lenovo’s capability status from Planned and Not Enabled to Generally Available (GA) across the joint strategic roadmap, collaborating directly with SAP engineering on all shared deliverables. • Technical Documentation & SOPs: Translate complex joint engineering decisions into production-ready reference architectures, validated configurations, comprehensive runbooks, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Required Experience • 10 years of enterprise experience in infrastructure and platform architecture for hosted, managed, or multi-tenant cloud environments, with a proven track record of end-to-end delivery ownership. • Proven architectural leadership spanning core data center technologies across compute (virtualized and bare-metal environments), enterprise storage, and complex networking. • Advanced VMware Architecture: Deep technical expertise designing, scaling, and managing enterprise-grade VMware environments, including vSphere/ESXi , vCenter Server , and advanced software-defined data center (SDDC) components. • Advanced Disaster Recovery & High-Availability Design: Demonstrated expertise engineering resilient architectures utilizing synchronous/asynchronous replication, NFS replication, VMware high-availability configurations, and active-active stretched clusters (e.g., MetroCluster). Networking & Storage Expertise • Enterprise Networking: Hands-on experience designing and implementing network architectures utilizing Cisco or Arista switching, Palo Alto Networks firewalls, and modern overlay technologies like VXLAN. • Enterprise Storage: Deep technical expertise in storage architecture design, specifically focused on NetApp platforms and block/file storage protocols (NFS, SMB, iSCSI/FC). Core Professional Skills • Technical Documentation: Strong technical writing skills with a track record of producing clear, comprehensive architecture diagrams, design documents, and operational runbooks. What do we offer you? Compensation & Rewards · Performance-based salary reviews and annual bonuses · Meal tickets, service anniversary awards, and referral bonuses · Employee share purchase program · Scholarships for employees’ children Health & Well-being · Fully covered private medical insurance · Annual well-being allowance for sports, training, relaxation, and therapy and on-site chair massage · Life & accident insurance with extra medical coverage · Employee Assistance Program Training & Development · Technical Ladder & Sales Excellence programs · Individual Career Development Plans with mentoring · Bookster subscription for continuous learning Time Away · 21–28 vacation days depending on tenure · Sick days and extra paid leave for public holidays on weekends · Additional paid leave for employees with children We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class. 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