SAP NS2 Vice President, SaaS Platform & Operations
SAP · Herndon, VA
$244,700–$553,900from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An executive-level role responsible for defining and running the enterprise SaaS operating model at a secure U.S. federal cloud subsidiary. The position spans platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, cloud and database operations, release engineering, and technical support across multi-cloud environments. Suited to a seasoned leader with deep Kubernetes, DevSecOps, and managed cloud operations experience who can drive engineering productivity, operational resilience, and direct customer escalation resolution in a 24x7 environment.
Principal level · 15+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 30 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 8–40
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $199,482 (middle half $174,883–$233,831). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (11)
This is a senior executive / VP-level people-management role (Career Status: Executive) with org-wide scope spanning Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Ops, Database Ops, Release Engineering, and Technical Support — clearly 11-3021. The alt SOC (15-1252) is noted only because the JD emphasizes deep hands-on technical depth alongside the management mandate.
Seniority is rated Principal rather than Senior because the role carries genuine org-wide, cross-functional authority (defining the enterprise SaaS operating model, executive communication, multi-team leadership) — well above a typical Senior manager scope.
The title carries no explicit level word; the title states no level.
Location is listed as Herndon, VA / Newtown Square, PA (hybrid); the primary CBSA used is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (Herndon, VA). The role is not fully remote.
No security clearance is hard-gated; the posting states the role requires 'access to customer data' and that the candidate must be a US Citizen, but does not require a specific clearance level.
The compensation range ($244,700–$553,900) is stated as base salary plus variable incentive target combined.
'Infrastructure as Code' is listed as a required skill per the JD's Required Qualifications section; no single tool (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi) is named, so the canonical category name is used.
FedRAMP and DoD IL4/IL5 experience appear under Preferred Qualifications.
'AI-driven operations' appears under Preferred Qualifications as 'AI-driven operations' / 'AI-assisted operations'; listed as preferred accordingly.
Linux and Windows administration are listed together as a single understanding requirement; emitted as Linux with Windows as an alternative since they are distinct but paired in the JD.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI-driven operations.
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