SAP Security Specialist - Remote (25% travel)

Belden Inc•Carmel, IN

10d•$101,400 - $152,100•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior SAP Security Specialist to serve as the global design authority and technical lead for authorization and access governance across our S/4HANA migration program. This senior individual contributor role is responsible for setting global security standards, driving end-to-end design decisions, and providing oversight, review, and final approval of work delivered by contractors and offshore/onshore partners. The ideal candidate has led security design on at least one full-lifecycle SAP implementation and is comfortable operating as the final technical authority on security architecture decisions across a global program.

Requirements

10+ years of SAP security administration experience, including full-cycle leadership of at least one SAP implementation
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field.
Experience setting global security design standards across a multi-region SAP landscape
Proven experience reviewing, quality-checking, and approving deliverables produced by external contractors or SI partners
Expert-level knowledge of SAP authorization concepts: PFCG, SU24, SU25, SUIM, SU53, role derivation, composite/master role structures
Experience supporting SAP system upgrades from a security perspective, including pre/post-upgrade authorization testing and remediation
Demonstrated ability to build and govern SoD rulesets and drive large-scale risk remediation
Strong hands-on experience with Security Access Control process
Solid understanding of SOX/ITGC compliance requirements
Experience running USMM (SAP System Measurement) for license audits, including reconciling user classifications and measurement results to support license compliance reporting
Experience managing or directing the work of both employees and external vendors/contractors on a technical deliverable
Strong executive communication skills; able to present design decisions and risk trade-offs to senior stakeholders
Ability to set direction and own outcomes — comfortable as the final technical authority on design decisions
Strong quality-control mindset; holds self and contractors to a high bar
Strategic and standards-oriented, balancing global consistency with local/regional needs
Effective at influencing without direct authority, particularly with external partners
Excellent written and verbal communication for both technical and executive audiences

Nice To Haves

SAP Security or GRC certification
Experience with SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance (IAG) or SAP BTP security
Experience building a global governance model for SAP security
Familiarity with vendor management, SOW/deliverable review processes, and contractor performance management
Experience with managing SAP Full Use Equivalent licensing metrics, ensuring user classifications and authorization assignments align with license compliance requirements and support cost optimization
Experience with ControlPanel GRC

Responsibilities

Drive the overall S/4HANA authorization and security design strategy, making final architectural decisions on role structure, SoD ruleset design, and Fiori security models
Define, document, and own global security standards, design principles, and naming conventions for consistency across regions, business units, and future rollouts
Conduct quality assurance checkpoints throughout the project lifecycle to ensure contractor work aligns with global design standards and compliance requirements
Establish reusable design templates and governance frameworks scalable across current and future implementations
Serve as escalation point and final decision-maker for complex security design questions
Provide technical oversight of contractor/SI deliverables related to role design and SoD remediation
Review and formally approve role builds, catalog/tile assignments, and SoD ruleset changes before promotion to test/production
Hold contractors accountable to SLAs, documentation standards, and design specifications
Mentor contractor teams to preserve design intent and enable knowledge transfer
Lead the security workstream across Design & Build, Test Cycles, Go Live, and Hypercare phases
Lead SoD ruleset development, and risk remediation
Direct Fiori launchpad security design and front-end/back-end authorization alignment
Lead cutover security activities and hypercare issue resolution
Act as primary security advisor to program and IT leadership on design risk and compliance exposure
Represent security workstream in project meetings
Partner with global functional and technical leads (OTC, FTM, FUL, GTS, SCP, PP, EWM, MFG) to ensure security design supports redesigned business processes