Senior DevOps Engineer
About The Position
SAP is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer to own security engineering across its Sovereign Cloud infrastructure. The role works with platform experts, operations teams, and hyperscaler partners to build a globally distributed security capability and protect regulated customer environments at scale. It sits at the intersection of cloud security and enterprise infrastructure within SAP Product Engineering’s Sovereign Cloud business unit. The position involves designing and implementing infrastructure security concepts, automating security solutions, strengthening provisioning for foundational cloud infrastructure and Sovereign Cloud-ready SAP products, and applying compliance frameworks such as NIST and ISO. The role also involves partnering with global operations teams and hyperscaler providers on security architecture and keeping team knowledge current on hyperscaler capabilities and modern infrastructure tooling. Travel may be up to 20%. Candidates should bring cloud infrastructure and security engineering experience, including AWS and Azure, operating systems, and Kubernetes. SAP also expects employees to use AI tools in their day-to-day work, including evaluating AI-generated outputs and supporting adoption of AI practices. Willingness to undergo a governmental security clearance process is required due to the potentially classified nature of the work.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of Ansible, Terraform, CI/CD tools, and Git for security automation.
- Strong experience in operating systems administration and security engineering, including OS image creation and hardening.
- Experience securing cloud infrastructure at scale on AWS and Azure.
- Familiarity with managing and securing Kubernetes environments.
- A degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Willingness to undergo a governmental security clearance process.
- Comfort using AI tools, including agentic AI, in day-to-day work.
- Ability to build trust, communicate clearly, focus on customers, demonstrate emotional intelligence, and solve problems.
Nice To Haves
- Mastery of ML lifecycle automation, infrastructure design, and performance optimization.
- Ability to evangelize MLOps principles and coach peers to adopt best practices.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement security concepts for infrastructure management across SAP's global Sovereign Cloud footprint.
- Build and automate security solutions aligned with the Sovereign Cloud security strategy.
- Strengthen automated provisioning of foundational cloud infrastructure and Sovereign Cloud-ready SAP products.
- Apply compliance frameworks, including NIST and ISO, to guide security deployment decisions.
- Partner with global operations teams and hyperscaler providers on security architecture.
- Keep the team's knowledge current with native hyperscaler capabilities and modern infrastructure tooling.
- Use AI tools in day-to-day work, evaluate AI-generated outputs, and drive adoption of AI practices within teams.
Benefits
- Flexible working models
- Health and well-being support
- Variable incentive opportunities may be provided where applicable, subject to relevant plans and policies
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
