Senior SAP Security & Authorization Engineer

MassMutual•Springfield, MA

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About The Position

MassMutual is seeking a senior, hands‑on SAP Security & Authorization Engineer to directly design, build, test, and support SAP security across a large, complex SAP landscape. This role is execution‑focused and requires deep, day‑to‑day work in SAP systems while also serving as the primary technical authority and advisor for SAP security within Finance Technology. The successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working directly in SAP, resolving complex authorization issues, supporting audits, and partnering closely with project and business teams during SAP S/4 HANA and APEX‑related modernization initiatives, while also mentoring others through hands‑on collaboration.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field of study
8+ years of hands‑on SAP Security & Authorization experience.
8+ years demonstrated experience personally building, testing, and troubleshooting SAP roles in ECC
2+ years hands on experience S/4HANA, HANA DB, SAC (Security Analytical Cloud), Datasphere, PAPM, ECC, BI, PI systems
8+ years proven experience supporting production SAP systems in a large, multi‑instance landscape
2+ years experience supporting audit activities and remediation directly within SAP

Nice To Haves

Ability to balance BAU production support with major transformation initiatives.
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly explain security impacts to both technical and non‑technical partners
Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA transformations or large ERP modernization programs
Experience with building SAP S/4 Fiori roles from catalogs/groups and spaces/pages
Experience with design and building of HANA database security roles with System, Object and Analytical privileges
Experience working with Datasphere roles/scoped roles, SAC teams/Roles, role collections in BTP applications like PaPM, Cloud Identity Services.
Familiarity with IAM, GRC, ILM, and automated access provisioning frameworks.
Experience supporting analytics and reporting platforms integrated with SAP (BW, SAC, AO, etc.)
Prior experience in financial services or other regulated industries.

Responsibilities

Serve as the hands‑on SAP Security lead for S/4HANA programs, including: Role design, build, test and maintain business Fiori roles.
Removal of deprecated tiles and update authorizations during upgrades
Updates to company‑code‑driven and derived roles
Actively support unit testing, SIT, UAT, performance, reporting, and training cycles, often involving large user populations.
Resolve defects raised in various testing cycles by updating the roles.
Work directly with developers and functional teams to: Assess security impacts, Perform pre‑business testing, Validate fixes prior to business testing
Personally design, build, test, and maintain SAP security roles and authorizations across SAP systems (S/4HANA, Fiori, HANA DB, SAC, DATASPHERE, PAPM, ECC, BI, XI)
Perform hands‑on troubleshooting and remediation of complex authorization issues impacting Finance, HR, Procurement, BW, and reporting users.
Provide direct production support, including urgent access issues, role corrections, and user remediation.
Perform feasibility assessments for new technologies by doing Proof of Concepts/Technology
Secure custom programs/tables working with the ABAP development teams.
Execute monthly SAP Security Note reviews, support pack validation, and hands‑on regression testing.
Actively support Sandbox, Development, QA, Pre‑Production, and Production environments.
Act as the hands‑on SAP security SME for: IAMSTRONG integrations, Manager access reviews and transfer reviews.
Segregation of Duties (SoD) and orphaned access remediation
Personally support and troubleshoot ILM tooling related to onboarding, offboarding, audit controls, and access cleanup.
Partner directly with IAM, ServiceNow, and security teams to modernize and stabilize access request and fulfillment processes.
Personally support SAP audits, including access reviews, evidence collection, and remediation.
Execute required security corrections directly in SAP to address audit findings.
Serve as the primary technical contact for Audit, Business, Risk, and Compliance partners on SAP security matters.
Serve as the go‑to SAP security authority for Finance Technology.
Mentor and support team members through direct collaboration and hands‑on problem solving.
Create and maintain practical documentation and FAQs to improve self‑service and reduce repeat issues.
Help prioritize work while remaining directly accountable for complex or high‑risk security changes.