Expert DevOps Engineer Security Tools Team

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We are looking for an Expert DevOps Engineer to lead the design operation and continuous evolution of SAPs Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform. You will provide expert technical leadership drive agentic-first solutions operational excellence and platform reliability across SAPs enterprise environments.

• Lead the design automation andoperation of the PAM platform ensuring consistent and reliable privileged access management at scale across multiple cloud environments and enterprise infrastructure.
• Guide and enhance deployment and upgrade strategies for platform components ensuring zero-downtime rollouts controlled staged releases and rapid rollback capability
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and release workflows using GitHub Actions to deliver platform changes reliably and consistently across all environments
• Architect implement andmaintain infrastructure as code for provisioning configuration and lifecycle management of platform components across environments
• Spearhead observability and reliability engineering initiatives implementing advanced monitoring logging and alerting solutions while improving service performance accelerating incident resolution and reducing operational toil through automation.
• Define and execute the vision for advanced AI engineering capabilities leading the design and implementation of autonomous and agentic AI solutions AI-augmented software engineering intelligent workflow automation Context Engineering and AI quality governance. Enable enterprise-wide AI adoption by establishing standards reusable frameworks and operational models that deliver scalable secure and high-impact business transformation.
• Champion an Automation-First and Security-First mindset leveraging infrastructure as code policy as code and automated operational workflows to improve reliability reduce manual effort strengthen security posture and standardize platform operations
• Participate in an on-call rotation; troubleshoot production incidents perform root cause analysis and drive post-incident improvements
• Partner with product engineering teams to improve platform reliability deployment models and operational scalability

• 8 years of experience in DevOps platform engineering cloud infrastructure or a related field with a demonstrated track record of delivering at enterprise scale
• Demonstrated expertise in architecting and leading complex automation and platform delivery initiatives at scale across multi-cloud and enterprise environments with deep expertise in at least one major cloud provider (AWS Azure or GCP)
• Advanced expertise in containerization and Kubernetes technologies including architecture networking storage security and operational best practices.
• Ability to design and build agentic AI solutions and AI-driven automation.
• Deep experience designing and optimizing robust CI/CD pipelines and release workflows with a focus on automation reliability compliance and multi-environment deployment strategies
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tools (Terraform Crossplane Ansible)
• Strong scripting and programming skills (Python PowerShell or Bash) for automation platform integration and operational tooling
• Practical experience in observability tooling (Grafana Dynatrace Splunk or equivalent) and experience defining and supporting monitoring and alerting for production systems
• Expert in the use AI tools (LLMs AI-assisted coding AI-Ops tooling) as a core part of day-to-day engineering work
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional technical initiatives within security or platform engineering teams
• Experience in compliance governance and security frameworks: CIS Benchmarks STIG SOC 2 PCI SEC.309 and OWASP Top 10
• Excellent written communication: ability to author and review architecture decision records threat models postmortems and security review documentation; able to influence stakeholders without direct authority
• Advanced problem-solving skills ownership mindset and ability tooperate effectively in fast-paced globally distributed environment
• Expert knowledge managing deploying and securing Windows and Linux environments at scale.

Nice to have

• SAP BTP Kyma and Cloud Foundry operations experience
• Experience with messaging and event streaming platforms such as RabbitMQ

You will be part of a globally distributed security engineering team driving the automation and operational excellence of SAPs Privileged Access Management platform across enterprise cloud environments.

This role combines advanced cloud automation engineering with a strong security and DevOps mindset. You will design and implement security tools using modern cloud-native technologies build and maintain CI/CD pipelines manage infrastructure-as-code and develop tooling that reduces operational toil across the PAM platform. You will also guide security review processes enhance certificate and credential lifecycle automation and strengthen compliance with SAPs security and access control standards across multiple cloud environments.

Driven by curiosity ownership and a passion for innovation you will challenge existing processes champion best practices mentor others through your expertise and continuously improve the platforms security scalability and operational maturity.

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database analytics intelligent technologies and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide we are purpose-driven and future-focused with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries people or platforms we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP you can bring out your best.

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Requisition ID: 460057 Work Area: Software-Development Operations Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid