DevOps leader for BTP Security Engineering - KMS

Job Description

We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

The BTP Security Engineering Unit serves as a foundation for security services that are consumed by cloud applications as well as other platform services across SAP - strengthening our and our customers’ deliveries.

We own cross-concerns addressing the confidentiality and integrity of SAP BTP like cryptography, certificates and public key infrastructure, credentials management and many more.

Extending our current portfolio, a sovereign cloud version of our central Key Management Service is planned as the next evolutionary step of SAP BTP. Being part of a new multinational team, you can shape this next era from scratch. Following a cloud native mindset, you will use cutting edge technologies like Kubernetes managed by SAP Gardener.

You will run and operate the SAP Key Management Service for our sovereign cloud shipments, you will manage the team of DevOps engineers but also work as such.

What you’ll do

• Develop and maintain a monitoring system that overlooks our build landscape.

• Identify and address security and performance issues. Maintain a strong focus on quality and customer satisfaction.

• Ensure the systems we build limit exposure to single points of failure and security vulnerabilities.

• Design, implement, and manage DevOps capabilities using CI/CD toolsets and automation.

• Analyze the existing infrastructure and provide expertise on containerization and migration to Kubernetes (K8S).

What you bring:

• Strong degree in computer science, software engineering or similar (Bachelor/Master)

• A minimum of 2 years of management experience, including leading international and interdisciplinary teams.

• A track record of results-oriented leadership and achieving measurable outcomes

• A team-player mindset with strong collaboration skills

• Significant expertise (5+ years) working as DevOps engineer

• Development skills e.g. Golang (preferred), Node.js or willingness to learn Golang

• Comprehensive experience with Kubernetes and container technology

• Experience working in agile software development processes (Scrum)

• Fluent in English (written and verbal)

• Positive mindset, team player, humble, transparent, and highly adaptable

• Curiosity and track record for quickly learning new technologies, concepts and tools

Tech you bring

• Public Cloud Services: Managed Kubernetes clusters, Managed Database clusters.
• Containerisation & Microservices: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.
• Source control & CI/CD tooling: Flux, Git, GitHub Actions.
• Observability & Monitoring tools: Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki.

Meet your team

At SAP, security is a cornerstone of the services we provide to our customers. The Security Control Plane team, part of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), holds global responsibilities across all business units and is committed to helping SAP development teams achieve their goals securely. As part of the Security Control Plane team, you'll get to work on a wide array of security technologies, shaping the very elements that define SAP's security landscape.

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.

We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Requisition ID: 450155 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid