Senior DevOps Engineer

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.

What you`ll do:

We are looking for a dynamic DevOps Engineer to join our digital platforms team. You will work with a team responsible for managing all systems and operations for our cloud-based web solutions. You will work with a globally distributed and diverse team whose mission is to delivery highly available world-class web solutions. We run SAP.com.

Your core responsibilities will be:

• Be a core DevOps engineer responsible for operational delivery of our cloud-based platforms.
• Collaborate with other technology teams and business partners as needed
• Provide day-to-day support of software, standard changes and production fixes through the change control process
• Perform root cause analysis of production errors and resolve technical issues
• Develop, monitor, improve automation at all levels of the DevOps processes
• Design procedures for system troubleshooting and maintenance
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats

You will report to the head of development & engineering for Digital Platforms within the Demand Generation organization of Corporate Processes and Information Technology (CP&IT). You will work closely with our Digital Platforms Senior System Engineer and other technologists.

What you bring:

You bring a desire to learn, to share, to be impactful. You will strengthen this team with your deep technical knowledge and work alongside other technical experts to deliver the best digital experience for our customers.

You will work to make our system operations as efficient as possible. We strive for 100% availability across our entire landscape.

You bring an attitude that is willing to take on all challenges, puts team first, and is open to new ideas including looking for new ways to utilize agentic AI to further improve system operations.

You will be the go-to person on how all of our systems work and help design our landscapes for the future.

Core job requirements:

• Minimum five years of experience as a DevOps/web/cloud system engineer.
• Deep experience with the entire web development lifecycle.
• Background in web content management
• Solid understanding of web security and compliance
• Excellent background in managing DevOps CI/CD environment from the repository level to production release.
• Experience working with all layers of the network stack from global traffic management down to content-delivery network to firewalls to cache.
• Experience working with Akamai and/or CloudFlare for Content Delivery and Platform Security.
• Proficient communicating in English; secondary language is a plus but not required
• Advanced knowledge of Generative AI, Agentic AI, foundational models, LLMs, and other AI technologies.
• Willingness to learn more technical knowledge.

Meet your team:

Our team is made up of some of the best technologists in the field all with a desire to deliver world class web solutions. We are a delivery unit; we spend more time coding than building slides. We love to research new technologies especially agentic AI, to innovate, and to look at new ways to amaze our customers.

We make each other better by sharing knowledge and challenging each other as technology evolves and the team matures.

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.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

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Requisition ID: 442936 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid