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What you’ll do

As Security Architect (f/m/d) you will work in the Sustainability Engineering unit building applications to help companies running their business in a more sustainable way and through that contributing to a more sustainable world for everyone.

Sustainability is one of three "Growth Areas” at SAP which ensures a very dynamic and fascinating working environment. The teams are highly motivated to meet the quickly changing market demands by building cloud native applications in a continuous delivery working model.

You will join us in this endeavor and help to design and engineer our applications in a secure way making sure to comply with SAP’s high product standards around security. We are looking for an experienced Application Architect Associate (f/m/d) with a strong background in security and data integration.

As Security Architect (f/m/d) you will:

• Work as key contact for security questions within Sustainability Engineering overlooking all applications in terms of security standards
• Be the single point of contact to the corresponding BISO for Sustainability
• Guide product development teams due to critical security cases
• Support development teams in data privacy related topics
• Contribute to key development topics either within a development team or as part of a cross functional development team

The work will be hands-on including development tasks and setting up systems/tenants. It will also require thorough documentation as well as alignment with central groups, especially around security.

What you bring

• Profound experience in software engineering and a track record of business application data model design and architecture work
• You should be familiar with ABAP, Java or JavaScript, with SAP Security product standards and the HANA database
• A strong network, especially in the security community would be beneficial
• Fluent in spoken and written English, German would be a plus

Meet your team

The Sustainability Engineering unit consists of globally distributed development teams working on various applications. Based in Walldorf, you will work with teams in Potsdam, Brno, Munich, Markdorf, Sofia, Shanghai and Bangalore. The whole unit is very diverse in all dimensions, including the technical skills spanning from classical ABAP based applications to very young cloud-native products.

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 and more equitable world.
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