Expert DevOps Engineer

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. 

*** Due to the potentially classified nature of our work, your willingness is required to subject yourself to a governmental security clearance process ***

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, as a market leader in enterprise application software, we remain true to our roots. That is why we engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality and spread opportunities for our employees and customers across borders and cultures.

SAP recently decided to combine and harmonize all SAP Sovereign Cloud offerings, establishing an end-to-end process for the Public Sector and regulated industries. The newly created Sovereign Services & Delivery business unit is part of the Board area Customer Value Group, with responsibility across the Sovereign Cloud portfolio of SAP. Sovereign Services & Delivery teams are collaborating closely with all Board areas to establish a harmonized, scalable, and consistent offering with transparent and standardized deliverables. 

YOUR FUTURE ROLE

We are looking for a Expert DevOps Engineer (f/m/d) who will focus on the Sovereign Cloud activities of SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC).

In this role, you will join the Multi-Tenant Platforms team: We own, build, and harden, the internal SAP Sovereign Cloud environments used as reference by the regional Operations teams. You will help deliver SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) applications to SAP Sovereign Cloud customers aiming at functional completeness, streamlined deployments, and smooth operation.

You will be working closely with technical product managers, engineers, our security team, as well as SAP product team members, and operations teams. You will have the opportunity to solve the intricate Sovereign Cloud challenges of scale and security, while using your skills to deploy applications.

You will be the subject matter expert of the Sovereign Cloud BDC environment setup, leveraging your functional & technical expertise, complexity analysis, and stakeholder management. You will engage closely with regional Operations colleagues, Security, QA, as well as the other Sovereign Cloud Engineering teams. You will drive the end-to-end deployment of product capabilities - from defining implementation concepts, to performing functional & technical assessments, hardening, ultimately culminating in automated deployments for customer adoption.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or similar field
• Professional experience in Cloud Delivery related fields and technologies
• In-depth knowledge of hyperscalers like AWS required
• In-depth experience in technologies used for deploying and managing Cloud-native applications:
• Container Orchestration tools e.g. Gardener (preferred), Kubernetes, Docker
• Helm charts
• Repository management e.g. Artifactory (preferred), JFrog (preferred)
• Service management tools e.g. Consul (preferred), Zookeeper
• API Management tools e.g. Apigee (preferred)
• Understanding of deployment automation and the tools e.g. Ansible, Chef
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code - Terraform preferred
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines e.g. ArgoCD (preferred), GitLab CI/CD (preferred), Jenkins
• Experience with Monitoring e.g. Dynatrace, CloudWatch
• Experience with Logging e.g. Splunk (preferred), Elasticsearch, Logstash
• Experience with Cloud Networking tools e.g. AWS VPCs (preferred), VNet
• Familiarity with GitLab and/or GitHub
• Scripting background e.g. PowerShell, Python (preferred)
• Security best practices including hardened containers and images (STIG)
• Experience with Security tools e.g. Hashicorp Vault (preferred), GitHub Secrets
• Database knowledge like SAP HANA

• Expertise with OS e.g. Linux, RHEL
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

• Familiarity with Cloud Foundry is a plus
• Prior exposure to OpenStack deployment or CLI tools is a plus 

• Knowledge of SAP and the SAP solution portfolio is a plus

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years of professional experience in Cloud Delivery related fields and technologies
• 4+ years of experience in cloud operations - developing, delivering and maintaining Cloud Products 
• Development experience in at least one programming language 
• Professional experience in software engineering roles

Skills used in this role:  Agentic AI Day-to-Day Practice, AI Adoption Capability, AI Output Quality Assurance, Context Engineering. AI-Assisted Automation and Prototyping, Learning Agility, Collaboration, Complex Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Effective Communication, Troubleshooting (Problem Solving), Infrastructure Automation, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), Cloud Architecture, Cloud Platform System

AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

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Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.
Requisition ID: 458741  | Work Area: Software-Development Operations  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid
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