Senior Security Compliance Automation Engineer

Position:
Senior Security Compliance Automation Engineer

Company:
SAP

Compensation:
131000-271600 USD

Location:
United States, Reston, VA

Employment type:
Regular Full Time

Work Arrangement:
Not approved for remote work

Short Summary:
Help transform how SAP Concur manages security compliance and FedRAMP operations through automation, analytics, and continuous controls monitoring. This role combines security compliance, controls engineering, and automation to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of our federal security program.

Responsibilities:
- Lead initiatives to enhance Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) and Continuous Controls Testing (CCT) capabilities.
- Evaluate the security control landscape and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, visibility, and risk reduction through automation.
- Design and develop automated workflows, dashboards, and reporting solutions that provide ongoing insight into control effectiveness and compliance posture.
- Build and maintain scripts, integrations, and data pipelines that support evidence collection, controls testing, monitoring, and compliance analytics.
- Leverage AI-enabled tools and automation technologies to improve compliance operations, reporting, documentation, and control assessment activities.
- Participate in security control testing cycles, including evidence collection, control validation, gap identification, and remediation tracking.
- Support FedRAMP continuous monitoring activities, audit readiness efforts, and ongoing ATO sustainment.
- Develop metrics, dashboards, and reporting capabilities for leadership and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Cloud Operations, Security Operations, and Compliance teams to implement scalable security and compliance solutions.
- Conduct risk assessments, identify control deficiencies, and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Maintain process documentation, operational procedures, and technical artifacts supporting security and compliance programs.
- Monitor emerging regulatory requirements, compliance frameworks, automation technologies, and AI capabilities relevant to security operations and governance.

Requirement:
- 5–8 years of experience in cybersecurity, security compliance, controls engineering, automation engineering, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), or a related field.
- Experience supporting FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, NIST CSF, or similar regulatory frameworks.
- Hands-on experience developing automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, SQL, APIs, workflow orchestration tools, or equivalent technologies.
- Experience designing dashboards, analytics, reporting solutions, or data pipelines supporting security and compliance programs.
- Strong strategic thinking and documentation skills; able to translate controls and compliance requirements into clear functional requirements for varying technical audiences.
- Fluency in English and proven ability to operate effectively in a government-facing, compliance-driven environment.

Benefits:
- Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.