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SAP · 1 day ago

Senior DevOps Engineer

positionReston, VA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level
money$149K/yr - $254K/yr
date5+ years exp

SAP is a market leader in enterprise application software, focusing on innovation and equality across industries. The Senior DevOps Engineer will be responsible for the deployment of SAP SuccessFactors applications to Sovereign Cloud customers, ensuring functional completeness and streamlined operations while collaborating with various teams to tackle challenges related to scale and security.

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Responsibilities

Build the automation deployment that will deliver SAP SuccessFactors (HCM) applications to SAP Sovereign Cloud customers aiming at functional completeness, streamlined deployments, and smooth operation
Work closely with technical product managers, engineers, and architects with a focus on HCM applications
Solve the intricate challenges of scale and security which are unique to SAP Sovereign Cloud
Be the subject matter expert of the Sovereign Cloud HCM environment setup, leveraging functional & technical expertise, complexity analysis, and stakeholder management
Engage closely with regional Operations colleagues, Security, QA, as well as the other Sovereign Cloud Engineering teams
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

Qualification

Cloud Delivery experienceAWS knowledgeDeployment automationInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD pipelinesContainer OrchestrationScripting skillsSecurity best practicesDatabase knowledgeSuccessFactors knowledgeAnalytical thinkingFluency in EnglishCross-functional teamwork

Required

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
Very good understanding of deployment automation and the tools e.g. Ansible, Chef
Experience with Infrastructure as Code - Terraform preferred
CI/CD pipelines e.g. ArgoCD (preferred), GitLab CI/CD (preferred), Jenkins
Monitoring e.g. Dynatrace, CloudWatch
Logging e.g. Splunk (preferred), Elasticsearch, Logstash
Cloud Networking tools e.g. AWS VPCs (preferred), VNet, Google VPC
In-depth experience in technologies used for deploying and managing Cloud-native applications (e.g. microservices)
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
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
Experience with SuccessFactors (HCM) system environment setup is a plus
Product knowledge of SuccessFactors (HCM) applications incl. Mobile is a plus
Decision-making, persistence and can-do attitude
Excellent methodological and conceptual skills paired with analytical thinking
Proven ability to work in cross-functional teams
Fluency in written and spoken English
5+ years of professional experience in Cloud Delivery related fields and technologies
2+ 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 role

Preferred

Infrastructure as Code - Terraform
CI/CD pipelines e.g. ArgoCD
CI/CD pipelines e.g. GitLab CI/CD
CI/CD pipelines e.g. Jenkins
Logging e.g. Splunk
Cloud Networking tools e.g. AWS VPCs
Container Orchestration tools e.g. Gardener
Repository management e.g. Artifactory
Repository management e.g. JFrog
Service management tools e.g. Consul
Scripting background e.g. Python
Experience with Security tools e.g. Hashicorp Vault

Benefits

Constant learning
Skill growth
Great benefits
Flexible working models
SAP North America Benefits

Company

SAP

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SAP provides enterprise application software to various industries, including consumer, discrete manufacturing, public services.
dateFounded in 1972
location
Walldorf, Baden-Wurttemberg, DEU
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.sap.com

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.3B
Key Investors
Elliott Management Corp.
2019-04-24Post Ipo Equity· $1.3B
2015-06-01Grant· $1.37M
1998-08-03IPO

Leadership Team

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Christian Klein
CEO & Member of the Executive Board
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CTO at PLAT.ONE, An SAP Company
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