Expert DevOps Engineer: SAP Sovereign Cloud

SAP; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Job description

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

Your future role:

We are looking for Expert DevOps in the areas of Cloud Native Services (AWS, GCP, Azure), Software Defined Networks, Operating Systems, and Infrastructure as Code within the Technology & Engineering unit of the newly formed Sovereign Cloud Delivery & Operations team in the Product Engineering board area.

In this role, you will join the Engineering team. You will be working closely together with product and program managers, developers and architects of all SaaS Platforms and be a key contributor in a large organization that is responsible for the engineering and evolution of SAP Sovereign Cloud's product portfolio. You will have the opportunity to solve the complex challenges of scale and security which are unique to SAP Sovereign Cloud, while using your ability in coding, algorithms, complexity analysis and large-scale system design. You will engage closely with the SAP Sovereign Cloud Operations, Platform, and Application engineering teams and jointly help to ensure that relevant SAP product development teams can execute against their requirements backlog derived from government security control frameworks.

Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for defining and implementing the build, deployment and monitoring standards for customers.
2. Drive the innovations and build tool sets for local cloud delivery and operations team.
3. Be part of Agile development teams to deliver an end-to-end automation of deployment, monitoring, and infrastructure management in a cloud environment.
4. Create scripts and/or templates to automate and/or bootstrap infrastructure provisioning and management tasks.
5. Work closely with SAP Lob and Local cloud delivery and operations team to create an automated continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) system.

What You Bring:

1. Extensive Cloud Expertise: Deep knowledge and hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure including services like Azure DevOps, AKS, AVD, Azure Functions, App Services, Virtual Networks, and Storage.
2. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in Terraform and ARM templates to automate cloud infrastructure deployment.
3. CI/CD Mastery: Expertise in setting up, managing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins, ensuring smooth and automated deployments.
4. Kubernetes & Containerization: Strong understanding of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, and Helm charts, with experience in orchestrating containerized applications.
5. Security & Compliance: Solid grasp of Azure Security best practices, RBAC, IAM, networking security (NSGs, ASGs), and governance policies to ensure compliance and risk mitigation.
6. Monitoring & Logging: Experience with Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, and Prometheus/Grafana for observability and performance monitoring.
7. Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, and Python, along with automation frameworks like Ansible.
8. Collaboration & Problem-Solving: Ability to work closely with development, security, and operations teams, applying DevOps methodologies to streamline processes and enhance system reliability.
9. Performance Optimization: Expertise in tuning cloud applications for cost efficiency, scalability, and high availability, leveraging Azure Autoscaling, Load Balancers, and Traffic Manager.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1. At least 5 years of hands-on experience in Azure Hyperscale/DevOps.
2. Over 10 years of experience in DevOps roles, driving automation, scalability, and operational excellence.

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.