SAP NS2 Sr. Security Automation Engineer

SAP
Herndon, VA

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.

NS2 COMPANY DESCRIPTION

SAP is the global market leader for business software and related services. SAP National Security Services Inc.® (SAP NS2®) is an independent U.S. subsidiary of SAP. At SAP NS2, we leverage best-in-breed technologies engineered by SAP to protect the lives, assets and information of Americans . We offer SAP solutions with specialized levels of security and support to meet the requirements of U.S. national security and critical infrastructure customers.

Must be a US Citizen; this position requires access to customer data.

All internals must have Manager’s approval to transfer.

Role Description:

NS2 Security Automation Engineers provide technical leadership and guidance on security automation and secure system engineering topics to both internal and external teams and are responsible for architecting, configuring, and maintaining automation tooling and pipelines for the Enterprise Security team

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement security solutions that align with business goals and risk tolerance
  • Architect, develop, and maintain distributed, scalable logging pipelines
  • Automating builds and configurations of security tooling infrastructure
  • Maintenance and development of security team Infrastructure-as-Code pipeline

Minimum Qualifications:

  • BS degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Engineering, or 10+ years' equivalent technology experience
  • 5+ years' experience building scalable security utilities and tool
  • 3+ years' experience in host, network, and application security
  • 5+ years' experience with web protocols and Linux/Unix tools and architectur
  • 5+ years' hands-on experience building and administering AWS workload

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Effective communication and collaboration skills
  • Continuous learning mindset to stay current with the tools and the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscap
  • Motivated with a positive attitude and a strong bias towards taking corrective action and providing resolution
  • Experience working with containerization technology and container orchestration technologies
  • Experience designing, implementing, or administering Kubernetes clusters
  • Experience with CI/CD technologies
  • Expertise in log management and parsing strategie
  • Candidates with the following relevant certifications and experience will be given preferential consideration
    • Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator
    • Red Hat Certified Systems Enginee
    • AWS/Azure/GCP Cloud Provider Certifications
    • CKA/CKS/CKAD
    • Prior DOD/FedRAMP experience

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 world.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: [email protected].

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

Compensation Range Transparency : SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 120800 - 205200(USD) USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits .

Requisition ID: 431819 | Work Area:Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

Posted 2025-11-17

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