Expert Network Security Engineer

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.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Work with a global team of network engineers maintaining & ensuring operational stability and continuous service improvement;
• Work with SAP's engineering and architecture teams in order to provide operational expertise in concept development;
• Be part of an effective collaboration model, bringing together various teams and units that design, build and run core components of our cloud network Infrastructure Platform;
• Engage with broad range of suppliers, internal and external stakeholders and other groups and teams, owning the end-to-end operating model of the network operations;

• Support network improvement and lifecycle projects in order to maintain a state of the art functional network infrastructure.

• WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
  
  Deep experience working and supporting production customer facing SAAS environment;

• Maintain and operate cloud network services infrastructure with focus on managing Public Cloud Networking on GCP and Azure;
• Good working knowledge on F5 LTM load balancers and creating scripts using iRules;
• Good indepth knowledge of Advanced WAF and DDoS functionality on F5 LTM and ability to fine tune policies based on traffic patterns;
• Excellent knowledge of Palo Alto Firewalls along with Threat Prevention/URL filtering modules;
• Knowledge of CDN Networking using Akamai or Cloudflare;
• Knowledge of managing Public DNS and SMTP ServicesImplement network infrastructure automation tasks via Terraform, Ansible and Python.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Understanding of cloud platform network infrastructure and operations, ideally with F5 and Palo Alto are useful;
• Technical skills in BGP, VPN, IPSEC, VPC, LTM, SSL CertsNetwork Security Skills desired – L3/L4 firewalling, WAF, DDoS, Bot Management, URL filtering etc.;
• GCP/Azure Public Cloud skills are required and additionally AWS preferred;
• Experience in network automation in cloud environments is preferred;
• Soft skills: Abstract problem-solving skills, high level of commitment and reliability, good communication skills, self-sufficient working attitude and a real team player.

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.

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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

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