SAP Security Specialist

About the role

The SAP Security Specialist is responsible for governing security, authorizations, and access controls across the SAP landscape, including ECC, S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Ariba and Sales Cloud. The role ensures compliance, data confidentiality, and supports digital transformation initiatives while collaborating with functional, basis and cybersecurity teams.

Key responsibilities

• Administer and maintain SAP security roles, profiles, authorizations and user access across all SAP modules.
• Design and enforce role‑based access controls aligned with business requirements and best practices.
• Perform Segregation of Duties (SoD) analysis, risk assessments, remediation and periodic access reviews.
• Manage user provisioning, privileged and emergency access, and conduct regular access recertifications.
• Integrate SAP security with Active Directory, Azure AD, Single Sign‑On and Identity Management solutions.
• Monitor compliance with internal policies, audit requirements and regulatory standards.
• Support internal and external audits by providing evidence and implementing corrective actions.
• Assess security impact of SAP projects, upgrades and migrations, and recommend mitigation measures.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in SAP security, authorization management or SAP GRC.
• Proven experience with SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Ariba and Sales Cloud.
• Experience integrating SAP with AD, Azure AD, SSO and Identity Management platforms.

Required skills

• SAP ECC
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP SuccessFactors
• SAP Ariba
• SAP Sales Cloud
• Active Directory / Azure AD
• Single Sign‑On (SSO)
• Identity Management
• SAP GRC
• Role‑based access control
• Segregation of Duties (SoD) analysis