SAP S&A Consultant in Cambridge

This role is for an experienced and detail orientated SAP Security and Authorisations (S&A) Engineer to form part of an existing DevOps team to help deliver a strong pipeline of transformational changes, supporting the business to improve efficiency in a number of areas. SAP S&A DevOps Engineers operate, change and grow software that has either been developed, customized or configured to add value to the customer.

This is a multi-functional role that works with a Product Team to deliver business value through a high quality product using optimized-flow delivery models based on Agile practices such as Scrum and Kanban. SAP S&A DevOps Engineers will be involved in supporting users, defining new features and functionality, and implementing change under the guidance and servant leadership of the DevOps Lead, Product Owner and Product Solution Architect.

DevOps Engineers will work in a highly collaborative, visible and measured environment and will stimulate experimentation, innovation and continuous improvement. SAP S&A DevOps Engineers will have a deep understanding of their application and how it is configured for the business, they will live and breathe the Agile manifesto and will use processes, tools and culture to continuously improve what they do and how they work for the delight of the customer. Adding value every day will be a key goal.

Typical duties include:

• Responsible for the design, configuration and development, supporting the customised and standard SAP Security solutions; their integration with the end-to-end solution.
• Accountable for the quality of the design, assessment of risk, and delivery of the components.
• Responsible for adhering to standards, governance and best practices set out by the Product Architects, and responsible for mitigating technical debt/risks/issues.
• Active contributor in the DevOps team, supporting the application, resolving incidents/problems, reducing technical debt and developing new features to help enable the business through ERP.
• Providing product and service direction to the Product Management Team and implement these as part of a self-organising team.
• Diagnosing service delivery problems and initiating actions to maintain or improve levels of service.
• Proactively driving down the volume of incidents and problem tickets by addressing the root cause and/or Product knowledge gaps in the business.
• Working directly with peers, business stakeholders and Product Analysts by helping refine the requirements and translating them into Security and Authorisation functional and technical designs.
• Producing cross module designs which are complementary of each other and promote continuity of knowledge across the team.

Knowledge:

• Track record of successful delivery playing an active part in the implementation of SAP ERP and integrated enterprise systems for medium to large organisations.
• Hands-on experience in designing, developing, configuring, supporting customised and standard Security solutions; has an in-depth understanding of Security and Authorisation that will enable the candidate to deliver quality and fit for purpose solutions.
• Solid understanding of SAP ERP modules, components and architecture.
• Good Integration knowledge with other SAP modules.
• Hands-on experience in data migration, cleansing and transformation using LSMWs, BDC, and Mass Upload tools in SAP.
• Analytical approach to problem-solving using SAP notes and SAP Help; ability to use technology to solve business problems.
• In-depth understanding of an end to end SAP software development lifecycle in an agile or waterfall environment.
• Excellent communications skills (verbal and written) with the ability to tell stories, draw pictures and document what you have done so others can understand, pick up from you and learn.
• A strong understanding and appreciation of the 'consumer' perspective - you will know what they expect from IT and what they will need even before they do.
• An eagerness to learn enough about the product and its roadmap.
• Passion for doing things differently by challenging the norm and inspiring others to do the same through facilitating a culture of trust openness, honesty, a can-do attitude and discipline through strong time-management and organizational skills.
• Ability to see the end-to-end system, understand constraints and bottlenecks and be able to work out how a process can be simplified, interactions can be automated and, through mastery, how the system can become highly efficient in both delivery and support.
• Awareness of business unit policies and processes.
• Experience of working in an IT Function or similar.
• Has sound generic, domain and specialist knowledge necessary to perform effectively in the organisation typically gained from recognised bodies of knowledge and organisational information.
• Demonstrates effective application and the ability to impart knowledge found in industry bodies of knowledge.
• In-depth working knowledge of SAP S&A and impact on other modules.
• Implementation of On Premise Application and SAAS Systems and data Integration.
• Good understanding of the Agile Manifesto, DevOps Principles, Scrum and Lean Engineering Practices.

Skills:

• Development and Test Functional/Technical Design.
• Data Management.
• Release Support.
• Governance and Control.
• Self-Learning.
• Communicates fluently, orally and in writing, and can present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences when engaging with colleagues, users/customers, suppliers and partners.
• Selects appropriately from, and assesses the impact of change to applicable standards, methods, tools, applications and processes relevant to own specialism.
• Demonstrates an awareness of risk and takes an analytical approach to work.
• Maximises the capabilities of applications for their role and evaluates and supports the use of new technologies and digital tools.
• Contributes specialist expertise to requirements definition in support of proposals.
• Shares knowledge and experience in own specialism to help others.
• Learning and professional development - maintains an awareness of developing practices and their application and takes responsibility for driving own development.
• Takes the initiative in identifying and negotiating their own and supporting team members' appropriate development opportunities.
• Contributes to the development of others.
• Security, privacy and ethics - fully understands the importance and application to own work and the operation of the organisation.