SAP Security Engineer

As a SAP Security Engineer based in Bangalore, you will be at the heart of securing one of the most diverse and dynamic SAP environments in the financial services industry. You will play a pivotal role in shaping identity, access, and authorization solutions across a broad SAP ecosystem — balancing day-to-day operational excellence with forward-thinking project delivery. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with cutting-edge SAP technologies, collaborate with global stakeholders, and continuously push the boundaries of what secure, compliant, and efficient access management looks like.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, operate, and govern identity, access, and authorization solutions across a large and diverse SAP landscape

Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, technical documentation, and security guidelines to ensure consistency and compliance

Act as a subject matter expert and central point of contact for SAP security and authorization topics across the organization

Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into secure, scalable, and sustainable solutions that meet both operational and audit needs

Design and implement authorization changes within established release and change management processes, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum security

Develop and maintain access products and role concepts that enable compliant, efficient, and timely access provisioning across the landscape

Monitor, analyze, and resolve security- and authorization-related incidents and issues, ensuring swift and effective responses

Provide extended support during upgrades, go-lives, migrations, and hyper-care periods, ensuring seamless transitions

Assess security risks and design and implement appropriate controls and security-hardening measures to protect critical business data

Support business and IT stakeholders during internal and external audits, including the preparation and review of relevant evidence

Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, and continuously improve security and access-management processes, driving efficiency and innovation

About the Team

Swiss Re operates two major SAP finance landscapes: one centered around SAP S/4HANA General Ledger and another around SAP Financial Products Subledger (FPSL). The Access team is a collaborative, globally distributed group that supports both build/project and run/operations activities across these environments, together with the related applications, platforms, and infrastructure.

Our responsibilities span identity, access, authorization, security, and governance across a rich and evolving technology stack, including:

SAP S/4HANA – application authorizations

SAP HANA – database security and authorizations

SAP BW – Analysis Authorizations

SAP Fiori – catalogs, groups, spaces, pages, and application access

SAP Process Orchestration (PO)

SAP HANA XS Advanced (XSA)

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC)

SAP Solution Manager

ChaRM – change and transport management

Central User Administration (CUA)

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)

SAP Integration Suite

SAP Cloud ALM

The team leverages ServiceNow to manage changes, incidents, operational tasks, and access requests, and uses the Xiting Authorizations Management Suite (XAMS) to strengthen and optimize SAP security and authorization management — including supporting the business with its Segregation of Duties (SoD) control framework. We are a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and we take pride in delivering secure, reliable, and future-ready solutions.

About You

You are a technically strong and curious SAP security professional who brings both depth of knowledge and a collaborative spirit to everything you do. You are comfortable navigating complexity, communicating across technical and business boundaries, and taking ownership of your work within a global, diverse team. You bring a proactive mindset and a genuine passion for SAP security, access governance, and continuous improvement.

We Are Looking for Candidates Who Meet These Requirements:

Strong hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA security, including roles, authorizations, and access design in complex enterprise environments

Solid knowledge and practical experience with SAP Fiori security and authorizations, including catalogs, groups, spaces, and application access configuration

Solid knowledge and practical experience with SAP HANA database security and authorizations, including user management and privilege concepts

Experience with identity and access management in at least one additional SAP technology (e.g., SAP BW, BTP, SAC, Integration Suite, Solution Manager, or others listed above)

Minimum 5 years of relevant SAP security experience, with a strong understanding of role design, access governance, security controls, and the ability to translate complex requirements into practical, secure technical solutions

These Are Additional Nice to Haves:

Experience with Segregation of Duties (SoD), audit requirements, security controls, or access governance frameworks

Familiarity with XAMS (Xiting Authorizations Management Suite) or similar SAP security tooling

Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms for managing changes, incidents, and access requests

An interest in automation and modernizing security and access-management processes

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work through complex, multi-system authorization challenges

A proactive, self-driven, and creative approach, with a genuine interest in SAP security and continuous improvement

A collaborative and service-oriented mindset, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Curiosity and motivation to learn and explore new SAP technologies as the landscape evolves

Ability to take ownership while working effectively as part of a global and diverse team

Strong written and spoken English communication skills

Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 15,000 employees across the world. Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability. If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

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