SAP Senior Security Engineer

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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will responsible for supervising security solutions across multiple systems in the Global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) landscape, maintains compliance with IT controls, resolution of security matters, works with SAP teams, collaborators, and partners on security standards, and advances global SAP security at Amgen, including automation capabilities in SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC). This role also supports management and governance of the SAP licenses portfolio at Amgen.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate extensive knowledge in SAP security, ensuring services are delivered on time to meet business needs

• Develop security technical evaluation aligned with industry standard methodologies

• Design and build of security roles and authorizations

• Uphold compliance with Amgen security policies, processes, and procedures across all SAP systems

• Accountable for the development, testing, implementation, and support of security roles across the SAP landscape

• Provide support for SAP audits and compliance requests

• Actively handle issues and risks, devising mitigation and contingency strategies

• Aid functional and technical teams in resolving critical issues related to Security

• Design and evaluate the SAP GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) Access Control suite of programs, which includes user provisioning, segregation of duty management, emergency access, and role management

• Work in partnership with the business on Security Stewardship

• Provide support on SAP security strategies, and processes

• Support SAP security incident management and service requests

• Perform on-call duties and call out issues as needed

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our outstanding contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 4 to 6 years of SAP Senior Security Engineer experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of SAP Senior Security Engineer experience OR

• Diploma and 10 to 12 years of SAP Senior Security Engineer experience

• Extensive experience with design and implementation of SAP security roles and authorizations involving S/4 HANA and Business Technology Platform (BTP), including SAP Fiori

• Ability to handle the SAP security lifecycle from requirements analysis, role design, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support

• Practical knowledge of GRC Access Control principles and solutions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SAP security aspects of SAP Cloud Industry Solutions, e.g., ICH, ICMS, and others

• Specialist in handling ITGC SOX Controls within the SAP security framework

• Experience with implementing and supporting a task-based security framework in SAP solutions

Professional Certifications:

• SAP Security (Preferred)

• SAP GRC Access Control (Preferred)

• Agile Certified Practitioner (preferred)

• CISSP (preferred)

• CISA (Preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and solve skills

• Strong written, verbal communication, and presentation skills

• Ability to work optimally with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to manage multiple priorities optimally

• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

• Providing mentorship and support to less experienced colleagues

• Collaborating effectively with colleagues from various departments

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that deal with others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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