SAP Security Engineer E2

Join a team that’s shaping the future of SAP at Nationwide. We’re strengthening our engineering capability to secure and enhance the technology behind the UK’s largest building society. As an SAP Security Engineer, you’ll play a key role in protecting critical banking systems by designing secure access controls, strengthening governance processes and supporting the adoption of modern security technologies. You’ll work across SAP Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance and Database security, supporting both day-to-day services and major transformation programmes. This role goes beyond managing users and authorisations. You’ll help shape how security is embedded across our SAP landscape, working alongside Architecture, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Risk, Audit and Engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable and resilient solutions.

You’ll help improve access governance, segregation of duties, privileged access management, security monitoring and automation. You’ll help strengthen SAP security by identifying and managing vulnerabilities, supporting security patching activities, improving monitoring and ensuring risks are assessed, prioritised and remediated effectively. This is an opportunity to solve complex security challenges, influence engineering standards and help build a modern, proactive SAP security capability across on-premise and cloud-based environments.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you’ll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you’ll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon, Bournemouth, Northampton or London office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here .

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll design, build and support secure roles, authorisations and access controls across our SAP systems, making sure colleagues have the access they need while protecting critical business services. You’ll investigate security issues, assess access risks and support governance, audit and compliance activities. You’ll work closely with other technical teams to identify vulnerabilities, strengthen controls and resolve security findings. You’ll help improve and automate security processes and use security monitoring tools to identify and manage risks before they affect our services.

We’re looking for an engineer who enjoys solving security challenges, improving how things work and collaborating with others to deliver secure solutions. You’ll bring strong practical experience in SAP Security and SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance, together with the ability to apply security principles across a complex enterprise environment.

You’ll have

SAP Security Administration and Access Governance - Proven experience administering SAP Security across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA and SAP Fiori, including role design, authorisations, user provisioning, access management, and Fiori catalogue and role administration.

SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance Access Control - Hands-on experience with SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance Access Control, including Access Request Management, Access Risk Analysis, Emergency Access Management and Business Role Management.

Segregation of Duties and Risk Management - Experience completing segregation of duties assessments, identifying access risks and implementing role changes, remediation actions or mitigating controls,

SAP HANA Security & Administration - Experience supporting SAP HANA security, including user administration, role and privilege management, database authorisations, audit configuration and security monitoring.

Audit, Compliance and Controls - Experience supporting audit, regulatory and compliance activities, including evidence production, control testing, issue remediation and the maintenance of effective security controls.

Security Engineering & Cyber Security Tooling - Hands-on experience using SecurityBridge or a similar SAP cyber security platform to identify vulnerabilities, configuration risks, threats and compliance issues across enterprise SAP environments

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind

Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think - we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand

Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development

A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement

Access to an annual performance-related bonus

Training and development to help you progress your career

A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme

Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death

Wellhub - access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness

Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide. What to do next