SAP S&A Consultant

• Design, configure and develop customised and standard SAP Security solutions, supporting their integration into the end-to-end solution.
• Take accountability for design quality, risk assessment and delivery of solution components.
• Follow standards, governance and best practices set by Product Architects, and mitigate technical debt, risks and issues.
• Contribute actively to the DevOps team by supporting the application, resolving incidents and problems, reducing technical debt and developing features that enable the business through ERP.
• Provide product and service direction to the Product Management Team and implement it as part of a self-organising team.
• Diagnose service delivery problems and initiate actions to maintain or improve service levels.
• Proactively reduce incidents and problem tickets by addressing root causes and product knowledge gaps in the business.
• Work with peers, business stakeholders and Product Analysts to refine requirements and translate them into Security and Authorisations functional and technical designs.
• Work with other Product Engineers to produce complementary cross-module designs and promote continuity of knowledge across the team.
• Design and deliver technical plans within business change programmes, and advise on system development and integration, including change requests and deviations from specifications.
• Support users, define features and functionality, and implement change with guidance from the DevOps Lead, Product Owner and Product Solution Architect.
• Contribute to cross-functional teams to ensure customer and user needs are met throughout delivery.
• Investigate, define and resolve complex issues, and apply creative thinking to find innovative approaches.
• Apply knowledge, skills and training to deliver technology solutions that support the businesss strategic and tactical goals.
• Continually seek opportunities for functional improvement, experimentation, innovation and more efficient delivery and support.
• Communicate and document work so colleagues can understand it, continue from it and learn from it.

Technologies:

• Architect
• DevOps
• ERP
• Support
• ITIL
• Kanban
• Product Owner
• SAP
• Security
• ServiceNow
• Flow

• Track record of successful delivery as an active participant in SAP ERP and integrated enterprise systems implementations for medium to large organisations.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, configuring and supporting customised and standard SAP Security solutions, with in-depth SAP Security and Authorisations knowledge.
• Solid understanding of SAP ERP modules, components and architecture, including integration with other SAP modules.
• Hands-on experience with SAP data migration, cleansing and transformation using LSMWs, BDC and mass upload tools.
• In-depth working knowledge of SAP Security and Authorisations and their impact on other modules.
• Experience implementing on-premise applications and SaaS systems, including data integration.
• Understanding of the end-to-end SAP software development lifecycle in Agile or waterfall environments.
• Good understanding of the Agile Manifesto, DevOps principles, Scrum and Lean engineering practices; experience with process frameworks such as ITIL and PRINCE2 is expected.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes supported by ServiceNow, business unit policies and processes, and the wider business context.
• Experience working in an IT function or similar.
• Analytical problem-solving skills, including use of SAP Notes and SAP Help to solve business problems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information to technical and non-technical audiences and document work clearly.
• Ability to understand end-to-end systems, constraints and bottlenecks, and identify ways to simplify processes and automate interactions.
• Awareness of the consumer perspective, changing technology practices and individual-centric IT design.
• Strong time-management and organisational skills, with a proactive approach to learning, self-development and continuous improvement.
• Ability to assess risks and the impact of changes to relevant standards, methods, tools, applications and processes.
• Ability to contribute specialist expertise to requirements definition, share knowledge and support the development of others.
• Awareness of security, privacy and ethics in the context of the work and organisation.
• SFIA skills as defined in the appropriate Sub-Discipline available in the IM&T Skills Academy., We are recruiting an experienced, detail-oriented SAP Security and Authorisations Engineer to join an existing DevOps team and support a pipeline of transformational changes that improve business efficiency. The role is a key enabler of digital finance transformation and works with a Product Team using collaborative, Agile practices such as Scrum and Kanban. The environment is highly collaborative, visible and measured, with a focus on customer value, experimentation and continuous improvement. The role is remote, with occasional site visits, is offered at £659.75 per day for six months, and does not require SC Clearance.