DevOps Engineer - UK Sovereign Cloud Delivery

SAP; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a DevOps Engineer to manage operations within their SAP ecosystem. The role involves overseeing cloud services, handling incidents, and collaborating with teams to enhance service delivery. Candidates should have extensive experience in DevOps practices, cloud technologies, and strong communication skills. This position offers a flexible schedule and the opportunity to work in a diverse environment, contributing to innovative solutions in a collaborative team culture.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer.
• Expertise with GIT, CI/CD, Linux, Cloud Computing, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations of the SAP ecosystem.
• Provision, monitor, and operate cloud services.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement improvements.

Skills

GIT

CI/CD

Linux

Cloud Computing

Kubernetes

Security Fundamentals

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Tools

AWS

Job description

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

SAP recently decided to combine and harmonize all SAP Sovereign Cloud offerings, establishing an end-to-end process for the Public Sector and regulated industries. The newly created Global Sovereign Cloud Delivery & Operations business unit is part of SAP Customer Services & Delivery with responsibility across the relevant Sovereign Cloud portfolio of SAP. Global Sovereign Cloud Delivery & Operations is collaborating closely with all Board areas to establish a harmonized, scalable, and consistent offering with transparent and standardized deliverables.

YOUR FUTURE ROLE

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who will manage the daily operations of our SAP ecosystem. The professional will manage the client relationships and work across the Service Delivery Lifecycle to analyse, design, build, test, implement and maintain multiple system components and applications. Additional responsibilities include, as part of a team, managing periodic maintenance activities, refreshes, patching, and upgrades.

You must have the desire and ability to work independently on complex issues, as well as collaborate efficiently with experts to anticipate issues that impact customer success.

The role includes the following tasks:

• Provision, monitor and operate cloud services in a globally distributed team
• Analyse and solve operational issues, and respond to incidents
• Exposure to working with appropriate complex systems administration, database administration, and landscape maintenance
• Exposure maintaining the integrity and security of servers and systems
• Exposure developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement continuous improvements
• Partner with product development team to design and enhance the services
• Exposure in developing and implementing testing strategies and documenting results
• Basic development of automation for testing, deployment, scalability, management & visibility of services
• Work in a diverse environment and cross-train with other global team members
• Willingness to Support On-call rotation schedule
• Flexible schedule which may include weekend or after-hours work

What you will bring:

• 3 to 6 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer
• Expertise with GIT
• Expert understanding of CI/CD
• Expertise with Linux
• Expertise with building, implementing, and/or supporting monitoring tools
• Expert knowledge of Cloud Computing and hands-on experience with Databases
• Expert understanding of web services, networking, virtualization, and internet protocols
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes
• Experience with AWS Route 53, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, RDS, IAM, ACM, KMS, VPC
• Ability to multitask and handle various projects, deadlines and changing priorities
• Excellent communication and prioritization skills
• Expertise with security fundamentals as they pertain to SaaS Multitenant Applications systems
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and customer service skills

Due to the potentially classified nature of our work, you are required to subject yourself to a governmental security clearance process (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels) and job offer and employment will be conditional on obtaining security clearance.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: [e-mail]
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 397824 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

Requisition ID: 397824

Posted Date: May 10, 2025

Work Area: Software-Development Operations

Career Status: Professional

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Expected Travel: 0 - 10%

Location: