Lead SAP Cybersecurity Engineer: AI & Cloud Security

Apple, Inc.; Cork; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Cork, Ireland, is seeking a senior SAP cybersecurity engineer to defend SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and cloud/SaaS platforms. You will attack, defend, and build security controls using frontier AI hands-on, influencing architecture and detection across on-premises and cloud environments.

Strong experience in enterprise security, AI security, and SAP security is required; ABAP and CI/CD security experience are a plus. Collaboration across time zones with global teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on cybersecurity engineering in large enterprises, including SAP security.
• Offensive security experience against enterprise applications and SAP surface.
• Demonstrated AI security experience with frontier AI for security controls.
• Excellent written and spoken English with global collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Threat-model platform changes, cloud services, and AI capabilities.
• Design and implement security controls for SAP S/4HANA, HANA, and BTP.
• Set and validate security standards for SAP cloud and SaaS services with SAP and partner teams.
• Secure AI and agentic systems touching enterprise data and build security controls.
• Lead AI-supported offensive testing across SAP on-premise, cloud, and SaaS.
• Lead technical response to SAP security incidents in the region.
• Set direction for secure development and agentic AI usage across security operations.
• Guide other engineers and collaborate with business teams across the lifecycle.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

SAP security

AI security

English communication

Collaboration across time zones

Tools

Python

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Cork, Ireland, is seeking a senior SAP cybersecurity engineer to defend SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and cloud/SaaS platforms. You will attack, defend, and build security controls using frontier AI hands-on, influencing architecture and detection across on-premises and cloud environments.

Strong experience in enterprise security, AI security, and SAP security is required; ABAP and CI/CD security experience are a plus. Collaboration across time zones with global teams is essential.