Senior SAP Security Engineer

McKesson; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson in Cork, Ireland is seeking a Senior SAP HANA Security Engineer to own design, implementation and governance of SAP security across S/4HANA, HANA and ECC. You will partner with Cybersecurity, IAM, Basis and Audit to align with SOX/ITGC and enterprise risk controls.

The role requires hands-on expertise in HANA privilege models, GRC access controls, and SailPoint integration, with production support and continuous improvement responsibilities in a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years in SAP Security across S/4HANA, HANA and ECC.
• Hands-on experience with SAP GRC, ARA/ARM/EAM.
• Experience with SoD risk management and audit controls.
• SOX / ITGC experience.
• Experience with IAM integration (SailPoint).
• Strong production support and RCA skills.
• Ability to communicate with business and engineering stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP security architecture across S/4HANA, HANA and ECC.
• Design and maintain HANA privilege models and access governance.
• Enforce HANA data access controls and encryption practices.
• Drive SoD and audit-ready control design for SOX ITGC.
• Integrate SAP security with IAM and GRC platforms.
• Provide L3-4 production support and incident response.

Skills

SAP Security

HANA security

GRC Access Control

SoD management

SOX ITGC

Incident response

IAM integration

Automation

Tools

SailPoint

SAP GRC

Job description

About the role:

The Senior SAP HANA Security Engineer is a senior technical subject matter expert responsible for the design, implementation, and governance of SAP security across SAP S/4HANA, HANA and ECC environments, and SAP GRC. This role serves as an expert engineer for SAP HANA database security, with hands-on ownership of HANA privilege design, access governance, and database-level control implementation while ensuring alignment with SAP application security, GRC, and compliance requirements. The role drives secure architecture decisions, resolves complex production and audit-related issues, and leads continuous improvement of SAP security capabilities. In close partnership with Cybersecurity, IAM, Basis, and Audit teams, the engineer ensures SAP security aligns with enterprise cyber architecture, Zero Trust principles, and risk management standards, including SAP GRC, SailPoint, and enterprise identity platforms. This role strengthens enterprise cyber resiliency by designing and embedding security controls that enable threat detection and response across SAP S/4HANA, HANA and ECC environments, while ensuring alignment with SOX compliance and SOC-driven monitoring expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of SAP security architecture across SAP S/4HANA, HANA and ECC environments, with a primary focus on SAP HANA database security, privilege design, and access governance.
• Design, implement, and maintain HANA database security controls, including users, roles, and privilege models (object, system, analytic, and package privileges), ensuring least-privilege access and protection of sensitive data.
• Configure and enforce HANA-level access controls for data access and reporting, including analytic privileges and data-level restrictions aligned to regulatory and privacy requirements.
• Drive SAP access governance and GRC controls, including Segregation of Duties (SoD) and audit-ready control design aligned with SOX / ITGC requirements.
• Ensure HANA database security includes encryption, key management, and secure storage practices aligned with enterprise data protection standards.
• Integrate SAP security with enterprise IAM platforms (SailPoint) and SAP GRC capabilities to support consistent access governance and risk management.
• Enable threat visibility and security telemetry integration across SAP systems through monitoring, logging, and detection capabilities.
• Provide Level 3-4 production support, leading incident response, restoring service, performing root cause analysis (RCA), and driving long-term improvements.
• Design SAP security solutions that enhance platform resilience, ensuring alignment with enterprise cyber resiliency objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, process optimization, and control standardization.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship as an SME in SAP HANA security.

Required Skills:

• Strong expertise in SAP Security across SAP GRC, S/4HANA, HANA and ECC environments.
• Deep expertise in SAP HANA security, including database roles, privilege models, user administration, and database-level access control design.
• Hands-on experience designing and managing SAP GRC Access Control (ARA, ARM, EAM).
• Hands-on experience managing SoD risks and privileged access controls, including collaboration with business and compliance teams.
• Experience supporting SOX / ITGC controls and audit requirements.
• Ability to operate at Level 3-4 production support, including incident ownership and RCA.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities across SAP and HANA layers.
• Experience integrating SAP with IAM platforms (SailPoint preferred).
• Proven track record of automation and process improvement.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to business, audit, and engineering stakeholders.
• Minimum 8+ years of progressive experience in SAP Security.
• Minimum of 4 full lifecycle SAP Security deployments across SAP S/4HANA, HANA and ECC environments.
• Experience supporting SAP security across implementation, build, test, go-live, and post-production phases.
• Experience working in large enterprise or regulated environments, including SOX / ITGC controls.

This is a hybrid position based in (Cork) Ireland. Please note that visa/employment sponsorship is not available for this role, and candidates must be authorized to work in Ireland without sponsorship