Senior SAP Security Engineer — AI-Driven Cybersecurity

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

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Cork, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for SAP Cybersecurity — EMEA. The role focuses on threat modeling, implementing SAP security controls, and guiding secure development for cloud and on-prem SAP environments.

The candidate will lead AI‑enabled security testing, respond to SAP security incidents regionally, and collaborate with global teams to drive secure architectures across the SAP portfolio.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on cybersecurity engineering in large enterprises.
• Offensive security experience against enterprise apps and SAP surface.
• Demonstrated AI security experience with agentic systems and frontier AI.
• Excellent written and spoken English; able to collaborate across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Threat-model SAP platforms, cloud services, and AI capabilities; translate findings into risk decisions.
• Design and implement security controls for SAP S/4HANA, HANA, and BTP from design review to production.
• Set and validate security standards for SAP cloud and SaaS services with SAP and partner teams.
• Secure AI and agentic systems touching enterprise data using frontier AI to build/run controls.
• Lead AI-assisted offensive testing across SAP on-prem, cloud, and SaaS; feed findings to architecture/detection.
• Lead technical responses to SAP security incidents in the region; coordinate with global teams.
• Set direction for secure development and guide agentic AI use across security ops.
• Mentor other engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams across lifecycle.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Offensive security

AI security

English communication

Cloud and SaaS security

GDPR/NIS2/EU AI Act awareness

Python scripting

Incident response

SAP security (on-prem & BTP)

Security testing leadership

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Cork, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for SAP Cybersecurity — EMEA. The role focuses on threat modeling, implementing SAP security controls, and guiding secure development for cloud and on-prem SAP environments.

The candidate will lead AI‑enabled security testing, respond to SAP security incidents regionally, and collaborate with global teams to drive secure architectures across the SAP portfolio.