SAP Security/GRC

Cognizant; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Technology Architect specialized in SAP GRC and generative AI to design secure, scalable architectures for enterprise risk management and regulatory adherence.

You will collaborate across teams in a hybrid day shift to enhance SAP security, access control and audit capabilities, supporting global stakeholders with reliable data protection and innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience in SAP governance, risk and compliance and audit management.
• Deep knowledge of ABAP authorization concepts and SAP security.
• Experience integrating generative AI into enterprise GRC workflows.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into actionable technology designs.
• Proven track record in hybrid/distributed teams collaboration.
• Experience with complex enterprise-scale implementations.

Responsibilities

• Design integrated architectures that combine SAP GRC with generative AI for scalable risk management ecosystems.
• Define target state blueprints for SAP GRC, audit, risk and access control components.
• Guide end-to-end solution design for SAP GRC and audit management implementations.
• Architect SAP risk management solutions with dashboards and analytics for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with security teams to strengthen SAP security and ABAP authorization models.
• Develop advanced access control architectures within SAP GRC to streamline provisioning and policy enforcement.

Skills

SAP GRC

Generative AI

ABAP authorization

Security architecture

Audits & compliance

Hybrid collaboration

Job description

Job Summary

Serve as a senior technology architect with deep expertise in SAP governance risk and compliance solutions and generative AI designing secure scalable architectures that strengthen enterprise risk management and regulatory adherence. Collaborate across teams in a hybrid day shift model to enhance SAP security access control and audit capabilities ensuring reliable systems that protect data and support ethical innovation for global stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve integrated architectures that combine SAP governance risk and compliance capabilities with generative AI solutions to create scalable secure and efficient risk management ecosystems for the enterprise.


• Define target state blueprints for SAP governance risk and compliance audit risk and access control components ensuring seamless alignment with existing SAP security frameworks and broader technology strategies.


• Guide end to end solution design for SAP governance risk and compliance audit management implementations including data models workflow configuration and reporting structures to support transparent and effective audit processes.


• Architect robust SAP risk management solutions that centralize risk identification assessment and mitigation while enabling insightful dashboards and analytics for business and technology stakeholders.


• Collaborate with security teams to strengthen SAP security and ABAP authorization models by designing robust role concepts and access patterns that protect sensitive data and critical business functions.


• Develop advanced access control architectures within SAP governance risk and compliance access control to streamline provisioning automate policy enforcement and reduce access risk across diverse user groups.


• Integrate generative AI capabilities into SAP governance risk and compliance workflows to enhance control design accelerate documentation and provide intelligent insights that improve audit and risk decisions.


• Evaluate and optimize hybrid deployment models that balance on site and remote collaboration ensuring high performance secure connectivity and consistent user experience in day shift operations.


• Partner with business and compliance stakeholders to translate regulatory requirements and risk policies into practical technology designs that improve operational resilience and organizational trust.


• Mentor implementation teams in applying architectural standards patterns and coding practices for ABAP authorization and SAP security solutions that remain maintainable and adaptable over time.


• Establish performance scalability and resilience criteria for SAP governance risk and compliance landscape and oversee technical tuning to meet demanding audit risk analytics and reporting workloads.


• Collaborate with data and analytics specialists to design architectures that can support advanced analysis needs including potential integration with omics related data for future compliance and research scenarios.


• Document architectural decisions integration patterns and configuration principles in clear artifacts that support long term maintainability knowledge sharing and smooth audit reviews.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate extensive hands on experience in SAP governance risk and compliance audit management risk management access control and SAP security including complex enterprise scale implementations.


• Bring deep practical knowledge of ABAP authorization concepts role design and authorization troubleshooting ensuring secure and efficient access to critical business processes.


• Show proven capability in applying generative AI technologies within enterprise contexts including designing solutions that handle governance ethics transparency and quality of AI generated outputs.


• Offer strong understanding of governance risk and compliance frameworks and industry regulations with the ability to translate them into actionable technology and configuration strategies.


• Display proficiency in hybrid work environments using collaboration tools and structured communication methods to coordinate architecture decisions with distributed functional and technical teams.


• Present experience in large scale SAP landscapes and integrations preferably in multinational organizations where complex stakeholder needs and risk profiles must be balanced effectively.