SAP Security Intern – S/4HANA, GRC & Access Controls

Socket.dev; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Intern Hack-a-thon

Competitive compensation

Job summary

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company invites a SAP Security Intern to join our Launchpad Internship Program in Des Moines. The 10–12 week, in-person experience offers hands-on SAP security work, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will design and administer SAP security, assist with governance and compliance activities, and gain exposure to SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, and HANA security. Housing stipend is provided as part of the program.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor’s degree in IT, information security, CS, or related field.
• Exposure to SAP modules (FI/CO, MM, SD) through coursework or projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and support SAP security roles, profiles, authorizations, and access controls in SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Administer user access requests, role assignments, and security changes per company policies and security standards.
• Support SAP Fiori security administration, including business roles, catalogs, spaces, pages, groups, and tile security.
• Assist with SAP HANA database security, including user administration, privilege management, auditing, encryption, and security monitoring.
• Support SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) activities, including Access Request Management, Access Risk Analysis, Emergency Access Management, and User Access Reviews.
• Perform Segregation of Duties (SoD) analysis and assist remediation to reduce security risks.
• Complete project and support tasks with mentor guidance; collaborate on cross-functional initiatives.

Skills

Communication skills

SAP familiarity

Mathematics

Relationship building

Analytical thinking

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Security, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

SAP modules FI/CO/MM/SD

Microsoft Office

Job description

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company invites a SAP Security Intern to join our Launchpad Internship Program in Des Moines. The 10–12 week, in-person experience offers hands-on SAP security work, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will design and administer SAP security, assist with governance and compliance activities, and gain exposure to SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, and HANA security. Housing stipend is provided as part of the program.