Requisition ID: 426845
Work Area: Information Technology
Expected Travel: 0%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Career Level: T3-1
Original Posting Date: 06/16/25
Job Title: Cyber Security Design Sr. Specialist
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Work Model: Hybrid work model
Purpose and Objective:
SAP America, Inc. seeks a Cyber Security Design Sr. Specialist at our Newtown Square, PA location to work across SAP security program to design, implement, maintain, and continuously improve security processes and supporting cybersecurity tools.
Expectations and Tasks:
Areas of focus include infrastructure (e.g. network), system, SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), and application security. The Security Engineer Senior Specialist will lead development and implementation of security solutions in alignment with security strategy. Troubleshoot and resolve any issues related to the applicable area of focus. Analyze trends and emerging technologies for potential program modernization. Develop, implement, integrate, and operate tools to support detection, prevention, analysis, and resolution of security threats, as applicable to area of focus. Ensure documentation and socialization of technical specifications/diagrams, including security plans, configurations, and process workflows for change management, patch management, and lifecycle management. Ensure data hygiene, quality assurance, and adherence to the data strategy. Develop system concepts and apply the systems engineering life cycle to translate strategic cyber objectives, technology, and environmental conditions into engineering outcomes and solutions. Describe and develop SIEM signatures, as applicable. Provide expertise in deployment of new solutions, including tools and services developed by COTS (commercial off the shelf). Evaluate existing network systems (as applicable) to plan/implement resources required to expand service levels; proactively use forecasting and data trends to manage growth. Assess technologies across the enterprise to onboard new log source data, as applicable. Ensure that regular backup and recovery exercises are performed.
Education and Occupational Experience:
Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or a related field of study and six (6) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation. Alternatively, a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Cyber Security, Information Technology, or a related field of study and four (4) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
Qualifications/Skills and Competencies Experience:
Experience must involve three (3) years in the following:
~ Identifying Security Vulnerabilities and Performing Security Vulnerability assessment;
~ Java, HTML5, C#, Python, or JavaScript;
~ Security Management with Tenable, Shodan, or Feedly;
~ Security Engineering;
~ IT Security;
~ Cloud Computing; and
~ Application and Infrastructure security.
Travel: N/A
This position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program subject to the eligibility criteria outlined in the SAP Internal Employee Referral Policy .
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Compensation Range Transparency: The annual base salary range for this position is $147,805 - $180,576. SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is $147,805 - $227,500. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits .