SMS DevOps Manager

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Overview

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Manager to lead the design delivery and operation of a secure sovereign cloud environment. This role is responsible for building and governing Terraform-driven Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using cloud-native services and open-source technologies ensuring strong isolation compliance and security boundaries suitable for use by sovereign entities and regulated customers.

The ideal candidate blends hands-on technical depth with people leadership understands secure-by-design cloud architectures and can translate sovereignty compliance and risk requirements into scalable automated platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Platform & Architecture

• Own the end-to-end cloud platform supporting sovereign and regulated workloads across multiple hyperscaler (AWS Azure GCP or sovereign variants) focused centers of excellence.
• Design and enforce secure information boundaries including:
• Network segmentation and isolation
• Identity access and privilege separation
• Data residency and encryption controls
• Partner with Security Architecture and Compliance teams to ensure platforms meet sovereignty regulatory and contractual requirements

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Lead development and governance of Terraform-based IaC frameworks
• Establish reusable modules standards and pipelines for:
• Cloud-native services (compute storage networking identity)
• Security controls embedded into infrastructure
• Drive automation for provisioning configuration drift detection and lifecycle management

DevOps & Platform Operations

• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines supporting infrastructure and application delivery
• Ensure high availability resilience and performance of the cloud platform

Security & Compliance

• Implement security-by-default practices across all environments
• Ensure alignment with frameworks such as:
• Zero Trust principles
• NIST ISO SOC or equivalent regulatory standards
• Support audits and assessments by providing traceable code-based controls and evidence

Open-Source & Cloud-Native Technologies

• Leverage and govern open-source tools (e.g. Kubernetes Helm Argo Vault Open Policy Agent)
• Balance innovation with stability ensuring secure and supported implementations
• Evaluate emerging technologies to improve security efficiency and automation

People Leadership

• Lead mentor and grow a team of DevOps and Platform Engineers
• Foster a culture of automation accountability and continuous improvement
• Set clear priorities roadmaps and success metrics for the team

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in DevOps Cloud Engineering or Platform Engineering
• 4 years of experience leading or managing technical teams
• Deep hands-on experience with Terraform in production environments
• Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS Azure GCP)
• Proven experience designing secure isolated multi-tenant cloud environments
• Strong understanding of cloud security fundamentals:
• IAM encryption network security secrets management
• Experience with CI/CD systems and automation tooling

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting sovereign government or highly regulated environments
• Kubernetes platform experience in security-sensitive contexts
• Familiarity with policy-as-code and compliance-as-code approaches
• Cloud security or DevOps certifications (e.g. AWS Azure CKA Terraform Associate)
• Experience collaborating with GRC legal and compliance stakeholders

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SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database analytics intelligent technologies and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide we are purpose-driven and future-focused with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries people or platforms we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP you can bring out your best.

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Requisition ID: 446707 Work Area: Software-Design and Development Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Management Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid