SAP SaaS Security/Admin

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Package Specialist in SAP Application Security, you will be responsible for maintaining SAP application security solutions for clients, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. You will work closely with clients to understand their security requirements and translate them into functional solutions using SAP security tools.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Configure SAP Security Settings: Configure and customize SAP security settings to meet client requirements, implementing role-based access control and segregation of duties in SAP systems.
• Implement Security Policies: Design and implement SAP security policies and procedures, conducting security audits and risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities and recommend remediation.
• Collaborate with Clients: Collaborate with clients to understand their security requirements and translate them into functional solutions, providing training and support on SAP security best practices and tools.
• Maintain Technical Documentation: Develop and maintain technical documentation and knowledge base, staying up-to-date with new features and releases of SAP security modules.
• Stay Current with SAP HANA Security: Stay up-to-date with the latest SAP HANA security features, trends, and best practices.

Required technical and professional expertise

Experience in SAP SaaS security/administration; Ariba user/group/role administration; Concur user permissions, delegates, and approver roles; procurement/finance process awareness; IAS/IAG/SSO awareness; ticket execution, SLA discipline, documentation, and an RCA mindset.

Manage Ariba and Concur provisioning/deprovisioning, groups, roles, permission sets, delegates, approval roles, reporting permissions, admin permissions, and access troubleshooting.

Resolve user access incidents, role-mapping defects, integration-driven user issues, SSO/provisioning handoff issues, and recurring access patterns across procurement, travel, and expense processes.

Validate requests against least-privilege principles, approval models, security matrices, SoD/critical access expectations, and evidence requirements.

Build KB articles and propose catalog updates, role templates, workflow improvements, or automation where repeated SaaS access requests occur.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.