SAP NS2 Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer

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Position

SAP NS2 Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer

Requisition ID: 450099
Work Area: Software-Development Operations
Expected Travel: 0 – 10%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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Company Description (SAP NS2)

SAP is the global market leader for business software and related services. SAP National Security Services Inc.® (SAP NS2®) is an independent U.S. subsidiary of SAP. At SAP NS2, we leverage best‑in‑breed technologies engineered by SAP to protect the lives, assets and information of Americans. We offer SAP solutions with specialized levels of security and support to meet the requirements of U.S. national security and critical infrastructure customers.

• Must be a U.S. citizen; this position requires access to customer data.
• SAP NS2 does not offer Visa sponsorships for this role.
• All internals must have manager’s approval to transfer.
• This is a remote position.

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Purpose and Objectives

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Development Operations Engineer with deep expertise in AWS, strong proficiency in Terraform, and advanced scripting skills in Python. The ideal candidate has hands‑on experience with Gardener Kubernetes, modern CI/CD tooling, and cloud‑native automation. You will design, build, and optimize infrastructure and delivery pipelines that support secure, scalable, and highly available systems.

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General Responsibilities

Infrastructure Engineering & Automation

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform following IaC best practices.
• Manage and optimize AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, and related components.
• Implement automated provisioning workflows for cloud and Kubernetes environments.

CI/CD Engineering & DevOps Tooling

• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Tekton, and FluxCD.

• Support automated builds, artifact packaging, security scanning, and multi‑environment deployments.

• Automate testing, deployment, and environment provisioning using:

  Testing & Quality Gates

  • PyTest, Playwright, JUnit, Selenium
  • SonarQube, Trivy, Anchore, Clair

  Container Build & Artifact Management

  • Docker, Kaniko
  • Harbor, Artifactory, Nexus, AWS ECR

  Infrastructure & Deployment Automation

  • Terraform, Terragrunt, Packer
  • Helm, Kustomize, Jsonnet

  Observability & Governance

  • Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK
  • OpenTelemetry
  • OPA/Gatekeeper, Conftest

Kubernetes & Gardener Operations

• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Gardener Kubernetes clusters and landscapes.
• Collaborate with platform and application teams to optimize Kubernetes workloads.

Monitoring, Reliability & Troubleshooting

• Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure system health and performance.
• Diagnose and resolve complex cloud, networking, and deployment issues.

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Required Experience

• Hands‑on experience with Gardener Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Minimum 7 years in Cloud Development Operations, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering.
• Strong experience with Terraform and IaC best practices.
• High proficiency in Python, plus Bash or PowerShell.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as ArgoCD or GitLab CI/CD.
• Deep expertise in AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch).
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault or similar secret management tools.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud and distributed systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

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Preferred Experience

• DevOps experience with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
• Experience with SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or related SAP cloud services.
• Understanding of SAP cloud architecture and integration patterns.
• Knowledge of Ansible or CloudFormation.
• Experience with Crossplane for cloud resource orchestration.
• AWS certifications (DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect).

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Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Note: The job description is meant to be a guideline. It is not exhaustive, and we will expect the selected candidate to show flexibility and eagerness to undertake varied tasks and projects.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Targeted annual combined range: $131,000 – $271,600 USD (inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target).
• Actual offer will depend on education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, and other factors.
• Variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount; actual payout depends on company and personal performance.

For a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements, see: SAP North America Benefits.

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Inclusion & Equal Opportunity

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well‑being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. We invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential.

SAP is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you need accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or complete your application, please email the Recruiting Operations Team at Careers@sap.com.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

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AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

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