Senior-Lead HANA Database Authorization Security SME

Take ownership of an already-built, production-grade HANA landscape — keep it secure, stable, and performant — and be the definitive escalation authority for any HANA DB security issue.

Responsibilities

Provide support to and enablement of the comprehensive architecture, functionality, economics, and architecture compliance of SAP HANA Cloud solution for our client's technology area.

Define solutions together with the architects at both an enterprise and project level. You will collaborate with various other members of the IT organization / ARTs.

You implement SAP HANA Cloud on BTP.

Perform strategic monitoring on SAP HANA Cloud, and deliver SME support towards the growing BTP OPS team.

Manage and drive quality of the SAP HANA Cloud set-up.

Work according to (an develop) best practices and architectural principles defined by the SAP BTP Team.

Share your skills / knowledge and help to improve the best practices and enable colleagues.

Dare to challenge, collaborate intensively and care for your work and your colleagues.

Skills

Must have

What We Need from You

6-10+ years HANA DB administration — hands-on, production-grade, operational depth

Proven track record inheriting and operating an existing HANA environment — not just building one

Deep HANA security operations expertise: user/role/privilege management, audit policies, SAML/JWT/X.509 authentication, access certification

Advanced HANA SQL: provisioning scripts, privilege review queries, audit log interrogation via SYS.USERS, SYS.ROLES, SYS.GRANTED_PRIVILEGES, M_AUDIT_LOG

Independent SAP OSS escalation experience — you raise, manage, and close incidents without handholding

Audit-ready communication — able to present HANA access evidence directly to auditors and compliance stakeholders

Familiarity with SAP BTP / Cloud Foundry HANA Cloud operational management

SAP HANA Cloud Security

Manage users, roles, role collections, and database roles (BTP)

Configure spaces & HDI container access (must)

Configure cloud application authorizations (must)

Integrate with SAP IAS & IPS (must)

SAP HANA DB Security

Create and maintain database users

Manage catalog and repository roles

Assign and manage system privileges (USER ADMIN, ROLE ADMIN)

Assign and manage object privileges (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE)

Assign and manage analytic privileges (row-level security)

Handle schema-level access & package authorization (must)

Experience on writing scripts (must)

Nice to have

CyberArk PAM, SAP GRC Access Control

HANA certifications, Datasphere/SAC exposure

Motivated and enthusiastic team player;

Strong communication and presentation skills

Other

Languages

English: C1 Advanced

Seniority

Senior