Senior Risk Specialist

Job description / Role

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION

SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, as a market leader in enterprise application software, we remain true to our roots. That's why we engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality and spread opportunity for our employees and customers across borders and cultures.

SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift societies, and sustain our environment. Because it's the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people's lives.

YOUR FUTURE ROLE

The SAP Government Security unit is looking for a Government Security Officer who will manage security projects and contribute to the expansion of capabilities that address the unique requirements of security-sensitive organizations across public sector and regulated industry in Saudi Arabia. You will build strong relationships with government authorities and collaborate with customer security teams, internal employees and partners to establish a shared understanding of requirements, support customer engagements and deliver projects. You will be accountable for ensuring strict compliance with applicable government regulations and unique customer security requirements and will implement security projects either as a project lead or as an individual contributor on a matrixed delivery team.

Core responsibilities include:

- Expand SAP Saudi Arabia's capabilities for handling Protected and Classified information.
- Provide expert knowledge, advice, and guidance with respect to Government Security related regulations and controls such as Essential Cybersecurity Controls and Cybersecurity Controls for Cloud Computing
- Produce and maintain high-quality documentation critical to ensuring government security compliance and accreditation
- Participate as a contributing member in international information exchanges to share leading best practices
- Maintain internal reporting and ensure employees receive mandatory security briefings
- Be a member of SAP MENA's Government Security team
- Maximize your potential, grow your professional network, continuously learn, and build a unique understanding of software delivery models in government and regulated industry

Requirements

YOUR PROFILE

You are a self-starting, resilient, goal-oriented individual eager to learn and contribute on a broader team. You embody a positive can-do attitude, are team oriented, open minded, always curious and have a passion for solving problems. You like to work on meaningful projects and are energized by working across diverse teams. You have an interest in learning about security and compliance in a global company that is enabling some of the most security conscious organizations in the world.

- Saudi National is a plus
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and a high degree of personal initiative
- Significant experience delivering technology projects
- Experience with IaaS/PaaS cloud technology such as OpenStack, AWS, Google or Azure
- Experience working with classified systems in the past five years
- Significant experience implementing and/or managing security controls
- Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail
- A propensity to collaborate and work on a team
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Working knowledge of government security regulations
- Knowledge of government security regulations outside Saudi Arabia is an asset
- The successful candidate must have the ability to successfully obtain and maintain a government security clearance

Language

- Fluent in Arabic and English (verbal and written)
- Other languages considered an asset

ABOUT THE TEAM

The SAP Government Security unit is part of the SAP CEO Board Area and has a mandate to ensure strict fulfillment of regulatory obligations in the context of various contract security programs world-wide. The SAP Government Security team focuses on obligations and risks associated with federal, provincial, municipal, and highly regulated industry customers with special security requirements.

About the Company

Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest business software company with more than 51,500 employees at sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide.

Our global development approach focuses on distributing development across the world in strategically important markets. A global network of SAP Labs spanning Bulgaria, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, and the United States, enables SAP to operate locally, yet organize globally.

As the global technology research unit of SAP, SAP Research significantly contributes to SAP's product portfolio and extends SAP's leading position by identifying and shaping emerging IT trends through applied research and corporate venturing. SAP Research has highly skilled teams in 11 research centers worldwide.