Manager, Software Engineering – SAP Application Security

Job Description

Manager, Software Engineering – SAP Application Security (S/4 / Fiori Authorization)

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

As a SAP Application Security Manager, you will be responsible for handling SAP Authorization and user administration's, ensuring the SAP application are complaint, secured and monitored. You will interact closely with cross functional and technical team members in understanding the security requirements and delivery them adherence to SOX compliance meeting the standards. In addition, role involves both creative and analytical skills to provide solutions. You should be ready to work independently as well as in a team.

What will you do in this role

• Design and manage SAP Application Security roles and authorizations across ABAP, S/4 HANA-Fiori, BW and HANA DB areas.

• Collaborate with Functional/Business team in understanding the security scope and implement the security changes adherence to SOX/SOD compliance.

• Perform Security Role Impact assessment in roles during the SP upgrades, ECC to S/4 Conversions.

• Handle the SU24 updates during the upgrades or regular role maintenance phases.

• Troubleshoot authorization issues and provide solution across any areas of SAP functional modules( FBM, STS, SCM and OTC) and technical areas.

• Support the Cutover, Go-Live and Hypercare timelines.

• Handle and support NON-PRD refresh from security standpoint across R/3 and  HANA DB.

• Handle GRC Ruleset creation and updates collaborating with the compliance team

• Responsible for supporting any user admin requests, role admin and compliance on day to day basis.

What should you have

• 3-7 years of experience in SAP Security & Authorizations (R/3 ABAP,  S/4HANA_Fiori authorization, Hana DB and GRC)

• Knowledge of SU24/SU22 maintenance and customizing authorization checks for Z/Y transaction

• Hands on experience in handling Fiori authorization in SAP Security Space (Catalog, Pages & Spaces, Work zone), should have worked minimum 2 projects on ECC to S/4 HANA conversion or S/4 HANA implementation handling Fiori Areas.

• 3-7 years of hands-on experience in configuration and Support GRC Access Control modules (ARA, ARM, EAM and UAR-User Access Review)

• Strong understanding and manage SAP SoD rulesets

• Hands on experience in handling GRC EAM/Fire Fighter accounts creation and maintenance.

• Good understanding and hands on in handling SAP authorization objects, roles (single, composite, derived), and profile generations.

• Hands on Experience in handling Role Creation/Updates in R/3, BW, BPC Security areas (ECC, BW, ATTP, GBT, GTS,SOLMAN, S/4 HANA-MDG, PLM).

• Hands on Mass Role Creations and role updates.

• Ability to understand business requirements from business / functional users.

• Hands on experience in supporting UT, AT test phases, perform cutover activities & post go-live hyper care support.

• Strong knowledge on the Critical authorization, SOX compliance, audit requirements.

• Understanding on SAP User Licensing / FUE .

Nice to Haves

• Exposure to IT Service Management Tools(ServiceNow/Remedy), Demand Management Tools (Jira) and collaboration tools (Confluence, MS Teams) is preferred.

• Good Communication skills and collaboration with Functional, Technical and business users.

• Knowledge on how various ERP modules connected within SAP

• Adaptable mindset in enhancing skills on new areas (SAP Cloud areas)

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

#HYDIT2025  
 

Required Skills:

Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration, Testing

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

12/23/2025

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Requisition ID:R375622

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