SAP Platform Security Architect

SAP Platform Security Architect (SAP RISE)

Position Summary

The SAP Platform Security Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the enterprise security architecture for a large-scale SAP RISE environment supporting Purchasing, Finance, Treasury, Material Management & Planning (MMP), and more than 60 Agile Product Teams. This role establishes enterprise security standards, architecture patterns, governance, and technical direction to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant SAP platforms.

The architect partners with Enterprise Architecture, Product Teams, Platform Engineering, Identity Services, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, and Business stakeholders to ensure SAP security is implemented consistently across cloud and hybrid environments while enabling rapid delivery of business capabilities.

This role is accountable for the long-term security strategy of the SAP platform rather than day-to-day operational security administration.

Primary Responsibilities

Enterprise SAP Security Architecture

Define the enterprise SAP Security Reference Architecture.

Develop security patterns for SAP RISE and hybrid landscapes.

Govern security architecture across more than 60 product teams.

Establish platform security standards and reusable design patterns.

Lead architecture reviews for new SAP capabilities.

Review solution designs before implementation.

Define security guardrails for all SAP products.

Ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture principles.

Maintain platform security roadmaps.

SAP Identity and Access Management

Design and govern enterprise identity architecture including:

Microsoft Entra ID

SAP Identity Authentication Service (IAS)

SAP Identity Provisioning Service (IPS)

SAP Access Control

SAP Cloud Identity Services

SAP Identity Access Governance (IAG)

Privileged Access Management integration

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

SAML

SCIM provisioning

Authorization Architecture

Provide enterprise guidance for:

Role design standards

Business role architecture

Technical role architecture

Derived role strategy

Composite role strategy

Organizational level security

Fiori Catalogs

Fiori Spaces

Fiori Pages

Authorization Objects

CDS Authorization

RAP authorization concepts

Embedded Analytics security

SAP RISE Security

Provide architecture and governance for:

SAP S/4HANA RISE

SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)

SAP Integration Suite

SAP Build

SAP Build Process Automation

SAP Event Mesh

SAP Work Zone

SAP Mobile Services

SAP Joule and AI capabilities

SAP Datasphere

SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Cloud ALM

Platform Security Governance

Establish governance across all Product Teams by:

Reviewing architecture designs.

Defining secure implementation patterns.

Maintaining security standards.

Driving architecture consistency.

Reviewing exception requests.

Managing technical debt.

Publishing reference architectures.

Leading security design reviews.

Approving security architecture decisions.

Security Risk Management

Lead architecture for:

Segregation of Duties (SoD)

Sensitive Access

Emergency Access (Firefighter)

Privileged Access

Critical Transaction Monitoring

Platform Risk Assessments

Threat Modeling

Security Exception Management

Audit Readiness

Compliance Reporting

Cloud Security

Provide architecture for:

Network segmentation

Private Link

Secure connectivity

Encryption at rest

Encryption in transit

Key Management

Certificate Management

Secrets Management

API Security

WAF integration

Reverse Proxy

Secure Internet Access

AI Security

Define security architecture for:

SAP Joule

AI Agents

Generative AI

AI Governance

Prompt Security

Model Access Controls

Data Privacy

AI Risk Controls

Responsible AI

Agent-to-Agent integrations

DevSecOps

Develop secure engineering practices including:

CI/CD security

Transport governance

Secure software delivery

Static code analysis

Security testing

Infrastructure as Code security

Automated compliance validation

Release governance

Platform Governance Across Product Teams

Provide architecture oversight for over 60 Product Teams supporting:

Purchasing

Finance

Treasury

Material Management & Planning (MMP)

Logistics

Supplier Management

Manufacturing

Enterprise Integration

Analytics

Master Data

Responsibilities include:

Architecture reviews

Design approvals

Security standards

Platform consistency

Security roadmaps

Product team guidance

Technical mentoring

Required Technical Skills

SAP Platforms

SAP S/4HANA

SAP RISE

SAP BTP

SAP Fiori

SAP Gateway

SAP HANA

SAP Cloud ALM

SAP Integration Suite

SAP Datasphere

SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Build

SAP Mobile Services

SAP Joule

Security Technologies

SAP GRC

SAP IAG

Microsoft Entra ID

IAS

IPS

OAuth

OpenID Connect

SAML

SCIM

Azure Key Vault

Microsoft Defender

SIEM integration

Onapsis (preferred)

SecurityBridge (preferred)

Enterprise Architecture

Experience with:

TOGAF

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

NIST AI Risk Management Framework

Zero Trust Architecture

Defense-in-Depth

Secure-by-Design principles

Cloud Security Architecture

Required Experience

5+ years of SAP Security experience.

5+ years of SAP Security Architecture experience.

Experience leading enterprise SAP transformations.

Experience with SAP RISE.

Experience governing enterprise SAP platforms.

Experience supporting large-scale global SAP implementations.

Experience defining enterprise security standards.

Experience working with Enterprise Architecture.

Experience supporting Agile Product Teams.

Experience presenting to executive leadership and Architecture Review Boards.

Leadership Expectations

The successful candidate will:

Influence without direct authority.

Drive enterprise standards.

Build consensus across Product Teams.

Communicate effectively with executives.

Mentor architects and engineers.

Balance security with business agility.

Translate complex technical topics into executive-level recommendations.

Foster a culture of secure-by-design engineering.

Success Metrics

Within the first 12 months, the architect will:

Establish an enterprise SAP Security Reference Architecture.

Publish reusable security patterns for SAP RISE and SAP BTP.

Implement governance processes supporting 60+ Product Teams.

Reduce architecture exceptions through standardized security patterns.

Improve security review consistency and delivery speed.

Strengthen identity governance, privileged access controls, and Segregation of Duties.

Enhance cloud security posture and audit readiness.

Enable secure adoption of SAP AI capabilities, including Joule and agentic workflows.

Primary Responsibilities

Enterprise SAP Security Architecture

• Define the enterprise SAP Security Reference Architecture.
• Develop security patterns for SAP RISE and hybrid landscapes.
• Govern security architecture across more than 60 product teams.
• Establish platform security standards and reusable design patterns.
• Lead architecture reviews for new SAP capabilities.
• Review solution designs before implementation.
• Define security guardrails for all SAP products.
• Ensure alignment with Enterprise Architecture principles.
• Maintain platform security roadmaps.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6-8 and ranges from $74,300-$166,200.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

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