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    Success is what you make it. At SAP, we help you make it your own. A placement at SAP can open many doors for you. If you’re searching for a company that’s dedicated to your ideas and individual growth, recognises you for your unique contributions, fills you with a strong sense of purpose, and provides a fun, flexible and inclusive work environment – apply now.

    Through SAP UK’s 13 month paid placement programme you will be given the chance to learn and develop alongside some of the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the technology industry, as well as adapting and gaining a vast amount of responsibility and exposure. We want people who think big and dream big. And most of all, we want people who are passionate about helping businesses – and the world – run better.

    What you can expect

    At SAP, we have a wide variety of technology placement opportunities including Software Engineering, Technical Support, Information Systems Associate, Presales Technology and Presales Innovation.

    Data DevOps Engineer

    You are a service-oriented problem solver who likes to play on a team and dig into the details? You are not afraid to learn something new? – Then we, the team of the Monitoring Data Lake, want your support as an (Placement) DevOps Engineer.

    You will work across the whole stack: from Elasticsearch, Kibana and Logstash all the way down to OS-Levels, Package Management with Helm and OpenStack as interface to the clouds. Some things we use:

    • ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) hosted on Openstack
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
    • Jenkins
    • Helm (K8s package management)
    • Grafana + Prometheus
    • Python (in-house stack automation tool)

    Security DevOps Placement Engineer

    This role is for a placement within the SAP MultiCloud Security DevOps team.
    This role will offer students exposure and practical experience with the following technologies:

    • AWS, Azure, GCP and AliCloud
    • Terraform
    • Python
    • Shell Scripting
    • RESTful APIs
    • Kubernetes and Docker

    The role will help students develop skills around cloud security investigation and analysis, and programming skills around mitigation education in SAP. It will also help students develop skills with data collection and visualization for business reporting.

    SAP DevOps Placement Engineer

    The Cloud Infrastructure & Validation team is responsible for the validation of infrastructure that goes into SAP data centers. The team works with many external vendors, such as Intel, VMware, AMD and startups from across Silicon Valley to deliver the best technologies to our internal customers. We work across the full stack with an emphasis on design, validation and architecture at the hardware level. There is a focus on storage, compute and networking systems with a spotlight on performance engineering and automation. The team also works on cloud monitoring technologies and automated deployment of various tools for our cloud infrastructure.

    As part of the team you will be working on the:

    • Design and development of our automated testing infrastructure, written primarily in Python
    • Design, development and automation of performance tests and SAP Benchmarks with a focus on SAP HANA, storage, networking and compute
    • Validation of hardware for SAP data centers
    • Working on PoCs with external vendors

    Architecture DevOps Placement Engineer

    We work within Multicloud in SAP to explore, design and develop innovative solutions to security and network challenges. This role will involve working with the team to bring proof of concept ideas through to design and build stage for analysis as solutions to cloud  security and automation challenges.

    • Experience/Interest of Git, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Packer and Azure DevOps (or an equivalent modern CI/CD)
    • Experience/Interest related to architectural design and IT security
    • Experience/Interest collaborating and influence others to improve architectural design, operational processes, and security posture
    • Familiarity with open source cloud, applications and public clouds (e.g. GCP, AWS, Azure)

    Who you are

    • Organised person who is able to multi-task to meet prioritise
    • Good organizer, priority driven, and able to multitask to meet service priorities
    • Experience/Interest in Python (or similar), Shell Scripting, Dev Ops, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Data Analytics.
    • We use all major cloud providers in SAP, so we would like a candidate who wants variety and is interested in getting exposure and hands on experience with AWS, Azure, GCP and AliCloud.
    • Motivated to learn new technology stacks, designs and approaches to technical problems.
    • We’re a friendly, inclusive bunch so don’t be afraid to be yourself.
    • We will provide comprehensive training in the future field of work
    • Student in penultimate year of university.
    • Studying a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computing or similar degree.
    • Available to start the 13-month placement in July 2023

    Salary and Benefits

    • £21,000 p/annum 25 days holiday, 5 days study leave and an additional day for your birthday
    • Mental health first aiders
    • ‘Appreciate’ financial reward scheme
    • Buddy mentoring scheme
    • Opportunities to socialise with other placement students
    • Laptop and other SAP equipment provided

    We are SAP

    SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.