At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
What we offer
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.
At SAP, we have a selection of Technical Roles available in our Belfast offices with the team. Please see the three available roles below and specify which role (s) you are applying for in your cover letter.
Data DevOps Engineer
At OctoVerse, we're passionate about creating a service-oriented, collaborative environment where problem solvers can thrive. Our team digs into the details and embraces continuous learning to provide exceptional support.
Join us as a Placement DevOps Engineer and contribute to our advanced infrastructure. We operate a fully containerized, Elastic-based solution deployed using infrastructure as code principles across multiple global cloud platforms.
Key responsibilities
As a Placement DevOps Engineer, you will engage with our entire tech stack, including but not limited to:
- ELK Stack: Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash
- Containerization and Orchestration: Kubernetes and Docker
- CI/CD: Jenkins
- Package Management: Helm (K8s)
- Monitoring and Analytics: Grafana and Prometheus
- Infrastructure: OpenStack
- Automation: Python-based in-house stack automation tools
What we're looking for
- A service-oriented mindset and a problem-solving attitude.
- A team player who enjoys collaborating and learning.
- Willingness to delve into technical details and acquire new skills.
Why OctoVerse?
- Work with cutting-edge technologies.
- Gain hands-on experience across a wide range of tools and platforms.
- Contribute to meaningful projects in a global context.
If you're ready to make an impact and develop your skills in a supportive, dynamic environment, we want you on our team!
SAP Development/DevOps Placement Engineer
The Cloud Infrastructure & Validation team, part of PlusOne Infrastructure Engineering, focuses on the analysis of new technologies and hardware within SAPs internal data centres. 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
Desirable but not necessary skills (training will be provided)
- Linux
- Experience with a programming language such as Python, JAVA, C++, C#
- Computer Architecture
AWS/Azure/GCP Cloud Engineer
The Hyperscaler Cloud Engineering teams play a critical central role within SAP’s global public cloud transition. The teams of Cloud Engineers are at the heart of the processes that empower SAP to develop and deliver high quality products quickly. Working with our lines of business, you will help build and run our next generation multicloud technologies on a global scale.
The Hyperscaler Cloud Engineering teams have a focus on delivering both for the business and for our people. We have real diversity across our teams, and in the topics we work on, so there are always fantastic opportunities to build the career you want.
What you’ll do
- Learn about hyperscaler environments such as AWS, GCP, Azure, and ensure products run reliably and optimally in these environments.
- Develop, test, and maintain build systems, CI/CD frameworks, and deployment tools. Automate and streamline deployment processes.
- Collaboratively design new features and work closely with our engineering and operations team to build, integrate, test, and deploy your amazing innovations and algorithms into our production systems.
What you’ll bring
- Awareness of cloud technologies and cloud services (AWS, Microsoft Azure or GCP).
- Basic automation and scripting skills (Python/Bash/PowerShell)
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.
- 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 2025
Please submit a CV and Cover Letter as part of your application and specify in your Cover letter which job opportunity you would like your application to be considered for.
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.
Salary and Benefits
- £24,600 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
- Available to start in July 2025
Our inclusion promise
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
