Location
Swindon / Wiltshire
Other Locations
Northampton / Northamptonshire
Bournemouth / Dorset
London / Greater London
Salary
Circa £65,000
Contract
Permanent ( Full Time
)
Reference
3998
Closing Date
12 August 2026
Job description
Join a team that’s shaping the future of SAP at Nationwide. We’re strengthening our engineering capability to secure and enhance the technology behind the UK’s largest building society. As an SAP Security Engineer, you’ll play a key role in protecting critical banking systems by designing secure access controls, strengthening governance processes and supporting the adoption of modern security technologies. You’ll work across SAP Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance and Database security, supporting both day-to-day services and major transformation programmes. This role goes beyond managing users and authorisations. You’ll help shape how security is embedded across our SAP landscape, working alongside Architecture, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Risk, Audit and Engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable and resilient solutions.
You’ll help improve access governance, segregation of duties, privileged access management, security monitoring and automation. You’ll help strengthen SAP security by identifying and managing vulnerabilities, supporting security patching activities, improving monitoring and ensuring risks are assessed, prioritised and remediated effectively. This is an opportunity to solve complex security challenges, influence engineering standards and help build a modern, proactive SAP security capability across on-premise and cloud-based environments.
At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.
For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon, Bournemouth, Northampton or London office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here .
If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll design, build and support secure roles, authorisations and access controls across our SAP systems, making sure colleagues have the access they need while protecting critical business services. You’ll investigate security issues, assess access risks and support governance, audit and compliance activities. You’ll work closely with other technical teams to identify vulnerabilities, strengthen controls and resolve security findings. You’ll help improve and automate security processes and use security monitoring tools to identify and manage risks before they affect our services.
About you
We’re looking for an engineer who enjoys solving security challenges, improving how things work and collaborating with others to deliver secure solutions. You’ll bring strong practical experience in SAP Security and SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance, together with the ability to apply security principles across a complex enterprise environment.
You’ll have
SAP Security Administration and Access Governance – Proven experience administering SAP Security across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA and SAP Fiori, including role design, authorisations, user provisioning, access management, and Fiori catalogue and role administration.
SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance Access Control - Hands-on experience with SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance Access Control, including Access Request Management, Access Risk Analysis, Emergency Access Management and Business Role Management.
Segregation of Duties and Risk Management – Experience completing segregation of duties assessments, identifying access risks and implementing role changes, remediation actions or mitigating controls,
SAP HANA Security & Administration – Experience supporting SAP HANA security, including user administration, role and privilege management, database authorisations, audit configuration and security monitoring.
Audit, Compliance and Controls – Experience supporting audit, regulatory and compliance activities, including evidence production, control testing, issue remediation and the maintenance of effective security controls.
Security Engineering & Cyber Security Tooling – Hands-on experience using SecurityBridge or a similar SAP cyber security platform to identify vulnerabilities, configuration risks, threats and compliance issues across enterprise SAP environments
Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:
Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes
You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.
The extras you’ll get
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
25 days holiday, pro rata
Private medical insurance
A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
Access to an annual performance-related bonus
Training and development to help you progress your career
A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death
Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society
We forge our own path at Nationwide.
As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.
If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.
At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.
We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.
What to do next
If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.
We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.
Please note that should you be successful in securing this role, the job title on our internal systems will be Engineer E2.
