Senior IT Analyst Security (SAP Security)

Career Area:

Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Job Purpose :

Your Work Shapes the World. Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators, and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Analyst Security (SAP Security) to join our Design Eng Processes team - CAT IT Division.

The preference for this role is to be based out of Bangalore – Caterpillar PSN

This position requires candidate to work a 5-day -a -week schedule.

Shift Timing: 01:00-10:00PM IST

The SAP Security Analyst is responsible for safeguarding the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of SAP systems by designing, implementing, and managing security policies and procedures. This role involves analyzing business requirements, configuring SAP roles and authorizations, monitoring user access, and ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations.

Job Duties:

• •Own and drive all incidents, service tasks, problem tickets and system optimization for operations portfolio, ensuring delivery against commitments, SLAs, and outcomes.
• •Establish, monitor, and continuously improve standard work; ensure progress, risks, and dependencies are communicated effectively to stakeholders and leadership.
• •Participate in the administration and support of SAP security, including user access provisioning, role assignments, and access changes.
• •Assist in developing, testing, and implementing SAP security roles and authorizations in accordance with documented requirements.
• •Support testing activities related to SAP security changes, major releases and deployment activities.
• •Help prepare and maintain technical and procedural documentation related to SAP security processes, roles, and controls.
• •Investigate and help resolve SAP authorization and access issues, working with business users and IT partners.
• •Contribute to audit and compliance activities by gathering evidence and supporting remediation actions.
• •Provide operational support for SAP security-related incidents and service requests.
• •Participate in application or security-related projects affecting SAP systems.

What You Will Have:

• •In-depth functional and technical knowledge of ERP security including SAP GRC Access Control, Identity and Access Management (IAM) and role design
• •Core Application Systems: Experience supporting SAP application systems for a major business unit, collaborating with business and IT stakeholders to resolve security and access issues, recommending improvements to role design, identifying access risks, and supporting contingency and access continuity planning.
• •Problem Solving: Ability to identify and document SAP security and access issues, apply standard diagnostic and fact‑finding techniques to analyze authorization problems, consider stakeholder perspectives, and assist in evaluating the risks and benefits of alternative access or role design approaches.
• •Application Design & Architecture: Experience participating in SAP security design reviews, evaluating role design and authorization concepts, documenting SAP security designs and role structures, and supporting security considerations for SAP integrations and interfaces
• •Implementation: Experience implementing SAP security configurations under senior guidance, monitoring the quality and effectiveness of SAP security controls, providing day‑to‑day operational support for SAP security users and processes, and assisting end users with access and security‑related inquiries.
• •Requirements Analysis: Ability to follow established policies and standards to gather SAP security requirements, collaborating with business users to understand access needs, documenting functional and security requirements, and ensuring security deliverables align with documented requirements.
• •System & Technology Integration: Experience supporting SAP security considerations for system integrations, working with existing SAP interfaces and access models, and assisting with integration and migration activities within SAP environments as part of local or project‑based initiatives.
• •System Testing – SAP Security: Experience supporting SAP security testing activities, executing test cases for access, roles, and authorizations, analyzing and documenting test results, and participating in testing SAP security changes to support compliance and recovery readiness.

Gen AI Assisted Development or Support: Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot or automated agent workflows) to accelerate application development or support, cost or effort reduction, or support optimization. Demonstrated experience with AI tools

Comprehensive knowledge of SOX, segregation of duties (SoD), and audit principles.

Top Candidates Will Also Have:

• •Has the ability to lead, analyze and have a broader perspective on specific technology and related solutions. This requires a comprehensive understanding of application solutions, interfaces, security, data governance policies and procedures.
• •Skilled in large scale application support and development
• •Prior experience in driving innovation and automation
• •Extensive experience in working with cross-functional teams, along with proven history of strong job-related result's
• •Execute business objectives through collaboration and decisive action. Provide guidance to the team in resolving issues in a timely manner and lead technical teams with focus on innovation and continuous improvement.
• •Lead and/or direct teams within or outside of discipline addressing complex problems. Experience in managing teams working across multiple locations working from satellite office location's
• •Strong stakeholder management skills

Education / Experience : Requires a relevant computer science masters or graduate degree and 5 plus years of progressively complex Information Service experience with SAP security and roles. Requires general understanding of basic business operations including one or more of the following: general business processes, technical infrastructure, application development and support of major projects, and engineering functional applications. Requires ability to work with diversified departments along with effective oral and written communications skills. The incumbent must have a strong customer focus and business knowledge. The position also requires to work efficiently with integration partners, technology vendors, and managed service partners.

Additional Info :

• •May require travel of up to 25%.
• •This role requires 5 days onsite.
• •Relocation is unavailable

• Skill Descriptors
• Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.
• Level Extensive Experience