Expert Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst (f / m / d) : SAP Cyber Intelligence & Threat Hunting

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At SAP, we keep it simple : you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll build

SAP is seeking a Expert Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst (f / m / d) to join SAP’s Cyber Intelligence & Threat Hunting (CITH) team with the position located in Germany. You will operate in a unique role that bridges strategic and operational intelligence, providing expertise-derived insight that directly supports both executive decision-making and frontline security operations. In the Strategic Intelligence service you will apply a strong understanding of global geopolitics, nation-state behavior, and macro threat trends to research, author, and brief intelligence assessments that contextualize cyber threats within the organization’s global business interests. Your analysis will inform leadership on emerging risks, geopolitical drivers of cyber activity, and potential impacts to regional operations, partnerships, and supply chains, enabling data-driven decisions at the executive and business-unit level.  Liaising with European and other global information sharing partners—both as a consumer and producer of actionable intelligence will be a critical function of this position.

In parallel, you will support the Operational Intelligence service by translating strategic insights into actionable intelligence that strengthens detection and response capabilities. You will conduct deep, methodical research into adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)—including those used by APT and financially motivated actors—to enable intelligence-driven threat detection and proactive defense. Working closely with Threat Hunting, Incident Recovery and Response (IRR), and the Threat Informed Detection Engineering (TIDE) team, you will help identify detection gaps, help develop hypotheses for proactive hunts, and enrich investigations with high-confidence intelligence, ensuring intelligence efforts remain tightly aligned and actionable enabling cross-organizational security teams. Lastly, as a Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst you will be expected to serve as a mentor and support colleagues in their growth as cyber intelligence professionals and be the consummate teammate.

Key Responsibilities :

• Translate business information needs to priority intelligence requirements (PIRs).
• Integrate geopolitical insights with cyber threat intelligence to assess potential impacts on organizational operations and assets.
• Coordinate with SAP Lines of Business (LOBs) stakeholders to ensure cyber intelligence requirements are being met.
• Support incident response providing threat intelligence contextualization during active incident investigations.
• Track and assess threats targeting modern enterprise environments, including cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), identity providers (Entra ID, Okta), SaaS applications, and software supply chains.
• Actively participate in Europe-based information sharing groups and lead expansion efforts of SAP membership in high-value information sharing communities within EU.
• Author technical reports on adversary behavioral tradecraft to support threat hunting and detection engineering.
• Develop highly polished intelligence reports utilizing graphics, charts, and impactful illustrations to distill complex geopolitical trends into actionable intelligence.

What you bring

Preferred Qualifications :

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Requisition ID : 445593  | Work Area : Information Technology  | Expected Travel : 0 - 10%  | Career Status : Professional  | Employment Type : Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations : Various locations across Germany as per individual discussion | LI-Hybrid