It is a very not easy historical question.
The right and straight forward response is: there was no way a SS soldier could be a person considered as a full Jew by the Nazi government. This was almost impossible.The most powerful unit in the Nazi was the SS (Schutzstaffel). The holocaust was done by the main group. There were very strict rules of joining the SS. New SS men had to demonstrate their Aryan race even several generations ago. They were taught great racist notions. The SS was supposed to destroy Jewish individuals, which was the most significant job. Therefore, a Jew to enlist in SS was a complete contradiction. This is why it did not happen.
However, there is one exception that is very small and complicated. This man was Emil Maurice. He was also a close and early friend of Adolf Hitler. He also assisted in the formation of SS (SS number 2) and he was the driver of Hitler. SS head, Himmler, discovered that Maurice had a great-grandfather who was a Jew. Himmler would have liked to chuck Maurice out. But Hitler replied no. Hitler made him an Honorary Aryan. Maurice could stay in the SS. This was not due to the change in rules of SS but due to the personal order of Hitler.
It is important to keep in mind that thousands of the so-called partial-Jews (Mischlinge) were used in the regular German army (Wehrmacht). However they were thrown out by the hyper-racial SS mainly later. Hence, there were Jews with some Jewish relatives in the military. One of them was the famous case of a partial-Jew in the SS. Yet the SS mission was to kill Jews. Thus, the scenario in which you inquire about a complete Jew slaughtering his fellow-country as an SS soldier was simply unachievable within the Nazi regime.

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