Senior SAP Basis Administrator

• Perform SAP application installations, application of patches, upgrades, and production support for multiple SAP products (e.g., ECC, BI, SCM, Solution Manager, Enterprise Portal, PI, etc.).
• Support the upgrade migration of on-premise workload to SAP RISE (upgrade to S/4HANA as target release).
• HANA administration, including setting up and managing HA and replica of HANA nodes.
• Perform regular day-today administration and support tasks.
• Monitor, identify and implement Oracle/HANA database performance improvements as required by the SAP systems.
• Work together with the OS and infrastructure administrators to ensure that the environment is adequately tuned for each SAP system and client.
• Assist in the sizing of SAP applications and application components.
• Perform client and system copies, new SAP instance installation support, table reorganizations, connectivity and general maintenance as required by the designated focal points.
• Performs all tasks associated with transport management, including rigorous documentation of all transports applied.
• Configure monitoring and backup solutions. Schedule and monitor backup jobs.
• Perform ad-hoc backups and restores, as required by authorized focal points.
• Monitor and proactively tune all SAP systems and clients to ensure adequate performance as per established parameters.
• Perform SAP Security Administration: creation of new job roles, creation of new user accounts, assignment of job roles to user accounts, etc.
• Conduct timely troubleshooting, incident management and resolution.
• Report and coordinate product related issues with SAP and liaise with SAP as required for special actions such as access keys, etc.
• Propose new standards and maintain existing approved SAP Netweaver/Basis standard operating procedures.
• Create and update Standard Operating Procedures documenting the function, in coordination with the rest of the team.
• Share knowledge with other SAP NetWeaver/Basis administrators and document all solutions as per standard formats.
• Collaborate effectively with other teams on requirements gathering, process improvement and in the design, development, and implementation of an SAP architecture to promote a scalable, robust, and manageable environment.
• Provide technical guidance to SAP application development teams and assist with problem resolution.
• Analyze data access, integration, and storage requirements for the HANA/Oracle databases sustaining the SAP environments.
• Comply with and enforce change management/transport procedures.
• Provide suggestion and strategy for an effective.

We are looking for a senior consultant with at least 15 years of experience in SAP and HANA basis administration and migration/upgrade projects (upgrade to S/4HANA and migration to RISE/Cloud).

The resource MUST have the following skills and experience:

• Working experience with latest versions of the following products: http://www.unicc.org ECC, BO, BI, PI, Portal, Solman, SLT, SRM, CRM, Fiori, TM, EM, GRC, Redwood, IDM, HANA, NWDI and Java administration. 4+ years of experience with Oracle database administration; 2+ years of experience with Linux Operating Systems administration.
• Required working experience on SAP HANA and HANA enterprise DB, and related High Availability setup, configurations, and maintenance.
• Good understanding of SAP Security.
• Must have a good understanding of network concepts.
• Nice to have: SAP certifications on administrations on components like - ECC, NetWeaver, Solution Manager, Portal, HANA, SCM, SRM.
• Working experience with DB export/import technique and homogeneous/heterogeneous system copy.
• Experience in global SAP implementation programs a plus.
• Able to understand and operate within complex technical environments.
• Solid troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, tact, and maintain a clear purpose while working under pressure.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and across multiple time zones with others to support SAP applications.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Fluent in English., * Customer facing experience and oral communication skills
• Ability to write documentation & reports
• Creativity/ ability to find innovative solutions
• Willingness to learn on the job
• Conflict management & cooperation

Desirable certifications:

• Relevant SAP, Oracle, and HANA certifications