SAP Basis Administrator

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned SAP Basis Administrator responsible for the architecture, installation, configuration, performance tuning, and day-to-day operation of complex SAP landscapes that may span on-premises, hybrid, and cloud-hosted environments. This role is critical to keeping mission-critical SAP systems available, performant, secure, and compliant. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise across SAP NetWeaver, S/4HANA, HANA database administration, system copies, upgrades, and migrations, and will partner with infrastructure, security, and SAP functional teams to deliver a stable, well-governed SAP platform.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Five or more years of SAP Basis / platform engineering experience in large enterprise environments
• Strong hands-on experience administering SAP HANA databases in production
• Experience operating S/4HANA, ECC, BW/4HANA, Solution Manager, and other NetWeaver systems
• Hands-on experience with SAP migrations to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Strong experience with SAP upgrades, EHP/SP application, and system conversions
• Solid experience with SAP HA/DR strategies, including HANA System Replication and clustering
• Working knowledge of SAP transport management and Solution Manager ChaRM
• Scripting skills in Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Ansible
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP certifications in HANA, S/4HANA, or Basis administration
• Experience with SAP RISE / Grow and SAP Cloud ALM
• Familiarity with SAP BTP and integration with hyperscaler-native services
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code for SAP landscapes (Ansible, Terraform)
• Experience operating regulated SAP workloads (SOX, GxP, PCI)