Senior Specialist - SAP Basis Administration

Job Summary

This role is responsible for the architecture, administration, and continuous optimization of SAP technical platforms, including SAP ECC, S/4HANA, BW, and SAP BTP. The Senior SAP Basis Administrator ensures high availability, performance, security, and compliance of SAP systems across the enterprise.

Job Responsibilities

• Core SAP Platform Operations Performance & Stability

• Administer and support SAP systems (ECC, S/4HANA, BW, PI/PO/CPI, SAP BTP) ensuring system availability, reliability, and performance
• Perform SAP installations, upgrades, Support Package Stacks, Enhancement Packs, and kernel updates across multiple environments
• Manage SAP transport management system (TMS) and coordinate cross-landscape transport activities
• Maintain monitoring frameworks, develop alerting logic and remediation workflows, analyze system metrics (CPU, memory, I/O, DB performance) using OS and SAP tools, and maintain and tune monitoring thresholds and alert conditions

• Automation & Tooling

• Develop and maintain custom automation scripts for SAP operations
• Build internal utilities for performance tracking, system health, and data collection
• Drive automation of SAP Basis operations, including system refreshes, client copies, monitoring, and deployment activities

• Security & Compliance

• Support audit requests and compliance checks
• Maintain secure configurations for SAP and infrastructure
• Ensure SAP systems comply with internal cybersecurity policies, audit requirements, and SAP security notes

• Disaster Recovery & Resilience

• Execute DR testing and recovery procedures
• Manage failover and system recovery operations

• Documentation, Knowledge Transfer, and Governance

• Create and maintain operational documentation and runbooks
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions and mentor team members

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum ten (10) years in SAP Basis Administration
• Working experience with ECC & S/4 environments
• Understanding of SAP system architecture (application, database, integration layers)
• No relocation is offered for this position

• Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep expertise in SAP Basis administration across ECC, S/4HANA, and BW systems
• Strong knowledge of SAP HANA database administration
• Experience with SAP transport management and landscape architecture
• Experience with SAP upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle management
• Familiarity with SAP cloud strategies (RISE with SAP, SAP BTP, hyperscalers)
• Experience with monitoring tools (SAP Solution Manager, Focused Run, or equivalent)
• Knowledge of SAP security concepts and compliance requirements
• Experience with automation tools, scripting, and infrastructure automation