Senior SAP Basis Administrator

We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior SAP Basis Specialist to join our IT team. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of hands-on experience in SAP Basis administration, system architecture, and performance tuning across complex SAP landscapes. This role is critical to ensuring the stability, scalability, and security of our SAP environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead SAP Basis administration across multiple SAP systems (ECC, BW, ESS Portal, Gateway, SRM, Business Object, GRC, SuccessFactor, BTP, SAP Integration Suite, Solution Manager, etc.)

• Manage system installations, upgrades, migrations, and patching activities.

• Monitor and optimize system performance, availability, and reliability.

• Implement and maintain system security, including user roles, authorizations, and compliance standards.

• Collaborate with functional and technical teams to support SAP projects and resolve production issues with minimum downtime.
• Proficiency in analysis of application dump, system log, and performance trace.
• Perform system copies, backups, restores, and disaster recovery planning and testing.

• Manage transport management systems (TMS & CTS) and oversee change control processes.

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior Basis team members.

• Maintain documentation for system architecture, configurations, and procedures.

• Stay current with SAP technologies and recommend improvements or innovations.
• Provide on-call support with other team members on a pre-arranged rotation schedule

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of SAP Basis experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in SAP NetWeaver Java Administration, NetWeaver ABAP Administration, ESS Portal, Gateway, HANA database administration, and AIX / Linux, Oracle / Db2.
• Proven experience with SAP system migrations (e.g., OS/DB migrations, cloud migrations).
• Strong understanding of SAP security, transport management, and performance tuning.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SAP Private Cloud (Rise with SAP) is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work with different hardware / software vendors and service providers independently and manage the vendor and project team to deliver the solution.
• Strong communication skills to interact with IT team members, business users and service providers.

• SAP certifications (e.g., SAP Certified Technology Associate – System Administration).

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementations and upgrades.

• Familiarity with DevOps tools and automation in SAP environments.

• Knowledge of ITIL processes and service management tools.

• Experience with SAP Solution Manager (Monitoring, CHARM, System Landscape).

• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Shell, Python) for automation and monitoring.

• Hands-on experience with SAP Fiori and SAP Gateway configuration.

• Exposure to SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and integration services.

• Understanding of SAP licensing models and system sizing.

• Experience with SAP EarlyWatch Alert analysis and recommendations.

• Experience in hybrid environments (on-premises and cloud-based SAP systems).

• Strong knowledge of backup and recovery strategies for SAP HANA and other Databases.

• Ability to troubleshoot complex system issues across application, database, and OS layers.

• Experience with High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) setups for SAP systems.