SAP Basis Consultant

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced SAP Basis Consultant tomanage, support and maintain SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA landscapes acrossDevelopment, Quality Assurance and Production environments.

The consultant will be responsible for SAP Basisadministration, system upgrades, migrations, HANA/database administration,performance monitoring, troubleshooting, security configuration and technicalproject activities. The role will also involve close coordination with SAP,infrastructure, network, security and database teams.

The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experiencein SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA, SUM, SWPM, SAP Kernel, system copy/migrationand Linux/Windows platforms.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Administer and support SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA environments across Development, QA and Production systems.
• Perform SAP EHP upgrades, S/4HANA upgrades/conversions, Support Pack upgrades and SAP Kernel upgrades using SUM, SWPM and related tools.
• Perform SAP system installation, system copy, migration and post-migration activities.
• Administer and monitor SAP HANA, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases.
• Perform SAP HANA database monitoring, backup/recovery, performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Manage SAP application servers, profiles, RFCs, transports, background jobs, users, system parameters and system health monitoring.
• Perform SAP performance monitoring and troubleshooting of ABAP dumps, system logs, locks, jobs, RFC and connectivity issues.
• Provide SAP Basis administration on Linux/RHEL and Windows Server platforms.
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates and secure communications including STRUST and SSO
• Support SAP high availability, disaster recovery and cloud/RISE environments.
• Coordinate with SAP, infrastructure, network, security and database teams for technical issues and project activities.
• Participate in production support, incident management, change management and planned maintenance activities.
• Prepare technical documentation, implementation plans and support procedures.

Required Technical Skills

• SAP
• SAP ECC 6.0
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Basis Administration
• SAP NetWeaver
• SAP HANA
• SAP Kernel
• SAP Solution Manager / SAP monitoring tools
• SAP Host Agent

SAP Tools

• SUM - Software Update Manager
• SWPM - Software Provisioning Manager
• SAPCAR
• SPAM/SAINT
• STMS
• RZ10/RZ11
• SM21
• ST22
• SM37
• SM50/SM66
• SM12
• SM59
• ST03/ST03N
• DBACOCKPIT
• STRUST

Databases

• SAP HANA - Mandatory
• Oracle - Good to have
• Microsoft SQL Server - Good to have

Operating Systems

• Linux / RHEL - Mandatory
• Windows Server - Mandatory

Infrastructure / Cloud

• VMware or equivalent virtualization technologies
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• Cloud infrastructure
• Azure / AWS / other hyperscalers
• RISE with SAP - preferred

Preferred Experience

Candidates with experience in the following areas will havean advantage:

• ECC to S/4HANA conversion projects
• SAP S/4HANA upgrades
• SAP HANA migration
• SAP system installation and migration
• SUM-based upgrades
• SAP system copy and refresh
• SAP cloud migration
• RISE with SAP
• SAP HA/DR
• SAP HANA System Replication
• SAP security and SSL certificate management
• SSO/SNC
• Large-scale SAP production environments
• SAP technical cutover and Go-Live activities

Key Competencies

• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Ability to independently manage SAP Basis activities.
• Good understanding of SAP technical architecture.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work across SAP, infrastructure, security and database teams.
• Strong documentation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work under pressure during upgrades, migrations and production incidents.
• Willingness to participate in planned maintenance and occasional after-hours activities.

Preferred project experience: At least one completeSAP S/4HANA implementation, upgrade, migration or ECC-to-S/4HANA conversionproject from technical preparation through Go-Live and hypercare.