SAP Basis Specialist - Filton/Hybrid - £45.00 Per Hour Umbrella

We are recruiting for a SAP Basis Specialist for a leading Aerospace organisation based in Filton, this is a hybrid role with 3 days a week on site, 2 days WFH.

Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced SAP Basis Specialist with hands-on expertise in technical delivery, landscape operations, and SAP HANA administration. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end operational readiness, monitoring, change management, and security of our multi-tier SAP landscape across Development, Quality Assurance, and Production environments.
You will work closely with cross-functional technical teams, functional consultants, and global business stakeholders within an Agile/Scrum framework to ensure maximum system availability, optimal performance, and strict adherence to security and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities
System Administration & Landscape Operations

• Manage full-life cycle SAP Basis Support operations, including daily administration, system refreshes, Kernel upgrade planning, and Pre/post-refresh activities.
• Administer, monitor, and optimize the SAP HANA database landscape.
• Execute end-to-end Incident Management, Problem Management, and Service Request fulfillment.
• Resolve complex system runtime errors, dump analysis, database lock contentions, and process SAP OSS notes and standard system modifications.
• Discuss and align with counterparts regarding technical activities.

Transport & Change Management

• Oversee the SAP Transport Management System (TMS/ChaRM), managing transport imports and analysing technical issues to ensure high operational stability.
• Implement technical system changes, plan Support Packages (SPS) and Enhancement Packages (EHP), and system patches in alignment with Change Advisory Board (CAB) standards.

Performance Tuning & Infrastructure

• Perform in-depth root cause analysis (RCA) and performance tuning across ABAP, Java, and Database layers (ST04, ST03N, ST22, SMLG, SM51, SM66).
• Manage system integrations and interface architecture (including RFC destinations, ALE/IDoc interfaces, ICF nodes, and HTTPS configurations).
• Analyse EWA Reports and implement recommendations based on the technical analysis.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Maintain SAP system security baseline configurations, SSL/TLS certificate updates, network security parameters and SAP Router configurations.

Required Technical Skills

• Experience: Candidate dedicated SAP Basis/NetWeaver administration experience within enterprise environments or SAP technical consultancy.
• SAP Platform Expertise: Proven track record managing SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Suite on HANA (SoH), and Legacy ECC 6.0/Solution Manager environments.
• Database Management: Expert knowledge of SAP HANA 2.0 administration via ST04, HANA Cockpit & HANA Studio
• Upgrades & Maintenance: Practical experience with SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) and System Refreshes.
• Service Management: Experience utilizing ITSM tools (eg, ServiceNow, SAP Solution Manager/ChaRM, OneVersion).

Desirable/Preferred Skills (Market Advantage)

• Familiarity with SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) connectivity and Cloud Connector
• Exposure to SAP Fiori, SAPUI5 Front End and OData service configuration.

This is an umbrella contract, the role is Inside IR35