Job Description: Senior SAP Basis Administrator

Location-Remote

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP Basis Administrator to manage, maintain, and optimize SAP landscapes across development, quality assurance, and production environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in SAP Basis administration, system monitoring, performance tuning, upgrades, migrations, and high-availability solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure stable and secure SAP operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and administer SAP systems, including ECC, S/4HANA, BW, Solution Manager, and SAP NetWeaver.
• Perform SAP system installations, upgrades, support package implementations, kernel upgrades, and patch management.
• Monitor SAP system health, performance, and availability, and proactively resolve issues.
• Manage SAP transports using Transport Management System (TMS).
• Perform client administration, system refreshes, and client copies.
• Administer SAP HANA and Oracle/SQL Server/DB2 databases in coordination with database administrators.
• Configure and maintain SAP high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) environments.
• Perform system backups, recovery testing, and business continuity planning.
• Manage SAP user administration, authorizations, and security-related Basis activities.
• Support SAP integrations with third-party applications and cloud platforms.
• Troubleshoot SAP application, database, operating system, and network-related issues.
• Automate routine administrative tasks using scripting where applicable.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and system architecture documentation.
• Coordinate with functional, infrastructure, database, and security teams for project implementations.
• Provide production support, incident resolution, root cause analysis, and participate in on-call support as required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Strong experience with SAP ECC, S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, and SAP HANA.
• Experience with system installations, upgrades, migrations, Unicode conversions, and OS/DB migrations.
• Knowledge of SAP Solution Manager, TMS, SAProuter, SAP Host Agent, and SAP Web Dispatcher.
• Experience with Linux/Unix and Windows operating systems.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud is an advantage.
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• SAP S/4HANA migration experience.
• SAP HANA administration knowledge.
• Experience with SAP Fiori administration and Gateway.
• Knowledge of SAP Cloud Connector and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, or Shell scripting.
• Understanding of ITIL processes and change management.
• SAP Basis or SAP HANA certifications are preferred.