Senior SAP Basis Consultant

Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP BASIS Consultant with 7+ years of hands-on experience in managing, architecture, and supporting complex SAP technical landscapes. The ideal candidate will be responsible for end-to-end SAP system administration, HANA database management, system performance optimization, upgrades, and multi-system integrations across both cloud and on-premise deployments.
Key Responsibilities
System Administration & Maintenance: Lead the installation, configuration, patching, kernel updates, and daily technical administration of complex SAP landscapes (ECC, S/4HANA, Solution Manager, BW, NetWeaver, PO/PI).
Database Management: Oversee SAP HANA (and traditional databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, or Sybase ASE) administration, including memory management, backup/recovery strategies, high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and performance tuning.
Landscape Architecture & Strategy: Design, implement, and maintain system landscapes, transport management systems (TMS), client strategy, and system refreshes/copies across multi-tiered environments.
Upgrades & Migrations: Lead OS/DB migrations, S/4HANA conversion projects, system copies, and application of Support Package Stacks (SPS) and Enhancement Packs (EhP).
Performance Monitoring & Tuning: Utilize SAP EarlyWatch Alerts (EWA), Wily Introscope, and CCMS to proactively monitor system health, optimize workload parameters, and perform root-cause analysis (RCA) on performance bottlenecks.
Security & Governance: Manage user access administration, GRC integration, SSO configuration, certificate installations, and enforce transport security and segregation of duties (SoD).
Cloud & Hybrid Integration: Manage cloud hosting setups (AWS, Azure, GCP, or SAP RISE/Cloud ALM) and ensure seamless hybrid connectivity.
Skills Required Specifically for a Senior SAP BASIS Consultant
Technical Skills
Core SAP BASIS Administration:
SAP S/4HANA, ECC 6.0, NetWeaver ABAP/JAVA stacks administration.
Deep expertise in Transport Management System (TMS/eTMS) and ChaRM.
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 / SAP Cloud ALM setup, Monitoring, Focused Run, and EWA configuration.
HANA & Database Administration:
SAP HANA Administration (HANA Studio, Cockpit, memory management, scale-up/scale-out architectures).
Experience with traditional DBs (MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Sybase ASE).
Database Backup, Restore, Point-in-Time Recovery, System Replication (HSR), and Disaster Recovery testing.
OS & Platform Expertise:
High proficiency in Enterprise Linux (SUSE / RedHat Linux) and Windows Server operating systems.
OS-level shell scripting (Bash, PowerShell) for task automation.
System Lifecycle & Upgrades:
Software Update Manager (SUM), Database Migration Option (DMO), and SPAM/SAINT execution.
System Refreshes / Client Copies (BDLS execution, post-refresh automation).
Security & Integration:
Single Sign-On (SSO) configuration (SAML 2.0, Kerberos, SSL/TLS certificates).
Interface administration (SAP PO/PI, Cloud Connector, RFCs, Web Dispatcher).
Domain & Professional Competencies
7+ Years of Experience: Proven background as a primary technical owner for enterprise SAP environments.
Troubleshooting & RCA: Strong diagnostic skills for analyzing short dumps, lock entries, system logs, and HANA trace files.
Disaster Recovery (DR): Expertise in setting up, maintaining, and testing high-availability and disaster recovery architectures.
Communication & Mentorship: Ability to guide cross-functional functional teams, interface with infrastructure teams, and mentor junior BASIS engineers.

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