SAP BASIS Administrator

Location: Northern Virginia/Washington, DC

Type: Full-time

Remote: Available

Commensurate with experience

Available

Bachelor's degree IT, Business Administration, or related field Degree Required

Secret Or ability to obtain

You will be responsible for bringing deep expertise in the areas of:

• SAP Upgrades and Migrations
• Technical Project Planning
• SAP System Administration
• Experience in architecting and planning SAP Upgrade and database migration projects
• Excellent track record of delivering SAP upgrades, migrations and other Basis related projects
• Strong consulting background in providing both technical delivery and advisory services in a senior role
• Deep SAP Product and architectural knowledge. Evidence of thought leadership in this domain is preferable
• ‘Real world’ SAP HANA Experience (At least one HANA project which wasn’t a proof of concept)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build ‘Trusted Adviser’ relationships

Although not required, SAP Certification in one or more of the above subjects would be advantageous.

As well as delivery, you will be expected to keep abreast of changes within this space and provide this insight to our clients in a thought-leadership role.

A key focus within this position will be helping our customers to understand how to transform their existing systems to both the SAP HANA and S/4

HANA Platforms. In addition, helping customers migrate systems to between hosting providers.

You will be part of a diverse, highly-talented, multi-disciplinary team, solving some of the most interesting and future‑focused problems within the SAP sector today. Your proven approach to creating innovative solutions is key, as is the ability to communicate clearly with other consultants and clients alike. Your dedication and attention to detail to everything you do will be paramount.

• Senior SAP BASIS Administrator to support operation and further enhancements of SAP ERP (ECC, BI, BW, GRC, EP, HANA)
• Prepares and presents status briefings to the client’s senior executives on approach and courses of action
• Provide support across the SAP application suite to include Central Component (ECC), Business Intelligence (BI), Business Warehouse (BW), Enterprise Portal (EP) and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
• Utilize advanced SAP administration and troubleshooting techniques to complete complex assignments or to solve difficult problems
• Operational support and guidance to internal Development teams
• Daily system administration tasks
• Daily system monitoring
• Analyze System trace and perform troubleshooting
• Effective and efficient management of SAP HANA Systems
• Performance tuning and proactive recommendation
• Support packages & test system installation
• Mentors, coaches and supports other members of IT team to improve technical abilities
• Keep abreast of the latest SAP technologies, and enhancements.
• Researches and implements enhancements and new technologies as required
• Provides technical support for implementation of SAP‑based technology like CUA, Identity Management (IdM), Single Sign‑On, and SAP GRC
• Identifies trends in reported security violations and recommend changes in policies, procedures, or user training/awareness to address unfavorable trends
• Gathers requirements from internal clients and provide security and technical expertise to support the development of security objects to satisfy business requirements
• Develops security objects that meet business requirements while adhering to the principle of least privilege
• Provide implementation, test, and other support in the SAP environments during upgrades and/or implementation of support packages
• Support after‑hours scheduled downtime for maintenance and upgrades

• Candidate must be a US Citizen
• Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Business Administration, or related field
• Minimum of 10 years SAP Basis experience with SAP systems installation and administration with three or more of the following SAP modules: ECC, CRM, BI, BW, or GRC
• The ability to communicate politely, clearly and effectively and persuade and/or influence internal customers at a high level…