Senior Basis Administrator

Job Overview

Join a high‑impact team responsible for keeping a complex, 24/7 SAP landscape running at peak performance. In this role, you’ll take ownership of system stability, scalability, and innovation—ensuring mission‑critical SAP platforms support business operations without disruption. This is an opportunity to influence architecture, drive improvements, and play a key role in the evolution of enterprise systems.

What You’ll Accomplish

• Ensure always‑on SAP system performance and reliability.
• Maintain uptime, stability, and responsiveness across a 24x7 SAP landscape, proactively identifying and resolving risks before they impact the business.
• Strengthen system resilience and disaster readiness by designing, implementing, and regularly testing disaster recovery strategies to ensure rapid recovery and business continuity.
• Drive performance optimization and system health by leveraging tools such as Early Watch reports, trend analysis, and system monitoring to identify inefficiencies and implement tuning improvements across SAP and OS environments.
• Lead upgrades and technical enhancements by executing SAP and database upgrades, system copies, and transports with minimal business disruption while improving system capability and performance.
• Partner on SAP architecture and roadmap planning, providing technical guidance on SAP system design and long‑term scalability aligned with organizational goals.
• Own incident, change, and problem management outcomes by rapidly resolving issues using OSS and ticketing tools while improving root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.
• Optimize operational processes and automation by enhancing job scheduling, system integration, and production control processes to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver business value by working closely with functional teams, developers, and infrastructure partners to ensure SAP systems meet evolving business needs.
• Provide critical on‑call support to ensure continuity of operations through responsive support, including after‑hours as needed.

• SAP systems consistently meet or exceed uptime and performance SLAs.
• System upgrades and changes are delivered on time with minimal disruption.
• Performance issues are proactively identified and resolved before user impact.
• Disaster recovery processes are tested, validated, and reliable.
• Stakeholders trust your expertise in maintaining and evolving SAP systems.

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of SAP Basis administration experience, including installation, upgrades, and system maintenance.
• Proven success managing complex SAP environments (ERP, BW/BW4
  
  HANA, and related systems).
• Demonstrated expertise across multiple SAP platforms (e.g., EP, SRM, SCM/APO, TM, PO, Solution Manager, MII).
• Strong experience in SAP ERP 6.0+ and BW/BW4
  
  HANA environments.
• Deep technical knowledge of SAP architecture, performance tuning, and system operations.
• Experience with Java and/or ABAP‑based environments.
• Working knowledge of supporting technologies (Linux/Unix, Oracle, BOBJ, Solution Manager, etc.).
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a proactive mindset.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a high‑availability environment.
• Effective communicator who can partner across technical and business teams.

• Own and influence a mission‑critical SAP environment.
• Work on complex systems and modernization initiatives.
• Be part of a collaborative, high‑performing technical team.
• Enjoy a flexible hybrid schedule in downtown Denver.
• Take advantage of free parking or an RTD pass.

Johns Manville offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and sick leave, basic life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, and tuition reimbursement. Compensation includes a base salary range of $–$ per year plus incentive bonus.

Johns Manville is a proud Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Incumbent must be physically able to perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. We maintain a drug‑free workplace and perform pre‑employment substance abuse testing. We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment in which all employees are treated with dignity and respect.