SAP Basis Support Engineer

SAP Basis Support Engineer

Essex HQ (2 days a week)

Rate DOE Inside IR35

SC Clearance is essential

We are looking for a highly skilled and proactive security cleared SAP Basis Support Engineer to join our team. This role is ideal for a technically strong systems administrator with deep expertise across SAP landscapes, databases, operating systems, and enterprise support environments.

You will play a key role in maintaining the stability, security, performance, and resilience of critical SAP systems while supporting ongoing transformation and cloud initiatives.

• Administer and support SAP environments including S/4
  
  HANA, Net Weaver, SAP HANA, and Sybase ASE
• Perform daily system monitoring, troubleshooting, log analysis, and incident resolution
• Manage SAP installations, configurations, upgrades, Kernel patching, and system refreshes
• Support transport management processes across SAP landscapes
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions
• Monitor and optimise database and system performance
• Support upgrade and migration activities including SP/FP stacks and release upgrades
• Ensure SAP systems remain secure, compliant, and aligned with best practices
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and operational runbooks
• Collaborate with infrastructure, development, and functional teams to support business operations

• Holding live security clearance
• SAP Basis Administration
• Strong experience managing SAP landscapes and Basis operations
• Expertise in SAP S/4
  
  HANA, Net Weaver, SAP UI5/Fiori, and SAP Cloud Connector
• Hands‑on experience with:
  System copies and client administration, Transport Management System (TMS), SAP Kernel upgrades/patching and SAP Solution Manager (Sol Man)
• Strong understanding of: SAP HANA with HSR, Sybase ASE with HADR and Oracle, SQL Server, and MaxDB
• Experience with backup/recovery, performance tuning, and database optimisation

You'll be part of a collaborative environment supporting enterprise‑scale SAP systems and contributing to modernisation and digital transformation programmes. This is an excellent opportunity to work with cutting‑edge SAP technologies while developing cloud and automation expertise.