Senior SAP Administrator Lead

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior SAP Administrator to lead our team in managing and maintaining large-scale SAP systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in SAP Basis administration, system administration, and leadership skills.

• Provide hands-on leadership and administration of the SAP Basis Administration for SAP ERP, SAP Netweaver, SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP Solution Manager, and SAP Web Dispatcher
• Provide oversight of administration, installation, patching, and upgrade
• Provide level 2 and 3 support for team members
• Perform SAP system copy: homogeneous and heterogeneous migration
• Perform SAP client copy: export and import as required
• Configure and manage the SAP Transport Management System including migration of transports
• Apply SAP enhancement packages and upgrades
• Apply and maintain SAP add-ons and add-on upgrades
• Review SAP security note releases and guide the team in testing and application
• Apply SAP OSS (Online Service System) notes
• Establish system monitoring alerts and thresholds
• Implement system performance tuning improvements as required
• Manage and tune the SAP database environment including monitoring indexes and tables spaces
• Perform SAP Kernel upgrades
• Maintain and configure the SAP GUI
• Implement and maintain the SAP Fiori environment
• Investigate, resolve, and document solutions for database problems
• Monitor regularly scheduled server backup jobs
• Provide leadership in troubleshooting and system performance initiatives

• Strong understanding of system administration and development life cycle methodologies
• Knowledge of SAP Basis administration
• Knowledge of RHEL/Oracle Linux/SUSE Linux Server operating system
• Knowledge of database administration
• Understanding High-Availability, Disaster-Recovery, and SAP technology surrounding those scenarios
• Leadership and coaching skills
• Able to ensure a collaborative working environment for team
• Solid interpersonal, oral communication, and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong initiative, self-reliance, and ability to cope with and overcome ambiguity
• Able to take general direction and fill in the pieces as necessary
• Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and quickly switch focus
• Able to think logically
• Able to work with attention to detail
• Skill in innovative problem solving and analysis
• Able to be a team player with a positive and encouraging demeanor
• Able to participate across various teams, cultures, geographies, and time zones
• Able to work outside normal business hours without prior notice in response to high priority issues
• Must be able to read, write and speak English
• Excellent interpersonal skills to engage with all levels of Business and IT.
• Self-starter able to work on multiple projects simultaneously with a keen desire to learn and expand depth of knowledge.
• Strong adherence to IT/SAP project methodologies and change control processes.
• Willingness to learn more about SAP administration, new technologies, and how they solve business problems.

• Understanding the nature of OLTP and OLAP systems, including specific roles of SAP SoH, SAP Content Server, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW, SAP NLS, SAP SLT, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP PO, SAP Gateway, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Landscape Management (SAP LaMa), SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), SAP Cloud Connector, SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP Fiori, Redwood Cronacle.
• SAP BRIM Solution, including knowledge of Convergent Charging and Convergent Mediation technology is desired.
• BSI TaxFactory, BTI Active Control, Sovos Sales and Use Tax, Vertex O Series, Worksoft Certify, uPerform, HP ALM, Adobe Document Services, Jira, and ServiceNow is a plus

• Computer Science or Information Technology degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 5+ years of SAP Basis administration experience in a large-scale enterprise, including management of large-scale SAP systems in an enterprise environment
• At least one year of supervisory/management experience managing 3+ engineers
• Experience with Linux Server and with deployments to the AWS environment or other Cloud environments