S4 Hana Technology Lead

You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

• Define and deliver best-in-class Hana database Platforms for SAP S/4 Hana.
• Configuration, Documentation, Testing, Delivery and Maintenance of enterprise scale IT Infrastructures for SAP S/4 Hana (Scope includes work among SAP and non-SAP Systems and Applications).
• Manage service requests seamlessly within and outside of SAP, such as incidents or changes to configuration elements (CIs).
• Operate in close partnership with the IT and business communities, subject matter experts, external consultants, cross functional teams, add-ons, etc.
• Create and execute outcome-oriented strategies and build/sustain meaningful business relationships.
• implement, configure, monitor, tune, and troubleshoot the SAP technology landscape, and corporate SAP HANA database environments.
• Operates as the in-house expert on highly complex systems and projects. Leads and provides guidance to Application Developers and business partner DBA levels I and II.
• Monitor, maintain, document processes/resolutions to issues, predict SAP Applications performance to meet established service levels, and schedule/execute the SAP system housekeeping and monitoring.
• Responsible for troubleshooting SAP HANA issues.
• Responsible for rapid repair and recovery in system failure situations.
• Responsible for tracking and managing all security certificates and licenses for SAP HANA.
• Responsible for implementation and testing of SAP HANA Database patches and SAP HANA Database upgrades utilizing a structured methodology.
• Perform SAP system refresh and related configuration as needed.
• Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and achieves high reliability, availability, and performance of each SAP HANA Database.
• Establishes maintenance plans for each SAP HANA Database, to include backups and recovery.
• Maintain the existing SAP Landscape diagrams and document all database processes.
• Optimizes SAP application and database performance to ensure a high-level of performance.
• Ensures that all actions follow established internal controls and change management processes.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining disaster recovery plans in compliance with the departmental and organizational disaster recovery plans.
• Automate/simplify server delivery process for quick and consistent results in keeping with project timeline requirements.
• Maintains strict confidentiality and security of sensitive data.
• Relies on significant experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

About Us

Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We're founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we're constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our technical roles, you'll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Key Qualifications and Experiences:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or 7-10 years of experience in a related field experience as a Database Administrator.
• 2-4 years' experience as infrastructure Senior, including responsibility for training, evaluating staff, and assigning workloads.
• Expert level experience in Database Administration, and experience with, SAP HANA, Linux, Significant experience in implementing and managing SAP solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in SAP upgrades, patch management and troubleshooting. Knowledge of SQL Tuning.
• Experience in coordinating and managing multiple projects and resources.
• Strong customer service and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal.
• One or more certifications in database administration is desirable: SAP Administration, SAP HANA, etc.
• Experience with SAN storage and data protection systems design and administration.
• Experience with server virtualization, optimization, and performance tuning.
• Experience with Cloud/hosting services.
• Complex troubleshooting ability/skills to quickly investigate and resolve problems. To create, document and explain resolutions.
• Cross-train team members to performance operational tasks and create process and procedure documentation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in preparation for senior management communications and discussions.
• Ability to provision and deliver new systems while maintaining existing server consistency and stability.
• Experience with hybrid cloud automation using tools like Terraform, Ansible, etc.
• Significant Cloud IaaS experience in Azure and/or GCP is preferred.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, upgrades, and resource optimization as required.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

#LI-Hybrid

.