IT Technology Services Specialist

We help the world run better

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll build

In your role as "IT Technology Services Specialist", you are enabling the delivery of robust, downtime optimized, and highly automated lifecycle management activities operated within ECS (Enterprise Cloud Services).

You will take ownership of integration scenarios and operational processes considering accelerated growth (RISE with SAP). Focus of your activities will be increasing automation area covering also all multi-cloud aspects (AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform) with focus on High Availability solutions (HANA, Sybase ASE, Pacemaker Clusters) and integration scenarios along with stabilization improvements to help Operations to reduce manual effort, cost structure (lower TCO) and deliver faster services to our customers.

• Contribute to cloud-like innovation, standardized provisioning and maintenance activities for seamless customer experience, ideally hands-on experience for SAP system provisioning & operations on various databases with particular focus on HANA (on Pacemaker) and ASE
• Enhance lifecycle management procedures to reduce downtime by implementing effective failover strategies
• Optimize and stabilize NetWeaver lifecycle management procedures in a pro-active way leveraging analytical tools and capabilities
• Covering multi-cloud providers like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform
• Structure and coordinate activities, action plans incl. requirements engineering, prioritization, and creating aligned timelines for deliverables
• Create and align test plans, support and perform testing/validation and roll-out activities
• Change Management tracking of technical topics via Jira
• Drive issue resolution together with the team and utilizing the expert network
• Support technology-related projects in complex cloud environments
• Manage relationship between different stakeholder groups inside and outside ECS Delivery

What you bring

• 7+ Yrs experience in SAP BASIS skills, Database administration (HANA and DB2 preferred) and system operations know-how, ideally in multi-cloud environment with Pacemaker knowledge

  
  
• Minimum 5 Yrs experience in High Availability (Replication) related topics .
• Professional experience in Cloud infrastructure, system administration or as a technical consultant in SAP cloud implementation
• Best practices experience in an SAP application / technology / solution (NetWeaver)
• Knowledge in the design and structuring of integrated E2E Lifecycle Management Procedures
• Project management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Willingness and experience working in international teams
• Good understanding of and SAP solutions (releases, platform interdependencies, etc.)
• Good understanding of Linux (SLES and RHEL) with Pacemaker in SAP environments

Where you belong

SAP Enterprise Cloud Services accelerates and simplifies our customers' business transformation by running their SAP ERP value stack with a world-class level of availability, security & resilience on their preferred cloud infrastructure. This includes Hyperscalers, their own data center, and/or SAP data centers to transform our customers into cost-effective intelligent cloud enterprises.

In this role you drive standardization and automation, and you are an enabler for the operations teams to deliver in time and quality services to our customers. To achieve this, you will interface with a highly professional, global team of experts and architects from various teams inside ECS and the development organization. Further you will be part of strategic projects for introducing new technologies or tools in our environment.

Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP's culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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