Software Engineer II - SAP Basis

Overview

Commerce + Ecosystems (C+E) is responsible for enabling and optimizing the end-to-end customer journey on the Microsoft Cloud.

The Commerce Financial Platform (CFP) team stands as a high-performing organization within Microsoft, known for its mission-critical, high-scale commerce services underscored by solid fundamentals and engineering excellence. As a member of this team, you will assume responsibility for pivotal commerce functions critical to Microsoft's operations within its Commerce Financial Platform (CFP). Additionally, you will play a vital role in owning the SAP platform, encompassing master data management, the SAP data warehouse, and a service engineering team tasked with daily ownership support for Microsoft's Core Commerce and ERP instances.

Our team is accountable for owning and running the core platforms for the SAP Footprint at Microsoft. We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer II with a solid foundation in SAP Basis and with preferred experience with Hyper-Visor/Cloud/Networking technologies (Azure) to join our amazing platform team to drive the upcoming exciting modernization, engineering excellence initiatives while focusing on core initiatives of compliance, security, and resiliency.

The Software Engineer II is responsible for delivery of high-quality enterprise level solutions in support of the CFP Mission. This role will represent and contribute to the engineering discipline during program/project execution via a Combined Engineering model (i.e. in partnership with other engineering teams). The ideal candidate will bring a blend of technical expertise and innovation to our SAP Basis team, driving operational excellence and strategic initiatives.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Drive SAP Basis administration and support for SAP environments, including ECC, S/4HANA, BW, and other SAP components.
• Manage and execute system installations, upgrades, migrations, and patch management.
• Oversee system performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting to ensure high availability, reliability, and optimal performance.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to enhance system management and reduce manual efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and alignment with business processes.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to gather SAP requirements to develop solutions and focus on the end-to-end customer experience.
• Provide technical guidance on SAP Basis best practices for security, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Drive innovation by exploring and implementing modern technologies within the Azure cloud platform.
• Support SAP users with technical issues and contribute to training and knowledge sharing initiatives.
• Embody our culture and values .

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field and a minimum of 5 years of technical engineering experience with SAP Basis skills.
• Experience should encompass a blend of architecture and technical leadership roles in SAP High Availability/Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) Design and SAP Operational Best Practices or equivalent experience.
• At least 5+ years of experience in Operating Systems (OS) skills, demonstrating technical proficiency in at least one of the following: Windows, Linux (SLES or RHEL), UNIX.
• Proficiency should extend to performance analysis, debugging, HA/DR technologies, including the design and implementation of Geographically Dispersed HA/DR solutions.
• 5+ years of experience in Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) skills, particularly with SAP HANA and proficiency in at least 1-2 of the followings: SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, DB2, proficient in performance query analysis, sizing, HA/DR, and storage/disk design.
• Experience with Hyper-Visor/Cloud technologies with good understanding of Networking, demonstrating proficiency in designing, deploying, and troubleshooting solutions based on Azure.
• Experienced in scripting via PowerShell, Bash and or Python.
• Proficient in coding/scripting in Windows/Linux environments.
• Familiarity with DBMS query languages, such as SQL or Kusto Query Language (KQL).
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Experience developing standards applicable to technical strategies and roadmaps.
• Experience working in an agile organization developing highly integrated, secure and scalable solutions.
• Ability to develop patterns and practices for reading, writing, configuring code, and designing end-to-end service telemetry, alerting and self-healing capabilities.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to write high quality scripts/automation.
• An understanding of Azure security fundamentals would be highly desirable.
• Proven record of accomplishment of delivering and deploying reliable, highly available, and scalable SAP architectures to customers.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of adapting to different layers of customer organizations and clearly articulating complex solutions and/or problems.
• Drive Livesite first Culture by building and leveraging Platform Telemetry and monitoring to ensure key signals are captured to help simplify and help find issues before customers do.
• Familiarity & Experience in many of the following:

• SAP Basis
• SAP platform security
• HANA Administration
• SAP Netweaver stack
• IIS
• Windows Server
• SQL Server
• PowerShell/Bash/Python/TSQL
• Windows Server/Azure
• LINUX SUSE
• Experience identifying services appropriate for hosting on PaaS and IaaS offerings, as well as migration to internal or external SaaS providers and specialized knowledge of software & network components such as CDNs.

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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