Job Title: Sr. SAP Basis Consultant
Work Location: Richardson, TX 75082 (Hybrid)
Contract duration 6
Must Have Skills:
⦁ SAP BASIS
⦁ S4HANA
⦁ Database Administrator
Nice to Have Skills:
Detailed Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Senior SAP Basis Consultant with 15–20 years of hands-on expertise across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, and hybrid cloud landscapes. This role is critical for managing, optimizing, and supporting SAP technical environments for a Utilities sector enterprise with high availability, regulatory compliance, and mission-critical operations.
The candidate must demonstrate strong technical depth in SAP Basis, HANA, system migrations, upgrades, performance tuning, and end-to-end lifecycle management.
Key Responsibilities
1. SAP System Administration
⦁ Manage and administer SAP ECC on HANA DB, SAP EWM, BW/4HANA,SAP Cloud Connector,Gateway, BTP,CPI, GRC,Solution Manager, and associated components.
⦁ Perform system copies, refreshes, client administration, transport management, and daily monitoring.
⦁ Maintain high-availability SAP environments including clustering, load balancing, and failover strategies.
2. HANA Database Administration
⦁ Perform HANA installation, upgrades, revision updates, backup & recovery, tenant management.
⦁ Conduct HANA performance tuning, memory optimization, SQL plan analysis, and configuration for large-scale utility workloads.
3. Upgrades, Migrations & S/4HANA Projects
⦁ Lead SAP system conversions, OS/DB migrations, Unicode migrations, and S/4HANA greenfield/brownfield deployments.
⦁ Expert knowledge of SUM, DMO, Maintenance Planner, and Upgrade Planner tools.
4. Cloud & Infrastructure Expertise
⦁ Manage SAP environments hosted on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform including infrastructure sizing and cloud migration strategies.
⦁ Work with virtualization environments (VMware, Hyper‑V), Linux/Unix/Windows administration.
5. Performance, Security & Compliance
⦁ Perform deep-dive system performance optimization, kernel updates, and parameter tuning.
⦁ Implement SAP security best practices, patching policies, and compliance standards (NERC, SOX, GDPR—based on region).
⦁ Support audits and system hardening initiatives.
6. Disaster Recovery & High Availability
⦁ Architect, implement, and test DR strategies using HANA System Replication, backup/restore, and multi-site replication.
⦁ Maintain 24/7 uptime SLAs critical to utility operations.
7. Collaboration & Technical Leadership
⦁ Provide expert-level guidance to Basis team members, developers, and functional consultants.
⦁ Work closely with utility business teams to support billing, meter management, GIS, customer service, and field operations modules.
⦁ Manage vendor coordination and escalation with SAP OSS.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical Skills
⦁ 15–20 years in SAP Basis administration with deep hands-on experience.
⦁ Strong expertise in:
⦁ SAP ECC 6.0 (EHP upgrades)
⦁ SAP S/4HANA (1809/1909/2020/2022/2023)
⦁ HANA 1.0 & HANA 2.0
⦁ SAP BW/4HANA, PI/PO, GRC, Fiori, and SAP Gateway
⦁ SAP Router, Web Dispatcher, SLD, CTS/ChaRM
⦁ SAP Cloud Connector,SAP Gateway
⦁ Experience in SAP OpenText preferred
⦁ Proficiency in Linux (SUSE/RHEL) and Windows environments.
⦁ Experience with Azure/AWS cloud foundations, automation, and monitoring (Solution Manager, Focused Run).
Domain Expertise
⦁ Prior experience in Utility Industry is highly preferred:
⦁ Work Management ,Asset Management,
⦁ Integration with GIS, Oracle systems, SCADA, and AMI platforms
Soft Skills
⦁ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
⦁ Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
⦁ Ability to lead technical teams and drive mission-critical initiatives.
⦁ Comfortable working in a 24/7 operations environment as needed.
Education & Certifications
⦁ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred).
⦁ SAP Technical Certifications in:
⦁ SAP Basis
⦁ S/4HANA Administration
⦁ HANA Operations
⦁ ITIL certification is an advantage.
Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute:
⦁ Implementation
⦁ Enhancement
⦁ Support
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