Location: San Francisco, CA (Remote with occasional travel)
Duration: 6 - 12+ Months
Key Responsibilities:
1. SAP System Administration
• Manage and administer SAP ECC on HANA DB, SAP EWM, BW/HANA,SAP Cloud Connector, Gateway, BP,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 b 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 an configuration for large-scale utility workloads.
3. Upgrades, Migrations & S/AHANA 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 includ sizing and cloud migration strategies.
• Work with virtualization environments (VMware, Hyper-V), Linux/U administration.
5. Performance, Security & Compliance:
• Perform deep-dive system performance optimization, kernel update 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, backun/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 mai customer service, and field operations modules.
consultants.
• Manage vendor coordination and escalation with SAP OSS.
Technical Skills:
• 15-20 years in SAP Basis administration with deep hands-on experience.
• Strong expertise in:
• SAP ECC 6.0 (EHP upgrades)
• SAPS/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 kills:
• 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:
S/4HANA Administration
Sap basis
Hana operations
ITIL certification is an advantage