Location: Basildon (Remote working)
Duration: 12-month contract
Rate: £55.04ph UMB (Inside IR35)
Role details:
Our client, a prominent organisation within the Defence & Security sector, is seeking a highly skilled SAP Specialist to support their SAP landscapes on a contract basis. This role demands a technically strong systems administrator with a solid understanding of SAP environments, particularly in S/4HANA and SAP Basis. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining system stability, security, and performance across complex landscapes, supporting the organisation's digital transformation and operational resilience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing SAP system landscapes, including daily monitoring and troubleshooting of SAP environments.
- Supporting SAP installations, configurations, and system copies to ensure operational integrity.
- Executing system upgrades, kernel patches, and transport management to maintain system security and functionality.
- Performing database administration tasks for HANA DB and other databases such as Sybase ASE, Oracle, or SQL Server.
- Monitoring system performance and identifying bottlenecks to optimise workloads.
- Assisting in SAP HANA administration, schema management, and backups.
- Implementing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure system resilience.
- Supporting security and compliance through user and role administration, audits, and secure configurations.
Job Requirements:
- Significant experience in SAP Basis administration within complex landscape environments.
- Strong expertise in S/4HANA and SAP landscape management.
- Understanding of system upgrades, kernel patching, and transport management systems.
- Experienced in database administration for HANA, Sybase ASE, and other common databases.
- Knowledge of operating systems (Linux/Unix/Windows) and monitoring tools for SAP.
- Experience with SAP security, compliance audits, and data protection standards.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve system incidents swiftly and effectively.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and teamwork skills to collaborate across technical and business stakeholders.
Desired Skills & Competencies:
- Experience in managing SAP in cloud environments such as Azure.
- Proficiency in scripting languages like Shell, Python, or PowerShell for automation tasks.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for SAP transports.
- Familiarity with advanced monitoring tools like Dynatrace or Grafana.
If you're an experienced SAP specialist ready to deploy your expertise in a challenging Defence & Security context, we encourage you to apply now. Join our client's mission-critical team and help drive their digital transformation forward.
