SAP System Administrator

DataStaff, Inc. is seeking an SAP System Administrator for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Raleigh, NC.

*This role is hybrid

Job Description:

Our client seeks an SAP System Administrator to serve as the SAP HANA subject matter expert for the enterprise SAP landscape that runs the systems of record.

The contractor will administer and support more than 100 production and non-production SAP HANA databases; provide SAP Basis expertise across all SAP products used by EBS; coordinate and implement technical changes, patches, and upgrades; participate in the duty manager on-call rotation and daily system checks; and support the in-flight migration of the EBS landscape to SAP NS2 (S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition).

The ideal candidate has deep hands-on SAP HANA administration experience at enterprise scale - including System Replication, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and upgrade and migration work - combined with broad SAP NetWeaver Basis administration across both ABAP and Java stacks, and is comfortable owning production availability in a large, heavily integrated public sector landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise across all SAP products used by EBS
• HANA SME for 100+ databases
• Coordinate and implement technical changes and enhancements to SAP systems
• Operational support on our duty manager on-call rotation
• Morning systems check and reporting status
• Assigned basis liaison on EBS Solution Manager problem messages
• Execute HANA System Replication, refreshes, and system copies supporting the migration to SAP NS2
• Apply HANA revisions, SAP kernel updates, and support package stacks across the S/D/Q/P landscape
• Monitor database performance and capacity and remediate issues before they affect availability

Knowledge and Experience:

• SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA (e.g. C_HANATEC) or equivalent HANA certification (preferred)
• SAP Certified Technology Associate - System Administration (SAP NetWeaver / OS-DB) (preferred)
• Experience with SAP RISE, SAP NS2, or S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition migrations
• Experience with SAP Solution Manager (technical monitoring, ChaRM) and/or SAP Focused Run
• Experience running SAP landscapes on AWS, including AWS GovCloud
• Experience supporting SAP in a public sector or FedRAMP/GovRAMP-regulated environment
• Experience with SAP integration to OpenText document management
• Experience with SAP BW on HANA, SAP CRM, GRC/Access Control, or Enterprise Portal

Required Skills:

• 5 Years - SAP HANA database administration: install, configure, patch, tune, backup and recovery, and System Replication across production and non-production
• 8 Years - SAP NetWeaver Basis administration on ABAP and Java stacks: transports, kernel and SPS updates, system copies, performance troubleshooting
• 5 Years - Enterprise SAP operations at scale: 24x7 on-call/duty manager rotation, daily system checks, incident and problem management in Solution Manager

Desired Skills:

• 3 Years - SAP OS/DB migration, upgrade, or S/4HANA conversion work, including migration of SAP landscapes to cloud hosting such as SAP RISE or SAP NS2
• 2 Years - SAP landscape administration on AWS or comparable public cloud, including networking, storage, and backup integration

This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.