Senior Consultant - Sap Basis

The Senior Consultant is responsible for the management of the SAP environment. The Senior Consultant responsibilities include configuring, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting the SAP technical environment on an ongoing basis as well as scheduling and executing the SAP transport system. The Senior Consultant collaborates to resolve SAP transport and source code problems. The Senior Consultant is also responsible for the installation, upgrade and maintenance of SAP systems. A key area of responsibility is the documentation and updating of the existing SAP environment and work with IT and business units to modernize the SAP environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment (development, test, training and production)
• Maintain the integrity of the SAP environment by managing the SAP Correction and Transport System (CTS) to ensure all configuration and development objects are promoted properly
• Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance
• Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and availability
• Install and configure all required SAP database servers and application servers
• Distribute the online SAP user workload and manage the SAP background job workload
• Maintain SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies
• Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client) as required
• Administer the SAP database with Database Administrator (plan and perform database upgrades, apply database maintenance, design and maintain physical database layout, perform database reorganizations, design and implement backup and restore strategy, maintain database security, administer database performance, manage database storage, database problem determination and resolution, etc.)
• Participate in the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades and system copies.
• Apply and migrate SAP maintenance (hot packages and kernel upgrades) through all systems using a structured methodology
• Develop and maintain system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces
• Provide status reports for projects to management
• Responsible for user management including creating/disabling users, assigning roles etc. and background jobs scheduling, job monitoring, job deletion etc.
• Work closely with other members of the technical infrastructure team (server, storage, network, security teams, etc.), theSAPapplication development team, third party application vendors as well as with IT business liaisons
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance requirements withinSAPsystem design and implementation
• Automate administrative and operational functions. Develop and maintain documentation ofSAPuser guides, system components and architecture
• Understand the values and vision of the organization and align the activities accordingly
• Protect the Intellectual Property
• Adhere to all the policies and procedures
• Work with other line functions to collect or provide relevant data

Essential Skills

Job

• Excellent verbal communication skills are essential
• Should be organized and focused on delivering research tasks within defined deadlines
• Must be dynamic, flexible and possess perseverance skills
• Proficiency in customer relationship management is essential

Personal

• Should have understanding of business objectives and organization structure
• The candidate must have strong work ethics,trustworthiness and self-confidence
• The candidate should work accurately with good attention to detail by maintaining confidentiality and integrity
• Must be highly collaborative and team oriented with commitment to excellence

Preferred Skills

Job

• The candidate should have a good problem solving approach
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Advanced)
• Self-motivated, fast learner with the ability to operate independently
• Ability to thrive in a cross-functional team on business critical projects

Personal

• Demonstrate proactive thinking
• Negotiation and persuasion skills are required to work with partners and implement changes
• Have the ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions
• Should have strong interpersonal relations and business acumen