Mid Level SAP BASIS Consultants

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. 
  
• At least 3-8 years of experience with SAP working on BASIS and/or Security.
  
• This position may require travel to project / client locations occasionally.
  

• At least 4-8 years of proven experience as an SAP BASIS Consultant on minimum of one HANA and 1 support experience on projects Must Have SAP Technical BASIS and some Security Skills
  

U.S. Citizenship or Green Card Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen or Green Card and will be subject to a background investigation. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Support system administration, manufacturing, SCM, PM, QM, Transportation management, and release management. 
  

Required Skills:

• Expert-level proficiency in SAP Basis Administration, SCM, Plant Maintenance, Quality Mgmt, Transport Management (STMS), and Release Management.
  
• S/4HANA project experience.
  
• Aerospace & Defense and/or U.S. Federal manufacturing/MRO a BIG PLUS.
  
• CompTIA Security+ certification
  

A SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the technical administration, stability, performance, security, and lifecycle management of SAP systems. While functional consultants (SD, MM, FICO, etc.) focus on business processes, Basis administrators manage the underlying SAP landscape.

Core Responsibilities

1. SAP System Installation & Configuration

• Install SAP systems and components
  
• Configure application servers and databases
  
• Set up development, QA, training, and production environments
  
• Perform system copies and client copies
  

2. System Monitoring & Administration

• Monitor SAP system health
  
• Manage work processes
  
• Check system logs and dumps
  
• Monitor CPU, memory, disk space, and network utilization
  
• Ensure system availability and uptime
  

3. User Administration & Security Support

• Create and maintain SAP users
  
• Assign roles and profiles
  
• Lock/unlock accounts
  
• Manage password policies
  
• Support GRC and audit requirements
  

4. Performance Tuning

• Analyze system bottlenecks
  
• Optimize database performance
  
• Tune SAP buffers
  
• Analyze expensive SQL statements
  
• Coordinate with DBAs and developers
  

5. Transport Management

One of the most important Basis functions.

Responsibilities:

• Manage transport landscape
  
• Import/export transports
  
• Resolve transport failures
  
• Coordinate releases across environments
  

6. Patch & Upgrade Management

• Apply SAP Support Packages
  
• Implement SAP Notes
  
• Upgrade SAP releases
  
• Perform kernel upgrades
  
• Support S/4HANA migrations
  

7. Database Administration

Often shared with a DBA team.

Tasks:

• Database backups
  
• Recovery testing
  
• Performance monitoring
  
• HANA administration
  
• Space management
  

Platforms:

• SAP HANA
  
• Oracle
  
• SQL Server
  
• DB2
  

8. Backup & Disaster Recovery

• Schedule backups
  
• Validate recovery procedures
  
• Maintain DR environments
  
• Execute recovery testing
  

Key Goal:

• Meet RTO (Recovery Time Objective)
  
• Meet RPO (Recovery Point Objective)
  

9. SAP HANA Administration

In S/4HANA environments, Basis often manages:

• HANA Studio
  
• HANA Cockpit
  
• Replication
  
• Tenant databases
  
• HANA security
  
• HANA performance optimization
  

10. Interface & Connectivity Support

Basis supports technical connectivity for:

• SAP PI/PO
  
• SAP CPI
  
• RFC connections
  
• IDocs
  
• Web Services
  
• Middleware integrations
  

11. High Availability & System Architecture

Design and support:

• Load balancing
  
• Clustering
  
• Failover
  
• Distributed SAP landscapes
  
• Cloud deployments
  

Requirements

SAP Basis Career Levels

Junior Basis Administrator

• User administration
  
• Monitoring
  
• Basic transport management
  
• Backup monitoring
  

Mid-Level Basis Administrator

• System refreshes
  
• Performance tuning
  
• Upgrades
  
• HANA administration
  

Senior Basis Administrator

• Architecture design
  
• S/4HANA migrations
  
• Disaster recovery
  
• HA/DR design
  
• Cloud infrastructure
  

Basis Skills Most In Demand Today

For modern SAP environments, employers typically seek:

• SAP S/4HANA
  
• SAP HANA Database Administration
  
• SAP Cloud (RISE with SAP)
  
• SAP BTP
  
• Linux Administration
  
• Azure/AWS
  
• SAP Solution Manager
  
• SAP Focused Run
  
• SAP Security/GRC
  
• Automation & scripting (PowerShell, Python, Shell)