SAP BASIS Consultant

 Local Candidate Preferred

The Mississippi Management and Reporting System (MMRS), a division of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), is seeking to fill one (1) SAP BASIS Consultant position. 
 
The selected consultant will provide technical support for the Mississippi Accountability System for Government Information and Collaboration (MAGIC) — the State of Mississippi’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system built on SAP software. 
 
About MAGIC 
MAGIC serves as the centralized ERP system for over 120 State agencies, supporting: 
·       Financial Management 
·       Procurement 
·       Grants Management 
·       Reporting
These modules have been in production since 2015. The State is also currently implementing SAP SuccessFactors for: 
·       Human Capital Management (HCM) 
·       Payroll Processing 
 
Responsibilities 
The SAP BASIS Consultant will be responsible for: 
·       Providing ongoing technical support and system administration for SAP applications and SAP SuccessFactors (cloud based). 
·       Performing system monitoring, performance tuning, upgrades, and troubleshooting across SAP environments. 
·       Supporting integration between SAP systems and cloud-based SAP SuccessFactors. 
·       Managing patches, support packages, security updates, and system error analysis. 
·       Coordinating with internal IT teams and external vendors to ensure ERP system availability and stability.
 
The following skills are required for this role: 
Five (5) years of experience in SAP BASIS administration and technical core tasks, including: 
·       SAP software installation and upgrades 
·       Applying support packages and patches 
·       Workload analysis and performance monitoring 
·       System error analysis 
·       Maintaining multi-landscape environments 
·       Two (2) years of experience supporting an SAP operational system for a Public Sector client. 
·       Two (2) years of experience working in environments running:
Linux/DB2 
Windows/MSSQL
 
Preferred Qualifications 
·       Familiarity with SAP modules in financials, procurement, or grants management 
·       Experience in large-scale ERP systems in the public sector
Experience with hybrid environments involving both on-premise and cloud SAP components 

This is a remote position.