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SAP Basis, HANA Database Administrator
About the role
• Maintain and optimize multi-tier SAP landscape architectures
• Supervise installation, client copies, system refreshes, and Transport Management System (TMS) configurations
• Manage and fine-tune SAP HANA databases
• Audit memory allocations, row/column store distribution, CPU utilisation, and delta merge execution frequencies
• Orchestrate backup and disaster recovery frameworks
• Configure high availability (HA) nodes, SAP HANA system replication (HSR), and bare-metal restore protocols
• Apply Support Packages, SAP Notes, and Kernel upgrades
• Execute core component version upgrades using Software Update Manager (SUM)
• Define platform security policies and system parameters
• Manage cryptography layers, audit logs, and complex user authorization structures
• Conduct workload analysis and system tuning using SAP Solution Manager, HANA Cockpit, DB02, and ST03N transaction monitors
• Configure network parameters, RFC destinations, web dispatcher routing, and cloud-to-on-premise data connections
• 5 to 8 years of core enterprise IT infrastructure engineering experience, with 4+ dedicated years actively designing, building, and maintaining SAP Basis landscapes
• Strong technical mastery of SAP NetWeaver architecture
• Experience with Linux operating systems (SUSE/RHEL)
• Experience with SAP HANA Studio/Cockpit management
• Experience with SQL scripting
• Deep structural understanding of system memory limits, memory dump troubleshooting, security encryption, and transport paths
• Mandatory certification: SAP Certified Technology Associate - System Administration OR SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA
• Prior cloud migration infrastructure experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud hosting configurations) preferred
• Experience implementing automated Basis maintenance workflows or managing system telemetry alerts within large-scale, multi-region database landscapes preferred