Principal Technologist II (SAP Basis Administrator)

Description

Responsibilities
Assist Project Managers, Managers, Architects, Directors, and VP in setting strategies and tactical implementing procedures
Perform routing operating system and application reconciliations and maintenance
Monitor system utilization/performance for capacity planning purposes, plan for business continuity
Provide technical support and software upgrades for applications
Research new technology products and make recommendations to management
Design and configure customer based systems and applications
Work with database administrators to configure, tune and maintain databases
Coordinate backup and recovery processes for applications and databases
Design disaster recovery plans
Assist in troubleshooting application, networking and operating systems problems
Manage relationship with hardware and software vendors
Assist Developers, Architects, Systems Administrators and Software Analysts as needed
Daily Tasks Performed
Maintenance of SAP systems in a production support capacity including transport and change management, client administration, performance analysis and tuning (including CIF), data archiving, kernel updates and support pack/enhancement pack updates, DB2 UDB backups and restores and reorgs, disk space management, production system copy, system landscape management including failover and disaster recovery, hardware sizing, SAP Gui distribution.
SAP user id administration in accordance to SOX procedures
Interact closely with SAP application subteams and key business Subject Matter Experts
Provide offhours, oncall support
Review and correct Requirement and Specification documents for system and security related topics
Provide QA of SAP application changes prior to migration to Production
Provide maintenance of SAP ABAP code for Basis utilities Musts
BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, MIS or related field or equivalent work experience
Advanced ability to communicate with all levels of management and company personnel
Indepth knowledge of active directory schema and organization
Indepth knowledge of optimal server design, implementation and clustering
Indepth knowledge of database systems
Advanced skills in It documentation
Indepth knowledge of SQL and VB scripting
Indepth knowledge of the automotive industry, products and services for residential and business customers
Advanced knowledge and user of formal fulllife cycle development, package implementation, and business process reengineering methodology
Business Experience
Knowledge of SAP system, database, and security (Basis) administration
7 + years of working experience as an SAP Basis and Security administrator of unixbased systems with at least R/3 4.6C, APO 3.0A, BW 3.0B, and Solution Manager. Additionally, DB2 LUW database administration, liveCache administration on MAXDB, and SAP security user id and role administration, and some ABAP development.
Support and working knowledge of 3rd Party software such as MQ Series, ASG Zena, PBS, RightFax, and Service Now
Participation in all phases of a project development lifecycle
Wants
NEED Strong team player
NEED Strong analytical skills with close attention to details
NEED Strong written communication and willingness to author technical documentation
NEED Effective communication and guidance for the SAP application subteams and business SMEs
NEED Initiative, sefstarter, good problem solving skills
NEED Working knowledge of ECC, SCM, and BW business functionality
NEED Expertise in Unix scripting
NEED Expertise in SAP support packages and upgrades
NEED Some SAP ABAP development
WANT Planning of tasks and timeline
WANT Working knowledge of WebSphere MQ.
WANT Working knowledge of C/C++.
WANT Working knowledge of SAP Fiori.