About us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We're the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you make. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the food you sample. Through our products, partners and people, we can empower everyone to experience the world.
Our brand-new FinTech business unit - with teams in Amsterdam, Bangalore, London and Shanghai - develops new products and drives innovation to help us continue removing financial friction from the travel process. That makes buying and selling travel-related products and services simpler for both travelers and partners.
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The Financial Systems team provides technology expertise to the finance department and is responsible for SAP, HANA, and connected 3rd party systems at Booking.com. We want to change the way people work with SAP, by building a finance application platform that supports simplification of business processes, and empowers the finance community with better financial insights.
We run our SAP environment on HANA and in February 2016 we migrated to Simple Finance. In 2019 we started our journey to S4 HANA with Central Finance.
Role Description
As SAP Engineer you design, implement, maintain and troubleshoot scalable SAP and non SAP infrastructure solutions. He drives constant innovation and steers the Financial Systems group toward solutions that provide efficiency in daily operations, standardize solutions across the enterprise, support, maintain and develop complex technical solutions in a large and geographically distributed office environment.
Key Job Responsibilities and Duties
- Combine your knowledge and expertise with the goals of our business to support and maintain a world-class solutions infrastructure and to enable our continued growth;
- Plan, prepare, install, upgrade, and maintain complex of SAP systems, the appropriate change control for systems subject to SOX compliance;
- Evaluate and design interfaces between SAP and external systems, manage the migration/upgrades of SAP databases;
- Design, implement and troubleshoot the full stack (hardware, storage, operating system, system setup) that supports our systems and some non-SAP solutions (mainly) gravitating around our ERP;
- Be part of the Finance technical team that interfaces on a daily basis with other departments and works with system users to define their needs, identify problems, evaluate, advise and provide solutions
Qualifications and Skills
- SAP Basis administrator work, with experience in upgrades/ migrations and SAP HANA administration, good knowledge of the NetWeaver technology stack;
- Hands-on SAP administration experience from initial planning to final delivery (standard administration tasks, system copies, upgrades, migrations);
- Hands-on experience with HANA and/or other DBMSes;
- Good conceptual knowledge and hands-on experience with Linux, IP Networking
- Good conceptual knowledge of Storage, web applications (FIORI), Single Sign On on SAP platforms;
Benefits and Perks - Global impact, Personal Relevance
Booking.com's Total Rewards Philosophy is not only about compensation but also about benefits. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, as well unique-to-Booking.com benefits which include:
- Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
- Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
- Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit
- Contributing to a high scale, complex, world renowned product and seeing real-time impact of your work on millions of travelers worldwide;
- Working in a fast-paced and performance driven culture;
- Opportunity to utilize technical expertise, leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial spirit
- Promote and drive impactful and innovative engineering solutions
- Technical, behavioral and interpersonal competence advancement via on-the-job opportunities, experimental projects, hackathons, conferences and active community participation
- Need more flexibility in your work week? We are happy to consider part-time, and reduced working week opportunities* (min. 32 hours per week, subject to terms and conditions)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) at Booking.com:
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have been a core part of our company culture since day one. This ongoing journey starts with our very own employees, who represent over 140 nationalities and a wide range of ethnic and social backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations.
Take it from our Chief People Officer, Paulo Pisano: "At Booking.com, the diversity of our people doesn't just build an outstanding workplace, it also creates a better and more inclusive travel experience for everyone. Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. It's a place where you can make your mark and have a real impact in travel and tech."
We ensure that colleagues with disabilities are provided the adjustments and tools they need to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Application Process
- Let's go places together: How we Hire
- This role does not come with relocation assistance
Pre-Employment Screening
If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the position.