Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
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Your role and responsibilities
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior SAP Basis Consultant to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of SAP systems. They will also be involved in system upgrades, troubleshooting technical issues, and ensuring optimal performance and security of the SAP environment.
Responsibilities:
1. SAP System Implementation and Upgrades: Lead the implementation and upgrade of SAP systems according to client specifications, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
2. Technical Support and Troubleshooting: Provide expert level technical support and troubleshoot complex issues within the SAP Basis environment.
3. System Monitoring and Performance Optimisation: Monitor SAP systems to ensure peak performance, implement performance tuning, and conduct regular system health checks.
4. Security Management: Implement and manage SAP security settings and user administration, ensuring compliance with industry standards and legal regulations.
5. Backup and Recovery Planning: Develop and maintain comprehensive data backup and recovery procedures, testing them regularly to ensure they meet the required service levels.
6. Project Leadership and Mentoring: Lead smaller SAP Basis projects, providing guidance and mentoring to junior team members.
7. Documentation and Knowledge Transfer: Maintain up-to-date documentation of all SAP systems, processes, and configurations. Conduct effective knowledge transfer to end-users and other IT teams.
8. Stakeholder Communication: Liaise with clients, understanding their needs and translating these into technical requirements. Regularly update stakeholders on project status, risks, and issues.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Qualifications and Skills:
1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Relevant professional experience can also be considered in lieu of a degree.
2. Proven experience as a SAP Basis Consultant, preferably in a leadership role, with a strong background in SAP ECC, SAP HANA, and/or SAP S/4HANA.
3. In-depth understanding of SAP Basis administration, including system monitoring, performance tuning, security management, and backup/recovery procedures.
4. Strong knowledge of SAP NetWeaver, SAP Solution Manager, and other related technologies.
5. Familiarity with SAP HANA Administration and Database Management Systems is required.
6. Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think logically.
7. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
8. Project management skills, including planning, organizing, and managing resources to successfully complete specific goals and meet deadlines.
9. Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
10. Proficiency in English, both written and verbal.
This position requires an individual with a level of expertise who can demonstrate a proven track record of delivering complex SAP Basis projects, leading teams, and providing high-level technical support. If you are passionate about SAP technologies and looking to take on a senior role with significant responsibilities, we encourage you to apply.
Applicants must have a NV1 clearance.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
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