Senior Sap Technology Specialist

Summary

Join Protera Technologies as a Senior SAP Technology Specialist and contribute to a global IT outsourcing services provider. This remote role requires 80% hands-on delivery for US-based clients, focusing on L3/L4 support and project execution. You will handle incidents, performance issues, and database maintenance across various platforms. Experience with SAP system administration, database management (including HANA, Sybase ASE, Oracle), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is essential. The position demands strong communication and collaboration skills, along with a proven track record in customer-facing roles. Protera offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical coverage, retirement plans, paid allowances, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 8 to 15 years in SAP System Admin/NW/Basis Administration/Technical delivery
• Current role with 70+ Hands-on delivery
• Experience with support and operations of SAP systems, SAP-specific infrastructure sizing, compute, storage, backup and recovery, networking, and security design
• Experience in customer-facing positions in support, service delivery management
• Experience on L3/L4 support for steady state customers. Must have experience on working with large customers (US base). Good experience on handling P1/P2 incidents
• Strong experience on SAP administration and database specially in HANA, Sybase ASE, Oracle. Hands-on experience on additional DB will be added advantage
• Strong conceptual knowledge and hands-on experience on HA, DR setup, test drills and troubleshooting
• Strong conceptual knowledge and hands-on experience on backup and recovery scenarios of SAP supported databases
• Good knowledge on running SAP on AWS, Azure or GCP
• Hands on experience in SAP system and database upgrades (end to end: planning to cutover planning and execution), handling performance issues, HyperCare support, SAP change management, performance optimization
• BOBJ BI Platform/Data Services Basis Administration, Upgrades and Support
• All non-HANA DB (Oracle/MSSQL/DB2/Sybase/MaxDB) Administration, Operations, and support – Must have at least 2 non-HANA DB exposure
• SAP Security (Basic knowledge and understanding)
• Basic knowledge on SAP Cloud Platform tools, SAP Cloud Connector etc
• SAP and cloud certifications
• Ability to negotiate and communicate with other support partners like SAP and Functional partners
• Strong presentation/communication/facilitation skills (oral and written)
• Must be well organized, detail oriented and capable of juggling numerous priorities
• Works well with teams or in a team environment, with the ability to work independently
• Primary contact for all customer communications for Managed services

Responsibilities

• Conduct customer meetings for technical delivery
• Provide L3/L4 support for steady state customers
• Plan and execute L3/L4 activities like: SAP SPS and release upgrades, DB upgrades, System copies/refreshes, system installations, performance issues, HyperCare support, SAP change management and performance optimizations
• Handle P1/P2 incidents, RCA preparation and presentation to stakeholders
• Handle system performance issues for SAP and databases
• Plan and execute database related maintenance tasks for HANA, Sybase ASE, Oracle, MaxDB and DB2
• Support test drills for high availability, disaster recovery and DB restore/recovery
• Hands on project experience with running SAP on AWS, Azure or GCP
• BOBJ BI Platform/Data Services administration, upgrades, and support
• Mentor and support junior colleagues
• Prepare and manage customer specific technical procedures
• Organize and drive ad-hoc customer meetings for managed services delivery
• Provide on-call support

Benefits

• Work from Home set-up
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Gratuity, PF, EPS and Bonus, NPS
• Shift Allowances
• On-call Allowance
• Health and wellness Allowances
• Learning and Development Allowances
• No question asked certification policy
• Certification Bounty Bonus