SAP Solution Manager/Basis Lead

InnoSoul • Columbia, SC

6d • Onsite

About The Position

This position requires extensive experience installing, upgrading, configuring, and supporting a SAP Solution Manager 7.2 system. This includes the design and configuration of the various Solution Manager components including Technical Monitoring, Managed System Configuration, Solution Documentation, Business Process Monitoring, Change Request Management (ChaRM), CTS+, TMS, etc. Candidate will need to work closely with Change Management, functional, and technical teams to gather requirements, design and implement solutions, troubleshoot issues, and provide status and feedback as required. Candidate must provide hands-on expertise with implementation of SAP OSS notes and security patch management. Candidate must provide formal written documentation and peer and user training. Working under the direction of the South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS) technical lead, candidates will assist the current Basis team to provide SAP Solution Manager support to the SCEIS Change Management team and other departments of SCEIS. In addition, the candidate may be asked to provide additional Basis support to assist in ongoing projects and production support.

Requirements

• 5+ YEARS SAP SOLUTION MANAGER LEAD EXPERIENCE
• 10+ YEARS OF ABAP/JAVA SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION EXPERIENCE
• 10+ YEARS OF PRACTICAL UPGRADE, ENHANCEMENT PACK, OSS NOTES, SUPPORT PACKS AND TROUBLESHOOTING EXPERIENCE
• 1+ YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH ONAPSIS SCANNING FOR SAP
• 5+ YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH SAP NETWEAVER RELEASES INCLUDING NETWEAVER 7.5X
• EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS
• EXCELLENT TEACHING/PEER REVIEW SKILLS
• EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS
• BACHELORS IN IT, BUSINESS OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE (10 years)

Nice To Haves

• PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT FOR ECC 6.0 EHP8 NETWEAVER 7.5, SRM 7.02, BW 7.31, AND PORTAL 7.X
• SAP UPGRADE AND ENHANCEMENT PACK INSTALLATION
• SAP ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
• MS OFFICE TOOLS (E.G. WORD, EXCEL, VISIO, PROJECT)
• MS SERVER 201X
• MS SQL DATABASE 201X
• PM EXPERIENCE
• BUSINESS ACUMEN
• SAP BASIS ADMINISTRATION IN A WINDOWS SERVER 201X AND SQL 201X ENVIRONMENTS
• WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF VIRTUALIZATION USING VMWARE

Responsibilities

• Participates with all SCEIS technical and functional teams to develop implementation and maintenance strategies, processes, procedures and best practices for SAP Solution Manager system solutions.
• Assist with creation of a high-level implementation roadmap for the above solutions.
• Assist with development of test plans to validate the solutions and components once implemented.
• Effectively leverages the latest capabilities of SAP components to assist with solution development.
• SAP Basis administration and technical core competencies tasks including SAP software installation, upgrade, applying support packages, and installation of add-on software components.
• SAP profile parameter changes, workload analysis, system error analysis and establishment of standard Basis background jobs and system health checks and monitoring.
• Impact analysis of new SAP releases to current system landscape environments.
• Analysis of system performance, database performance, system health checks and implementation of tuning improvements.
• Establishment of OSS and earlywatch connections where appropriate.
• Participation in multi-landscape environments through client copies, system refreshes, and transport management.
• Technical consulting and mentoring to application development, functional, global rollout, integration and change release management teams, and also to fellow Basis administrators.
• Technical leadership and participation in technical projects across multiple teams.
• Practical experience interfacing to 3rd party technologies such as Vertex, BSI, Onapsis, Adobe Forms, Doc Builder, Nakisa, Business Objects and other common SAP Bolt-ons.
• Formally provide process and technical knowledge transfer via peer coaching, written documentation and classroom instruction for all Basis work.
• Provide effective and timely oral and written communications to management, peers and users.
• Identification and escalation of issues and risks to management in a timely manner.
• Design and configuration of the various Solution Manager components including Technical Monitoring, Managed System Configuration, Solution Documentation, Business Process Monitoring, Change Request Management (ChaRM), CTS+, TMS, etc.
• Gather requirements, design and implement solutions, troubleshoot issues, and provide status and feedback as required.
• Provide hands-on expertise with implementation of SAP OSS notes and security patch management.
• Provide formal written documentation and peer and user training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior