Senior Application Administrator

Monash•Clayton, NC

About The Position

Monash University is seeking a Senior Application Administrator to maintain the performance, security and reliability of its SAP environment. The role works alongside SAP functional teams, developers, infrastructure specialists and vendors, supporting day-to-day operations and contributing to upgrades, integrations and broader technology initiatives. The position supports SAP development, test and production environments and contributes to strategic technology initiatives, projects, migrations and implementation of new capabilities. It offers the opportunity to develop technical expertise in a complex and evolving SAP environment within a supportive, collaborative team. This is a full-time, fixed-term appointment until 1 September 2027, based at the Clayton campus. The remuneration is $124,343–$137,251 per annum at HEW Level 08, plus 17% employer superannuation. Monash offers flexible working arrangements and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

Experience working in an SAP BASIS administration or SAP technical operations role.
Strong knowledge of SAP system administration, monitoring and troubleshooting.
Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA and/or SAP ECC environments.
Experience with SAP HANA, transport management, upgrades, patching and system refreshes.
Understanding of SAP security, certificates, integrations, databases and infrastructure.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Collaborative approach and ability to manage competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP Fiori, SAP Gateway, SAP Cloud Connector, SAP Business Technology Platform, cloud-hosted SAP environments or SAP Cloud ALM.

Responsibilities

Administer, monitor and support SAP development, test and production environments.
Monitor system performance, availability, capacity, interfaces and background jobs.
Investigate and resolve technical incidents and system issues.
Manage SAP transports and support change and release activities.
Coordinate system upgrades, patching, kernel updates and support packs.
Support system copies, client refreshes, backup and disaster-recovery activities.
Maintain certificates, secure connectivity and SAP integration points.
Work with internal teams and external vendors to resolve complex technical issues.
Identify opportunities to improve system performance, resilience and automation.
Contribute to SAP projects, migrations and implementation of new capabilities.