Senior SAP HANA Database Administrator

Cynet Systems • Raleigh, NC

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About The Position

The organization is seeking an SAP System Administrator - Expert to serve as the SAP HANA subject matter expert for its enterprise SAP landscape and systems of record. The role administers and supports more than 100 production and non-production SAP HANA databases and provides SAP Basis expertise across the organization’s SAP products.

The administrator coordinates and implements technical changes, patches, and upgrades; supports operational availability through daily system checks and an on-call duty manager rotation; and contributes to the migration of the landscape to SAP NS2 (S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition). The position calls for hands-on, enterprise-scale SAP HANA administration, including System Replication, performance tuning, backup and recovery, upgrades, and migration work, along with broad SAP NetWeaver Basis administration across ABAP and Java stacks.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of SAP HANA database administration experience, including installation, configuration, patching, tuning, backup and recovery, and System Replication across production and non-production environments.
• At least 8 years of SAP NetWeaver Basis administration experience across ABAP and Java stacks, including transports, kernel and Support Package Stack (SPS) updates, system copies, and performance troubleshooting.
• At least 5 years of enterprise SAP operations experience at scale, including a 24x7 on-call/duty manager rotation, daily system checks, and incident and problem management in Solution Manager.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SAP OS/DB migration, upgrades, or S/4HANA conversion work, including migration of SAP landscapes to cloud hosting such as SAP RISE or SAP NS2.
• Experience with SAP landscape administration on AWS or comparable public cloud environments, including networking, storage, and backup integration.
• SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA (e.g., C_HANATEC) or equivalent HANA certification.
• SAP Certified Technology Associate - System Administration (SAP NetWeaver / OS-DB).
• Experience with SAP RISE, SAP NS2, or S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition migrations.
• Experience with SAP Solution Manager (technical monitoring, ChaRM) and/or SAP Focused Run.
• Experience running SAP landscapes on AWS, including AWS GovCloud.
• Experience supporting SAP in a public sector or FedRAMP/GovRAMP-regulated environment.
• Experience with SAP integration to OpenText document management.
• Experience with SAP BW on HANA, SAP CRM, GRC/Access Control, or Enterprise Portal.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise across all SAP products used by the organization.
• Serve as the SAP HANA subject matter expert for more than 100 production and non-production databases.
• Coordinate and implement technical changes and enhancements to SAP systems.
• Provide operational support as part of the duty manager on-call rotation.
• Perform morning system checks and report system status.
• Act as the assigned Basis liaison on Solution Manager problem messages.
• Execute SAP HANA System Replication, refreshes, and system copies supporting the migration to SAP NS2.
• Apply SAP HANA revisions, SAP kernel updates, and support package stacks across development, test, quality, and production landscapes.
• Monitor database performance and capacity, and remediate issues before they affect system availability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed