Senior SAP BASIS & Authorization Technical Analyst

ITHR Technologies Consulting LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 335,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

ITHR Technologies Consulting LLC in Dubai is seeking a Senior SAP BASIS & Authorization Technical Analyst to lead end-to-end SAP Basis administration across S/4HANA, HANA, Solution Manager, Fiori, and related platforms. The role emphasizes high availability, security, and performance in Production and Non-Production landscapes.

You will manage security and access, apply SAP security notes, support upgrades and DR drills, and collaborate with functional teams and vendors to ensure audit readiness

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent.
• 6-8 years of SAP Basis administration experience.
• 5-7 years of SAP Security and Authorization experience.
• Experience in multiple full-cycle SAP implementations, upgrades, migrations, and support.
• SAP Basis, Security, Fiori or other relevant Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• SAP Basis Administration for S/4HANA, HANA, Solution Manager, Fiori, BTP, Cloud Connector and related platforms.
• Monitor, manage and optimize SAP landscapes ensuring high availability and security.
• Administrate SAP Security/Authorization across enterprise landscape with ~700 users.
• Coordinate with functional teams and external vendors; support upgrades and DR planning.
• Implement SAP Security Notes and perform regular audits.

Skills

SAP Basis Administration

SAP Authorization

Linux & Windows Administration

SAP Monitoring & Performance Tuning

Disaster Recovery & High Availability

Cloud Infrastructure (Azure/AWS/GCP)

S/4HANA & HANA DB Administration

Security & Access Governance

Audit & Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent

SAP Basis, Security or Fiori Certification preferred

6-8 years of SAP Basis administration experience

Tools

SAP HANA

SAP S/4HANA

Solution Manager

SAP Fiori

DMS

Job description

Senior SAP BASIS & Authorization Technical Analyst Company: ITHR Technologies Consulting LLC On-site Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Core Responsibilities

SAP BASIS: Provide end-to-end SAP Basis administration, technical operations, platform management,

database administration, cloud integration, disaster recovery support, technical monitoring, lifecycle

management, performance optimization and technical project support across all Production and NonProduction SAP landscapes. The resource will ensure high availability, security, stability and optimal

performance of SAP systems while supporting implementation projects, upgrades and operational

activities.

SAP Authorization: Provide end-to-end SAP Security and Authorization administration across the

enterprise SAP landscape, ensuring secure access management, compliance, governance, audit readiness

and adherence to SAP security best practices. Supports approximately 700 users.

Key Responsibilities

1. SAP Basis Administration

Administration of SAP S/4HANA, HANA, Solution Manager, Fiori, BTP, Cloud Connector, Web Dispatcher, DMS, BusinessObjects, SAP Router and related platforms.

System installations, upgrades, migrations, patches, kernel updates, support package implementation, transport management, client administration, system refresh and technical troubleshooting.

Coordination of SAP technical support activities with functional teams and external vendors.

2. Monitoring & Operations

Continuous 24x7 SAP application monitoring with tool-based alerting and consultant review for proactive corrective actions covering SAP applications, databases, operating systems, interfaces, background jobs, performance metrics, backups, clusters, and security logs.

Proactive alerting, incident management, root cause analysis, and operational reporting (daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly).s

3. Database Administration

Administration of SAP HANA, Sybase ASE, and MaxDB databases.

Backup and recovery, performance tuning, upgrades, capacity planning, replication, storage management, and database optimization.

4. High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Administration of HANA System Replication and ASCS clusters.

Disaster recovery planning, testing, annual DR drills, synchronization validation, and reporting.

5. Security & Authorization Management

HANA security, and GRC/Firefighter administration.

Audit support, compliance reviews, access reviews, license management, and security optimization initiatives.

Required Technical Skills

Linux and Windows Administration

High Availability & Disaster Recovery

EarlyWatch Alert Reporting and Follow-up Action Implementation

Security Best Practices

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent.

SAP Basis, Security, Fiori or other relevant Certification preferred.

6-8 years of SAP Basis administration experience.

5-7 years of SAP Security and Authorization experience.

Experience in multiple full-cycle SAP implementations, upgrades, migrations, and support

SAP Technology (Basis) Administration with HANA, Sybase & MaxDB databases for SAP

applications – Expert

SAP Roles and Authorizations - Expert

Detailed Responsibilities

1. SAP Landscape Administration - Responsible for complete administration of all SAP Production and Non-Production systems including:

SAP ASCS/HANA High Availability Clusters

2. SAP Technical Monitoring (24x7) - Perform proactive monitoring and administration of SAP landscapes including:

Background job monitoring

CPU and Memory utilization

Certificate expiry monitoring

Cluster monitoring

Fiori availability monitoring

Business transaction monitoring

Develop automated monitoring and alerting mechanisms with proactive notification to technical support teams. Prepare Daily, Weekly and Monthly operational reports.

3. SAP Basis Administration - Perform complete SAP Basis operational support including:

Kernel upgrades

SAP Security Note implementation

User support to Development and Functional teams

4. Database Administration - Provide complete administration for: Responsibilities include:

Capacity planning

Backup and recovery using Veeam

High Availability administration

5. High Availability & Disaster Recovery - Responsible for:

DR planning, execution and reporting

High Availability monitoring

6. System Refresh & Technical Project Support - Plan and execute:

o Sandbox refresh

o Quality system refresh

7. SAP Platform Administration - Provide administration for:

SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)

Activities include:

Version upgrades

Backup scheduling and verification

9. Performance Optimization - Perform:

Continuous Quality Checks

Performance analysis

Capacity planning

Quarterly performance reporting

10. Cloud Infrastructure Optimization - Support SAP infrastructure optimization through:

Cloud cost optimization

Capacity forecasting

Prevention of extended support costs

11. Service Management - Support ITIL processes including:

12. Cross Functional Technical Coordination - Coordinate with:

SAP Functional teams

Third-party vendors

Business stakeholders

o Daily monitoring reports

o Weekly operational reports

o Monthly technical reports

o Quarterly performance reports

o EarlyWatch reports

o Capacity reports

o DR drill reports

o System refresh reports

o Upgrade reports

o Root Cause Analysis reports

o Technical documentation

o Technical SOP updates

SAP Security Notes

Cloud Infrastructure (Azure/AWS/GCP as applicable)

SAP Authorization - Responsible for complete SAP Authorization Administration of all SAP Production and Non-Production systems including:

o User creation

o Role creation

o Role optimization

o Composite roles

o Role testing

o Role transport

o SU24 maintenance

o Authorization object maintenance

o Missing authorization analysis

o Authorization testing

o Group assignment

o Launchpad security

o BTP security integration

o User administration

o Role administration

o Technical user management

o Database security

o Emergency access monitoring

o Audit & Compliance

Perform:

SAP Security Optimization Report Reviews and Implementation

Security recommendations

Implementation of approved security improvements

Share Role Design, Compliance and Firefighter reports/documentation

Provide daily operational support including: