SAP Solution Engineer at ALK

ALK; Madrid; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stable contract

International growth

Incentives and social benefits

Job summary

ALK's Global IT in Madrid seeks an SAP Basis Consultant to join a 30-person team across Europe. You will design, install, configure, and document SAP systems from a Basis perspective, ensuring performance and regulatory compliance. Travel ~10% and occasional weekend work are required.

Responsibilities include kernel updates, system maintenance, and participating in landscape upgrades while collaborating with global IT and end users. Fluent English and GxP experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/engineering or similar.
• 5–10 years of SAP Basis experience.
• Experience in regulated environments with GxP.
• Willingness to travel ~10% and work weekends as needed.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Design, install, configure, and document SAP systems from a Basis perspective.
• Support, troubleshoot, and develop SAP systems for performance and stability.
• Manage kernel updates, system updates, copies, and EWA reviews.
• Participate in SAP landscape upgrades and new implementations.
• Document changes per Pharma regulations (GxP) and ensure compliance.
• On-call and weekend maintenance 1–2 weekends per month.

Skills

SAP Basis

English fluent

Agile methodologies

Documentation skills

Autonomous

Team player

GxP compliance

Multinational environment

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP BW

S/4HANA

SAP PI/PO

Solution Manager

HANA Cockpit

Job description

Job Introduction

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. World leader in allergy ALK is a global specialty pharmaceutical company based in Denmark, dedicated to allergy treatment and innovation for over a century. Present in 46 markets with production sites in the USA, Spain, France, and Denmark, we reach 3.1 million patients annually and aim to help 5 million people living with allergies by 2030. Our 2,800 employees support this mission, with Global IT enabling modern technologies and world-class support across the organization. The SAP solution is embarking on an S4HANA migration, and we are seeking an SAP Basis Consultant to strengthen our team.

Role Overview

You will join to company's SAP global support team, a global department of about 30 people located at different sites in Europe, most of them located in Madrid, working in close collaboration with other SAP specialist in Global IT - SAP Team.

Your main functions will be: Working in collaboration with colleagues within Global IT and end users around the world, you will take part in designing, installing, implementing, configuring, replacing, and documenting our SAP system platforms from an SAP Basis perspective. You will support, troubleshoot, and develop existing and future SAP systems and services and related, to ensure the highest level of performance and stability. It will include daily management, security management, kernel updates, system updates, homogeneous copies, EWA reviews, DRTs, troubleshooting. You will be also involved in the projects for developing our SAP landscape in the future either through implementing new systems or upgrading and enhancing the existing ones. Adhering to compliance and writing documentation based on Pharma regulations (GxP). Experience and demonstrated ability to achieve a kind of compliance is a must. Assisting in maintenance and release cycle tasks and working with team members to complete tasks needed for various projects.

Travel around 10%. Occasional work on weekends, 1-2 weekends per month, SAP system and OS Security patching, SAP Release support, Datacenter and Operations support. Availability during the emergency situations, semi - on call availability.

What We're Seeking

• An education in computer science, engineering or similar.
• Structured, able to work autonomously and to plan, structure and execute your own tasks or projects including coordination with colleagues and stakeholders.
• With good documentation skills and attention to details and accuracy.
• Proactive, service-minded and team player attitude.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies.
• Experience in working on regulated environments with strong compliance requirements.
• Experience in working in multinational companies and multicultural environments.
• Team Player and good in sharing knowledge with colleagues.
• Wiliness to learn and a desire to grow in your professional career.
• Good communications skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders in a global environment.
• Fluent in spoken and written English is a requirement – additional languages are an advantage.
• Experience with GxP and qualification of computerized systems is an advantage.
• Be ready to work on-call and weekend work (maintenance and patching) around one or two weekends per month (paid).

Your knowledge of SAP must include

• You have been working the last 5-10 years in the SAP Basis area and you’re used to work with cross function cooperation, quality mindset, timely delivery and compliance requirements being in high focus, and you are now ready for new challenges.
• Record of development and maintenance activities on system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces following GxP standards.
• Experience in the administration of different SAP products: SAP ECC, SAP PI/PO, SAP ATTP, SAP BW, SAP BO, Solution Manager, Content Servers, S/4HANA, Hana Cockpit…
• Experience in SAP Cloud Services and applications (BTP/BDC//BAIP) like SII, DRC, BAS, Datasphere, Integration Suite, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP ICH, SAP Concur …
• Base knowledge of Security and SAP Security, Securing Hardening, System Parameters tuning.
• Base knowledge of Certificates, SAP Certificate Management Cloud and On-Prem, network connectivity and integrations.
• Good English command and communication skills is a must.

Valuable

• Experience in DB management such as: HANA / MS-SQL-Server / DB2(DB4)/MariaDB.
• Experience in OS administration, such as: Linux (SLES,SLE MICRO, SUSE Rancher, Kubernetes), IBM I OS 400, Windows.
• Experience in DR architectures and/or Business Continuity Plans
• Experience in archiving , including configuration of the archiving objects, planning, and execution of the archiving jobs.
• Experience with CHARM and System monitoring in SAP Solution Manager and in SAP Cloud ALM
• Experience in S/4HANA migrations.
• Experience with AI, mainly Joule Agent ITIL and ServiceNow experience.

What can we offer you

• Stable contract
• To join a Company that’s consolidated and shows a great international growth, in which the most important element are the people that belong to it
• Interesting incentives and social benefits

Why ALK Global IT?

ALK’s IT division is a robust team of approximately 140 professionals with IT hubs in Hørsholm, Madrid, Krakow, and with employees throughout our production and sales networks in Germany, France, and North America and China. We prioritize professional growth and learning, valuing competency and knowledge exchange over formalities and encouraging a collaborative spirit every day. You will have the opportunity to contribute to and make an impact on: Our SAP S/4HANA journey SAP CONCUR SAP Integrations solution Advancing AI, Analytics and digitalisation throughout ALK The Implementation of the global serialization solutions And many more innovative ventures!

Join Us

Become a part of ALK ALK provides a dynamic and accommodating work environment, complete with inspiring and challenging assignments. You are able to actively influence and challenge the status quo. Our flat structures attract independent individuals who like to feel the progress of the business and enjoy being close to the decision-making process. We consider our pioneering spirit, coupled with our trustworthiness, our winning formula. We operate production sites in Denmark, France, Spain, and the United States, with a global team of approximately 2,900 employees. Our headquarters is located in the scenic DTU Science Park in Hørsholm, Denmark. However, for this role, your primary workplace will be at our centrally located office in Madrid, where you’ll be part of a dynamic team of 350 colleagues. Join us at ALK and be a part of an organization that values integrity, innovation, and making a difference in the lives of those we serve. Don’t miss the chance to impact the allergy world and advance your career with ALK.