SAP BASIS Practitioner

BAE Systems .; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Barrow-in-Furness is seeking an SAP BASIS Practitioner. The role involves installing and maintaining SAP systems, providing technical support, and requires experience in SAP S/4 HANA Basis Administration. A competitive salary and hybrid working options are offered, along with various benefits including health plans and relocation support.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in SAP S/4 HANA Basis Administration in medium to large organizations.
• Good understanding of architecture for resilient applications.
• Experience in support of Category zero applications.

Responsibilities

• Installing, configuring, and maintaining SAP systems.
• Performing upgrades and patches for SAP systems.
• Providing technical support for SAP systems.

Skills

SAP S/4 HANA Basis Administration

Architecture of resilient applications

Client build and refresh experience

Tools

UNIX/SUSE OS

Automation tooling

Job description

Overview

Job Title: SAP BASIS Practitioner

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Competitive

Responsibilities

• Installing, configuring and maintaining SAP systems
• Performing system upgrades and patches (ABAP / JAVA, HANADB, Kernel etc.)
• You will be helping to provide technical support for SAP systems
• Monitoring and optimising system performance, whilst maintaining high availability
• You will be creating and maintaining technical documents and procedures/runbooks
• Collaborating with other teams to design, implement and manage SAP systems
• Participating in the development of roadmaps, maintenance, testing and contingency plans for software, hardware and assets affecting SAP
• Providing proactive support, through effective capacity planning and change management

Skills and experiences

Essential:

• Experience in SAP S/4 HANA Basis Administration in complex (e.g. regulated) medium to large organisations
• A good understanding of the architecture of resilient applications
• Experience in support of Category zero applications
• Environment/client build and refresh experience

Desirable:

• Knowledge of newer SAP technologies e.g. Cloud, BTP
• Knowledge of UNIX/SUSE OS
• Automation tooling, Archiving & DVM understanding

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The IT Product Fulfilment team

By joining us in the team, you will have a fantastic opportunity to support the BASIS elements of the SAP S/4 HANA ERP installation at BAE Systems Submarines in a team of five currently and serving 13,000+ users across nine major functional modules. You will have the chance to work with some of the latest and most advanced tools whilst supporting some of our most key stakeholders and services. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you\'ll be able to make a real difference. You\'ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you\'ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 7th October 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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