SAP Basis Specialist

Line Up Aviation; Filton; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Line Up Aviation seeks a SAP Basis Specialist for an initial 11-month contract in Filton, UK. You will ensure end-to-end readiness, monitor operations, manage security, and handle change management across Development, QA, and Production landscapes.

Responsibilities include SAP HANA administration, TMS/ChaRM oversight, patching plans, and incident/problem management; strong English communication needed for international teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in SAP Basis / NetWeaver in enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, SoH, ECC 6.0.
• Strong English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-lifecycle SAP Basis support operations including daily administration and refresh activities.
• Administer, monitor, and optimize the SAP HANA landscape.
• Handle incident, problem, and service request fulfillment end-to-end.
• Resolve complex runtime errors, analyze dumps and SAP OSS notes.
• Coordinate technical activities with counterparts across teams.
• Oversee SAP Transport Management System (TMS/ChaRM) and transports.
• Plan Support Packages and Enhancement Packages in CAB process.
• Perform RCA and performance tuning across ABAP, Java, and DB layers.
• Manage integrations and interfaces (RFC, ALE/IDoc, ICF, HTTPS).
• Analyze EWA reports and implement recommendations.
• Maintain SAP security baselines and SSL/TLS updates.

Skills

SAP Basis

S/4HANA

HANA Admin

ST04/ST03N

SUM

ITSM tools

English comms

Tools

SAP SUM

HANA Studio

HANA Cockpit

TMS

ChaRM

RFC/IDoc

Job description

On behalf of our client, we are seeking to recruit a SAP Basis Specialist on an initial 11-month contract. As the SAP Basis Specialist you will be responsible for the end-to-end operational readiness, monitoring, change management, and security of our multi-tier SAP landscape across Development, Quality Assurance, and Production environments.

Role: SAP Basis Specialist
Pay: £45 per hour Via Umbrella
Location: Filton
Contract: Monday - Friday 35 hours per week, 11 months
IR35 Status: Inside
Security Clearance: BPSS

Responsibilities

• Manage full-lifecycle SAP Basis Support operations, including daily administration, system refreshes, kernel upgrade planning, and Pre/post-refresh activities.
• Administer, monitor, and optimize the SAP HANA database landscape.
• Execute end-to-end Incident Management, Problem Management, and Service Request fulfillment.
• Resolve complex system runtime errors, dump analysis, database lock contentions, and process SAP OSS notes and standard system modifications.
• Discuss and align with counterparts regarding technical activities.
• Oversee the SAP Transport Management System (TMS / ChaRM), managing transport imports and analyzing technical issues to ensure high operational stability.
• Implement technical system changes, plan Support Packages (SPS) and Enhancement Packages (EHP), and system patches in alignment with Change Advisory Board (CAB) standards.
• Perform in-depth root cause analysis (RCA) and performance tuning across ABAP, Java, and Database layers (ST04, ST03N, ST22, SMLG, SM51, SM66).
• Manage system integrations and interface architecture (including RFC destinations, ALE/IDoc interfaces, ICF nodes, and HTTPS configurations).
• Analyze EWA Reports and implement recommendations based on the technical analysis.
• Maintain SAP system security baseline configurations, SSL/TLS certificate updates, network security parameters and SAP Router configurations

Essential Skills

• Candidate dedicated SAP Basis / NetWeaver administration experience within enterprise environments or SAP technical consultancy.
• Proven track record managing SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Suite on HANA (SoH), and legacy ECC 6.0 / Solution Manager environments.
• Expert knowledge of SAP HANA 2.0 administration via ST04, HANA Cockpit & HANA Studio
• Practical experience with SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) and System Refreshes.
• Experience utilizing ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow, SAP Solution Manager/ChaRM, OneVersion).
• Comfortable operating within an Agile / Scrum framework, participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Exceptional verbal and written English communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical issues clearly to international, multi-functional teams.
• Highly analytical, methodical approach to troubleshooting complex infrastructure and performance bottlenecks under pressure.
• Strong commitment to governance, sustainable operational growth, and compliance standards.