SAP Basis Specialist - Filton/Hybrid - £45.00 Per Hour Umbrella

Click; Filton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Click, a leading aerospace organisation based in Filton, is seeking an experienced SAP Basis Specialist. The role is hybrid, with three on-site days and two remote days per week, focusing on end-to-end SAP landscape operation and HANA administration.

You will manage full life cycle SAP Basis support, perform monitoring, incident and change management, and collaborate with cross functional teams in an Agile/Scrum environment to ensure system availability, performance, and security.

Qualifications

• Extensive SAP Basis/NetWeaver administration in enterprise environments.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SoH, ECC 6.0/Solution Manager.
• Expert knowledge of SAP HANA 2.0 administration (ST04, HANA Cockpit, HANA Studio).
• Experience with SUM and system refreshes.
• Familiarity with ITSM tools (ServiceNow, ChaRM, OneVersion).

Responsibilities

• Manage full-life cycle SAP Basis support operations and daily administration.
• Administer, monitor and optimize the SAP HANA database landscape.
• Oversee SAP Transport Management System (TMS/ChaRM) and patching activities.
• Perform RCA and performance tuning across ABAP, Java and DB layers.
• Maintain SAP system security baselines and compliance configurations.

Skills

SAP Basis Admin

S/4HANA Administration

HANA Studio

SUM & Upgrades

ITSM Tools

Tools

ServiceNow

ChaRM

OneVersion

HANA Cockpit

HANA Studio

Job description

We are recruiting for a SAP Basis Specialist for a leading Aerospace organisation based in Filton, this is a hybrid role with 3 days a week on site, 2 days WFH.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP Basis Specialist with hands‑on expertise in technical delivery, landscape operations, and SAP HANA administration. In this role, 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. You will work closely with cross‑functional technical teams, functional consultants, and global business stakeholders within an Agile/Scrum framework to ensure maximum system availability, optimal performance, and strict adherence to security and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities System Administration & Landscape Operations

• Manage full-life cycle 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.

Transport & Change Management

• Oversee the SAP Transport Management System (TMS/ChaRM), managing transport imports and analysing 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.

Performance Tuning & Infrastructure

• 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).
• Analyse EWA Reports and implement recommendations based on the technical analysis.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Maintain SAP system security baseline configurations, SSL/TLS certificate updates, network security parameters and SAP Router configurations.

Required Technical Skills

• Experience: Candidate dedicated SAP Basis/NetWeaver administration experience within enterprise environments or SAP technical consultancy.
• SAP Platform Expertise: Proven track record managing SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Suite on HANA (SoH), and Legacy ECC 6.0/Solution Manager environments.
• Database Management: Expert knowledge of SAP HANA 2.0 administration via ST04, HANA Cockpit & HANA Studio
• Upgrades & Maintenance: Practical experience with SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) and System Refreshes.
• Service Management: Experience utilizing ITSM tools (eg, ServiceNow, SAP Solution Manager/ChaRM, OneVersion).

Desirable/Preferred Skills (Market Advantage)

• Familiarity with SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) connectivity and Cloud Connector
• Exposure to SAP Fiori, SAPUI5 Front End and OData service configuration.

This is an umbrella contract, the role is Inside IR35