ERP System Owner

Roche; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior ERP Platform Engineer to lead reliability and performance across the SAP Digital Core, including S/4HANA and related ERP systems. You will drive cross-application reliability, health monitoring, and proactive tuning in collaboration with SAP developers and business stakeholders.

Applying SRE principles to SAP environments, you will improve availability, scalability, and user experience, helping ensure mission-critical SAP processes run smoothly amidst

Qualifications

• Depth in SAP with ABAP/SQL tuning, S/4HANA, and integration points.
• 8+ years of experience in SAP ERP landscape.
• Experience with SAP monitoring tools (Solution Manager) and APM.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• ERP Platform capacity planning & system tuning across layers and infra.
• Incident & operational support for critical SAP systems.
• Apply reliability and performance tuning for cross-application SAP landscapes.
• Collaborate with development teams to reduce technical debt and improve SAP solutions.

Skills

SAP ABAP/SQL tuning

S/4HANA architecture

SAP monitoring tools

Application Performance Monitoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Solution Manager

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

SAP S/4HANA

SAP BTP

Job description

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Job description

Senior ERP Platform Engineer - ERP System Reliability Engineer - SAP ABAP- lead reliability and performance management across our SAP Digital Core Platform, including S/4HANA and other tightly integrated enterprise systems. This role requires strong expertise in SAP architecture, modules, and integration points, with a deep understanding of how SAP systems operate within complex enterprise environments.

You will be responsible for cross-application reliability, system performance management, proactive SAP system health monitoring, and performance tuning . Collaborating closely with SAP developers, functional consultants, and business stakeholders, you will help reduce technical debt and ensure seamless, highly reliable ERP platform and business operations.

Applying SRE principles to SAP systems , you will drive improvements in availability, performance, and scalability, ensuring the Digital Core runs smoothly under dynamic business demands. Your work will directly influence system stability, user experience, and platform scalability for mission-critical SAP business processes .

Description of the area

As a key member of the Roche ERP within Enterprise Platforms, Infrastructure & Engineering (EPIE) organization, you will lead within the ERP Systems Management sub-function. Together with a team of professionals you will orchestrate across teams to safeguard, and maintain ERP platforms and solutions. In this role, you will hold ownership of our ASPIRE ERP Systems. You will partner closely with senior stakeholders to shape the strategic roadmap for these essential platforms.

Job Responsibilities

• ERP Platform capacity planning & system tuning : Conduct detailed capacity planning, ensuring systems scale with evolving business needs. Perform system performance tuning and bottleneck analysis across application layers, databases, and infrastructure components.
• ERP Platform Incident & Operational support : Provide expert-level support for critical incidents affecting core SAP systems. Partner with platform, infrastructure, and operations teams to maintain high system uptime and rapid issue resolution.
• Application Reliability & Performance tuning : Monitor and enhance the reliability, performance, and scalability of SAP systems from a cross-application perspective. Ensure availability and continuity management at the application level across all integrated SAP landscapes. Drive problem management through root cause identification and preventive action, minimizing system downtime.
• Collaboration with Development Teams : Work closely with SAP developers and application specialists to co-design reliable, scalable, and maintainable SAP solutions. Identify and help eliminate technical debt through architectural and code-level improvements.

Qualifications and Technical Skills

• Deep technical expertise across the SAP ecosystem, including system architecture, ABAP/SQL tuning, databases, OS/infrastructure, and SAP monitoring tools (e.g., Solution Manager, Application Performance Monitoring (APM) with 8+ years of experience in SAP ERP landscape.
• Proven track record in performance optimization, including bottleneck identification, root cause analysis, tuning techniques, load testing, and data analysis.
• Solid understanding of cross-application dependencies and how performance in one SAP module affects others (e.g., integration points between S/4HANA, BTP, and middleware).
• Experience in capacity management, system sizing, and preventive monitoring strategies.
• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA architecture, with exposure to BTP and cloud deployments.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills with a proactive and collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with development, infrastructure, and business teams to ensure reliable SAP operations.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and experience with Agile tools.
• Ability to balance customer-centric thinking with technical feasibility and stakeholder needs.

Additional Qualifications

• Exceptional leadership, coaching, and mentorship skills, specifically in leveraging team strengths and challenging others in a growth-enablin