SAP HANA Database Administrator

Weekday AI (YC W21); India; On-site; INR 10,000,000 - 30,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday AI in India is seeking an experienced SAP HANA Database Administrator to manage and optimize SAP HANA environments across production and non-production landscapes. The role emphasizes installation, upgrades, backups, and performance tuning, with strong collaboration across global teams.

The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of hands-on SAP HANA experience, expertise in MDC/Non-MDC setups, and proficiency with HANA Studio and Linux OS-level tools.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in SAP HANA Database Administration.
• Strong understanding of SAP HANA database architecture and administration.
• Proven experience with HANA 2.0 MDC and Non-MDC environments.
• Experience with HANA installation, upgrades, patching, configuration, and instance administration.
• Strong knowledge of backup, restore, recovery, and point-in-time recovery.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support SAP HANA databases across production and non-production environments.
• Perform HANA installation, configuration, instance administration, patching, upgrades, and maintenance activities.
• Monitor database health, system alerts, availability, resource utilisation, and overall system performance.
• Troubleshoot database issues using HANA Studio, logs, traces, and OS-level commands.
• Manage HANA backup, restore, recovery, and point-in-time recovery activities.

Skills

SAP HANA Administration

Incident management

Cross-functional collaboration

Linux OS knowledge

Tools

HANA Studio

OS-level commands

Backint

HANA 2.0 MDC

Job description

Job Description

This role is for one of the Weekdays clients

Salary range: Rs 10000000 - Rs 30000000 (ie INR 10-30 LPA)

Experience: 6+ yrs

Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka, NCR, Telangana, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experiencedSAP HANA Database Administratorto manage, maintain, monitor, and support SAP HANA database environments across production and non-production landscapes. The role requires strong expertise inSAP HANA administration, troubleshooting, backup and recovery, performance management, installation, upgrades, and production support.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing critical database environments, resolving complex technical incidents, supporting maintenance activities, and collaborating with global teams to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of HANA systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and supportSAP HANA databasesacross production and non-production environments.
• Perform HANA installation, configuration, instance administration, patching, upgrades, and maintenance activities.
• ManageHANA 2.0 MDC and Non-MDC environments.
• Monitor database health, system alerts, availability, resource utilisation, and overall system performance.
• Troubleshoot database issues using HANA administration tools, HANA Studio, logs, traces, and OS-level commands.
• ManageHANA backup, restore, recovery, and point-in-time recoveryactivities.
• Work withBackint and traditional backup methodsand ensure backup processes are reliable and recoverable.
• Perform database restart, recovery, and troubleshooting activities during planned and unplanned events.
• Monitor and troubleshootCPU, memory, storage, and database performanceissues.
• Perform HANA performance tuning and analyse system behaviour to identify bottlenecks.
• Manage HANA users, licenses, audit logs, parameters, traces, and related administration activities.
• HandleP1/P2 incidents, production outages, and critical database issueswithin defined service levels.
• Perform root‑cause analysis and document corrective and preventive actions for recurring issues.
• Manage technical incidents, service requests, change requests, and problem‑management activities.
• SupportHigh Availability, Disaster Recovery, migration, and infrastructure‑related activitieswhere required.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, SAP, application, security, and other technical teams to resolve cross‑functional issues.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, operational procedures, and troubleshooting knowledge articles.
• Participate in knowledge‑transfer sessions and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support global shift operations and takeshift lead responsibilitieswhen required.
• Follow established security, compliance, change‑management, and operational procedures.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 6+ years of hands‑on experiencein SAP HANA Database Administration.
• Strong understanding ofSAP HANA database architecture and administration.
• Proven experience withHANA 2.0 MDC and Non-MDC environments.
• Strong hands‑on experience with HANA installation, upgrades, patching, configuration, and instance administration.
• Strong knowledge ofbackup, restore, recovery, and point‑in‑time recovery.
• Experience withBackint and traditional HANA backup methods.
• Strong troubleshooting skills using HANA Studio, database tools, logs, traces, andLinux/OS‑level commands.
• Good understanding of HANA monitoring, alerts, system health checks, and operational support.
• Strong knowledge ofHANA performance tuning, including CPU and memory troubleshooting.
• Experience managing HANA users, licenses, audit logs, parameters, and trace configurations.
• Basic to good knowledge ofLinux operating systems.
• Proven experience handlingP1/P2 incidents, production outages, and critical database issues.
• Understanding ofHigh Availability and Disaster Recoveryconcepts is an advantage.
• Experience supporting technical migrations and database maintenance activities is desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to perform effective root‑cause analysis.
• Excellent communication and customer‑handling skills.
• Ability to work effectively withglobal, cross‑functional, and distributed technical teams.
• Strong documentation, knowledge‑transfer, and operational discipline.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and perform effectively in shift‑based production support environments.