SAP Basis Specialist

5325 Airbus Portugal SA; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Modern office

Career opportunities worldwide

Training and development

Good work-life balance

Job summary

Airbus Portugal SA is seeking a Senior SAP Basis professional to lead lifecycle management, monitoring, and optimization of SAP platforms including SAP HANA and S/4HANA. You will coordinate external MSPs, manage upgrades and transports, and drive security compliance and incident resolution in a hybrid Lisbon-based role.

The position emphasizes automation, documentation, and mentoring within a multicultural Airbus environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on SAP Basis and NetWeaver administration.
• Experience coordinating external Managed Service Providers, SLAs, changes, and complex maintenance windows.
• Advanced administration of SAP HANA (performance tuning, backup/recovery, memory management, HSR).
• Deep knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and ECC 6.0 landscapes.
• Coordinate upgrades, kernel patches and SAP transport stacks; manage QA/Dev refreshes.
• Proactive performance monitoring and optimization for high availability.
• Implement and enforce security policies; ensure audit readiness.
• Lead critical outages (P1/P2) and root cause analysis.
• Develop automation scripts to streamline Basis tasks.
• Contribute to system landscape design and integration with other systems.
• Create and maintain technical documentation; mentor junior staff.

Responsibilities

• SAP Platform lifecycle management and monitoring.
• Performance analysis and load balancing tasks.
• Security guideline deployment (SSO, SAP notes, sFTP, encryption).
• Incident management and root cause analysis with improvement plans.
• System refresh and upgrade management (SPAU/SPDD, BlueCopy).
• Transports and project support (ChaRM, OSS calls, ALE, Workflow).
• Provide automation and scripting for routine Basis tasks.
• Documentation of procedures and incident resolutions.

Skills

SAP Basis

NetWeaver

SAP HANA

S/4HANA

System Monitoring

Automation scripting

Security & Compliance

Incident management

Mentoring

System Landscape Design

Tools

ChaRM

TMS

OSS call

BlueCopy

SPAU/SPDD

Job description

Company description

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide. Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space. Founded in 2021, the Airbus Global Business Services (AGBS) unit will be contributing to Airbus’ global success and play a vital role in Airbus’ transformation journey in standardisation, harmonisation, digitalisation and automation of end-to-end processes (e.g.Procure to Pay) of all overhead functions. Our target is that siloed ways of working / processes will be a relic of the past within the AGBS. To drive such culture change we are looking for candidates with pioneering spirit that make data-driven decisions and take responsibility for the best outcome of their internal customers. All while embracing a spirit of problem-solving and living the Airbus values: Customer focus, integrity, respect, creativity, reliability and teamwork. Our purpose defines why we exist: ‘We pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world’.

Company description

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide. Our people work with passion and determination to make the world a more connected, safer and smarter place. Taking pride in our work, we draw on each other's expertise and experience to achieve excellence. Our diversity and teamwork culture propel us to accomplish the extraordinary - on the ground, in the sky and in space. Founded in 2021, the Airbus Global Business Services (AGBS) unit will be contributing to Airbus’ global success and play a vital role in Airbus’ transformation journey in standardisation, harmonisation, digitalisation and automation of end-to-end processes (e.g.Procure to Pay) of all overhead functions. Our target is that siloed ways of working / processes will be a relic of the past within the AGBS. To drive such culture change we are looking for candidates with pioneering spirit that make data-driven decisions and take responsibility for the best outcome of their internal customers. All while embracing a spirit of problem-solving and living the Airbus values: Customer focus, integrity, respect, creativity, reliability and teamwork. Our purpose defines why we exist: ‘We pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world’.

Responsibilities

• SAP Platform lifecycle management with our ESP
• SAP Platform monitoring
• Performance analysis (resources, load balancing, Hints, Archiving, etc…)
• Security guideline deployment (SSO, parameters, SAP note, sFTP, encryption, etc…)
• Incident management, root cause analysis and associated improvement plan management
• System refresh and upgrade management (SPAU/SPDD, BlueCopy, etc…)
• Transports and project support (ChaRM, OSS call, ALE, Workflow, dumps, Interfaces, job scheduling, etc…)

Requirements

• Experience: 6+ years of hands-on experience in SAP Basis and NetWeaver system administration.
• Coordination: Proven experience coordinating external Managed Service Providers, tracking SLA/KPI compliance, validating technical change requests, and orchestrating complex maintenance windows, project cutovers, and incident escalations across cross-functional teams.
• Database & Core Systems: Advanced administration of SAP HANA (performance tuning, backup/recovery, memory management, and HANA System Replication / HSR).
• Deep technical knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and legacy SAP ECC 6.0 landscapes.
• System Lifecycle & Maintenance: Coordinate upgrades, kernel patches and Support Package stacks. Routine system refreshes (QA/Dev) and advanced Transport Management System (TMS) configuration.
• Performance Monitoring & Tuning: Proactively monitor SAP system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimization strategies to ensure high availability and responsiveness.
• Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce security policies and ensure compliance with internal and external audit requirements.
• Troubleshooting: Lead technical resource for critical (P1/P2) production outages, performance bottlenecks, and root cause analysis.
• Automation & Scripting: Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to streamline routine Basis tasks and improve operational efficiency.
• System Landscape Design: Contribute to the design and evolution of the SAP system landscape, including sizing, architecture, and integration with other systems.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for SAP Basis procedures, configurations, and incident resolutions.
• Share knowledge and mentor junior team members.

Benefits

• The chance to work in a multicultural environment.
• The opportunity to grow your skills and capabilities thanks to our Airbus learning offer (digital solutions, classroom sessions, certified training....) and career opportunities across the globe.
• A hybrid working model, allowing you to combine onsite and offsite work.
• A modern office, well connected to public transportation.
• A motivated and fun crew to grow and build and shape the GBS together.
• An intense and exciting onboarding experience.
• Work in a balanced environment: Beyond the many benefits offered to its employees, joining Airbus is also the guarantee of a respectable work-life balance.
• At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly.
• Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Company: Airbus Portugal SA

Employment Type: Permanent ------- Experience Level: Entry Level Job Family: Digital

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Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.

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