SAP Basis Administrator

Systems Arabia; Riyadh; Remote; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Arabia is seeking an experienced SAP Basis Administrator to maintain the stability, security, and performance of SAP S/4HANA systems in Riyadh. You will monitor system health, manage SAP components, and ensure patching, backups, and DR are in place.

The role requires 5+ years in SAP Basis, strong Linux/Unix skills, and fluency in Arabic and English. Remote work is possible with travel to Riyadh as needed, and Saudi public-sector exposure is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of SAP Basis administration experience across 2–3 projects.
• Experience with SAP NetWeaver, S/4HANA Basis, SAP HANA administration, and Linux/Unix CLI.
• Hands-on with SAP Solution Manager including monitoring, change control, EarlyWatch, and SAP Web Dispatcher.
• Strong knowledge of SAP security, including PFCG roles and segregation of duties, and audit support.
• Experience with performance tuning, high availability, backup and recovery.
• SAP certification in system administration or HANA administration.
• Experience with Saudi public-sector/government projects.
• Fluency in Arabic and English.
• Ability to work remotely and travel to Riyadh when required.
• Preferred: NCA ECC, ISO 27001, cloud-hosted SAP environments, scripting for monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily system health and resolve tickets within SLAs.
• Administer SAP S/4HANA, NetWeaver, and SAP HANA environments, including installations and patches.
• Perform system and client copies, manage transports, and support environment provisioning.
• Optimize system and database performance including memory, workloads, and logs.
• Monitor with SAP Solution Manager, including EarlyWatch, alerts, and diagnostics.
• Manage user access, roles, profiles, and SOD; support MFA.
• Configure SSL/TLS, SAP Web Dispatcher, RFC connections, and printers.
• Address security vulnerabilities and apply patches across OS, DB, and apps.
• Support HA, DR, backups/restoration, and compliance reporting.

Skills

SAP Basis

SAP NetWeaver

S/4HANA Basis

HANA administration

Linux/Unix CLI

Solution Manager

EarlyWatch

SAP Web Dispatcher

Security & SOD

Backup & DR

High availability

Performance tuning

Automation scripting

Arabic & English

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

SAP Solution Manager

SAP Web Dispatcher

Job description

We are looking for an experienced SAP Basis Administrator to maintain the stability, security, and performance of SAP S/4HANA systems in Riyadh.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor daily system health and resolve support tickets within agreed service levels.
• Administer SAP S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, and SAP HANA environments, including installations, upgrades, patching, support packs, and SAP Notes.
• Perform system and client copies, manage transports, and support environment provisioning across development, quality, and production.
• Optimize system and database performance, including memory, workloads, tablespaces, logs, background jobs, backups, and recovery.
• Monitor systems using SAP Solution Manager, including EarlyWatch reports, alerts, logs, jobs, and system diagnostics.
• Manage user access, roles, profiles, segregation of duties, single sign-on, and multi-factor authentication support.
• Configure SSL/TLS, SAP Web Dispatcher, printers, and RFC connections.
• Address security vulnerabilities and apply operating system, database, and application security patches.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, backup and restoration, and compliance reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of SAP Basis administration experience, with experience across 2–3 projects.
• Proven experience with SAP NetWeaver, SAP S/4HANA Basis, SAP HANA administration, and Linux/Unix command-line operations.
• Hands‑on experience with SAP Solution Manager, including monitoring, change control, and EarlyWatch, as well as SAP Web Dispatcher.
• Strong knowledge of SAP security, PFCG role design, segregation of duties, and audit support.
• Experience with performance tuning, high availability, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery.
• Valid SAP certification in system administration or HANA administration.
• Previous experience supporting Saudi public-sector or government projects.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English.
• Ability to work remotely and travel to Riyadh when required.
• Preferred: Experience with Saudi National Cybersecurity Authority Essential Cybersecurity Controls (NCA ECC), ISO 27001, cloud‑hosted SAP environments, and scripting or automation for monitoring.