SAP Basis Administrator

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Saudi Arabia; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced SAP Basis Administrator to manage and optimize the SAP S/4HANA landscape and supporting infrastructure across multiple sites.

You will ensure system availability, performance, security, and business continuity; perform kernel upgrades, patches, transports, DR readiness; manage users and authorizations; and coordinate with SAP support and cloud providers such as Azure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT with CS/IT major.
• Certified in SAP S/4HANA System Administration.
• 3–5 years in SAP Basis Administration.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and/or SAP ECC.
• Cloud-hosted SAP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• SAP Basis Administration across development, QA, production, and DR systems.
• Ensure SAP performance, availability, monitoring, and capacity planning.
• Perform kernel upgrades, patches, transport management, and refresh activities.
• Manage SAP users, roles, authorizations, and security controls.
• Ensure backup integrity and disaster recovery readiness.
• Support SAP HANA database administration and basic troubleshooting.
• Provide Cloud & Infrastructure support on Azure-based SAP environments.
• Handle incident and problem management; root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate with SAP support, cloud vendors, and stakeholders.

Skills

SAP Basis Admin

System Performance

Upgrades & Patching

User Security Admin

Backup & DR

HANA Support

Cloud Infrastructure

Incident Management

Vendor Coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT (CS/IT major)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP ECC

Azure

Job description

To manage, administer, and optimize the organization’s SAP S/4HANA landscape and supporting infrastructure, ensuring system availability, performance, security, and business continuity. The role is also responsible for SAP Basis operations, database support, system upgrades, backup and disaster recovery, and coordination of regional IT support and technical service providers across multiple sites.

Job Accountabilities:

• SAP Basis Administration: Install, configure, monitor, maintain, and support SAP environments including development, QA, production, and disaster recovery systems.
• SAP System Performance & Availability: Ensure optimal SAP system performance, health monitoring, capacity planning, and high availability of SAP platforms.
• SAP Upgrades, Patching & Transport Management: Perform SAP kernel upgrades, patches, support package implementation, transport management, and system refresh activities.
• User & Security Administration: Manage SAP users, roles, authorizations, and security controls to ensure secure and compliant access.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Ensure SAP backup integrity, restore readiness, and disaster recovery capability to support business continuity.
• SAP Database & HANA Support: Support SAP HANA database administration, performance monitoring, backup, and basic troubleshooting.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Support: Support SAP infrastructure hosted on platforms such as Microsoft Azure, including VM, storage, and network dependencies.
• Incident & Problem Management: Manage SAP and IT-related incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventive actions.
• Vendor & Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate with SAP support, cloud vendors, and business stakeholders for issue resolution and projects.

Role Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology., with Computer Science or Information Technology as major.
• Accredited Certifications such as SAP Certified Technology Associate – SAP S/4HANA System Administration.
• Validates expertise in SAP Basis administration, system monitoring, and SAP landscape management.
• 3–5 years’ experience in SAP Basis Administration and knowledge of enterprise IT support.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and/or SAP ECC environments.
• Experience in cloud-hosted SAP environments preferred.