Remote SAP Basis & HANA Administrator

Bright Vision Technologies; Plymouth (MN); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an SAP System Administrator to architect, install, and operate SAP landscapes across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will administer SAP HANA databases, plan system copies, and lead upgrades and S/4HANA conversions to minimize business disruption.

The role requires hands‑on SAP HANA production experience, cloud migrations (AWS/Azure/GCP), and strong scripting in Bash/PowerShell/Python/Ansible. Remote work available with on‑site options in some cases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of SAP Basis / platform engineering experience in large enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on experience administering SAP HANA databases in production.
• Hands-on experience with SAP migrations to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong experience with SAP upgrades, EHP/SP application, and system conversions.
• Solid experience with SAP HA/DR strategies, including HANA System Replication and clustering.
• Working knowledge of SAP transport management and Solution Manager ChaRM.
• Scripting skills in Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Ansible.
• SAP certifications in HANA, S/4HANA, or Basis administration.
• Experience with SAP RISE / Grow and SAP Cloud ALM.
• Familiarity with SAP BTP and integration with hyperscaler-native services.
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code for SAP landscapes (Ansible, Terraform).
• Experience operating regulated SAP workloads (SOX, GxP, PCI).

Responsibilities

• Architect, install, configure, and operate SAP landscapes across on‑prem and cloud environments.
• Administer SAP HANA databases including sizing, replication, backup, recovery, and performance tuning.
• Plan and execute system copies, refreshes, and post‑copy automation for dev/test/migration scenarios.
• Lead SAP upgrades, EHP installations, and S/4HANA conversions with minimal disruption.
• Design and implement migrations to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SAP RISE/Grow.
• Configure high availability and disaster recovery for SAP, including HANA System Replication.
• Implement and maintain SAP transport management strategies (ChaRM, CTS+).
• Manage SAP user provisioning, roles, and audit support in collaboration with SAP Security/GRC.
• Monitor SAP performance and health using Solution Manager, Focused Run, and native tools.
• Develop automation scripts and runbooks (Ansible, PowerShell, Python) to reduce toil.
• Maintain SAP security notes, kernel and database patches in line with security policies.
• Provide 24x7 on‑call support for production SAP systems and post‑incident reviews.
• Document SAP architecture and SOPs to support knowledge sharing and scalability.
• Mentor junior Basis engineers and contribute to platform roadmap.

Skills

SAP HANA admin

SAP Basis

Cloud migrations

SAP Upgrades

Scripting

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Solution Manager ChaRM

CTS+

Terraform

SOX/GxP/PCI

S/4HANA

HANA system replication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related

Tools

Solution Manager ChaRM

CTS+

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an SAP System Administrator to architect, install, and operate SAP landscapes across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will administer SAP HANA databases, plan system copies, and lead upgrades and S/4HANA conversions to minimize business disruption.

The role requires hands‑on SAP HANA production experience, cloud migrations (AWS/Azure/GCP), and strong scripting in Bash/PowerShell/Python/Ansible. Remote work available with on‑site options in some cases.