SAP Basis Administrator

Kiewit; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Kiewit Technology Group is seeking an SAP Basis Administrator for its LaVista, NE campus. You will manage SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA platforms, perform installations, upgrades, and routine maintenance, and collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to ensure reliable, secure SAP operations.

Responsibilities include monitoring, performance optimization, release management, and disaster recovery planning. Strong technical leadership and communication across teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, or comparable large-scale SAP landscapes.
• Experience with SAP HANA database administration and Linux operating systems.
• Experience executing SAP upgrades, support packages, system copies, and technical migrations.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively across technical, business, security, and vendor teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and supporting SAP technologies.
• Perform SAP installations, upgrades, support package implementations, kernel updates, and platform maintenance.
• Manage technical configurations across development, test, quality assurance, and production environments.
• Maintain SAP Fiori, SAP Web Dispatcher, SAP Cloud Connector, and related platform components.
• Monitor SAP systems for availability, capacity, performance, and reliability.
• Investigate performance issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Coordinate non-production environment availability and support testing for upgrades and platform changes.
• Apply SAP security notes, vulnerability remediation, and platform patches.
• Support audit, compliance, and cybersecurity initiatives.
• Participate in disaster-recovery testing and business-continuity planning.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Cross-team communication

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP ECC

SAP HANA

Linux

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Market:Corporate Home Office

Employment Type:Full Time

Position Overview

The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the administration, stability, security, performance, and operational support of Kiewit’s SAP landscape. This role provides technical leadership and hands‑on support for SAP platforms, including SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA databases, SAP Fiori, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and related infrastructure. The administrator works with SAP functional teams, application developers, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity, and external service providers to support reliable and secure operation of business‑critical SAP systems.

District Overview

Kiewit Technology Group builds solutions to enable and support our company's expansive operations. Our mission is to deliver project schedule and cost certainty by employing technology designed by and for the construction industry. Our team utilizes systems and tools that manage every part of Kiewit's business and the project lifecycle to improve planning and day‑to‑day execution in the field. We give our people real‑time data to make faster, smarter decisions

Location

This is a full time in office role located on our LaVista, NE campus. We are not offering relocation support for this role.

Responsibilities

SAP Platform Administration

• Administer SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA, and supporting SAP technologies.
• Perform SAP installations, upgrades, support package implementations, kernel updates, and platform maintenance.
• Manage technical configurations across development, test, quality assurance, and production environments.
• Maintain SAP Fiori, SAP Web Dispatcher, SAP Cloud Connector, and related platform components.

System Monitoring and Performance

• Monitor SAP systems for availability, capacity, performance, and reliability.
• Investigate performance issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Perform system optimization and capacity-planning activities.
• Review SAP system-health findings, including applicable EarlyWatch recommendations.

Change, Release, and Environment Management

• Support transport management, technical deployments, maintenance windows, and production releases.
• Participate in cutover planning and go-live support.
• Perform system refreshes, client copies, and environment provisioning.
• Coordinate non-production environment availability and support testing for upgrades and platform changes.

Security and Compliance

• Apply SAP security notes, vulnerability remediation, and platform patches.
• Support audit, compliance, and cybersecurity initiatives.
• Maintain secure platform configurations and collaborate with SAP Security on least‑privilege and risk‑mitigation activities.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

• Support backup, recovery, high‑availability, and disaster‑recovery capabilities.
• Participate in disaster‑recovery testing and business‑continuity planning.
• Maintain technical documentation and recovery procedures.

Cloud, Infrastructure, and Production Support

• Support SAP workloads in cloud-hosted and hybrid environments, including SAP RISE where applicable.
• Coordinate with infrastructure providers, hosting partners, and SAP support organizations.
• Provide technical support for incidents, service requests, and problem‑management activities.
• Participate in an on‑call support rotation as required and lead troubleshooting during business‑impacting incidents.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, or comparable large-scale SAP landscapes.
• Experience with SAP HANA database administration and Linux operating systems.
• Experience executing SAP upgrades, support packages, system copies, and technical migrations.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and work effectively across technical, business, security, and vendor teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of SAP Basis administration experience in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with SAP BTP, SAP Fiori, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Cloud Connector, and SAP Web Dispatcher.
• Experience with SAP RISE, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or hybrid cloud architectures.
• Experience supporting high‑availability, disaster‑recovery, and business‑continuity solutions.
• Experience with enterprise security, compliance, audit, and vulnerability‑management requirements.
• Experience with ServiceNow and ITIL-aligned incident, problem, change, and release management. #LI-AK1

Other Requirements:

• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

There’s no limit to what you’ll do at Kiewit. Whether you’re building or supporting projects that provide communities with dependable energy, safe transportation, clean water, or access to health care, the work you do will positively impact people’s lives for generations to come.

Here you’ll have endless opportunities to expand your expertise through on-the-job experience and internal and external training and development opportunities.

We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry.From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.

Kiewit is an equal-opportunity employer, and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We continue our efforts to attract, develop and retain employees from all backgrounds who are passionate about our industry.

We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.