SAP Basis Administrator

Rockwoods Inc; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Rockwoods Inc. is actively seeking an SAP Basis Administrator to own a dynamic SAP S/4HANA landscape, ensuring stability, performance, and security across environments.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, database, and development teams to lead upgrades, cloud transitions, and modernization projects while building a resilient enterprise platform. The role requires hands-on SAP Basis experience, US citizenship, and a bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering, with strong

Qualifications

• Hands-on SAP Basis administration in enterprise environments.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and ECC.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Transport Management System (TMS).
• Experience with SAP HANA databases and OS knowledge (Linux/Windows).

Responsibilities

• Administer SAP S/4HANA, ECC, Solution Manager, Fiori, Gateway, Web Dispatcher, SAP BTP, and related system components.
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain SAP systems per best practices.
• Perform SAP kernel upgrades and SUM-based activities.
• Monitor system health, performance, availability, and capacity.
• Troubleshoot SAP Basis issues including performance and connectivity.
• Coordinate maintenance windows, deployments, and outage communications.

Skills

SAP Basis

S/4HANA

ECC

Linux/Windows

TMS

HANA

Kernel upgrades

Monitoring

Security/Compliance

Documentation

Fiori

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

SAP Solution Manager

Fiori

SUM

Web Dispatcher

SAP BTP

Job description

Rockwoods is actively looking for SAP Basis Administrator where your technical expertise directly powers mission‑critical business operations. As an SAP Basis Administrator, you’ll take ownership of a dynamic SAP S/4HANA landscape, ensuring its stability, performance, and security. You’ll collaborate across infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, database, functional, and development teams to shape a highly optimized SAP environment. This role offers the opportunity to lead key lifecycle initiatives implementations, upgrades, cloud transitions, and modernization projects while helping build a resilient enterprise platform that supports long‑term organizational success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer SAP S/4HANA, ECC, Solution Manager, Fiori, Gateway, Web Dispatcher, SAP BTP, and related system components.
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain SAP systems following vendor and organizational best practices.
• Perform SAP kernel upgrades, support package deployments, Enhancement Packages, and SUM-based activities.
• Execute SAP system copies, client copies, refreshes, and full landscape cloning.
• Monitor system health, performance, availability, and capacity using SAP tools and enterprise monitoring solutions.
• Troubleshoot SAP Basis issues including performance, transport failures, connectivity, and system errors.
• Manage SAP Transport Management System (TMS), including sequencing and migrations across all environments.
• Coordinate maintenance windows, technical deployments, and outage communications to minimize disruption.
• Support SAP High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) design, testing, and execution.
• Perform SAP user administration and work with security teams on technical authorization requirements.
• Conduct system housekeeping tasks such as background job monitoring, spool management, interface checks, and log reviews.
• Collaborate with DBAs on SAP HANA backup, recovery, tuning, and optimization activities.
• Support integrations with middleware, identity management, authentication platforms, and external systems.
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, SOPs, and configuration baselines.
• Assist with security compliance, vulnerability remediation, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action planning for production incidents.
• Support cloud‑based SAP environments including SAP RISE and hybrid architecture deployments.
• Provide technical assistance during new deployments, releases, and ongoing sustainment operations.

Qualifications:

Required:

• US Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• Hands‑on experience administering SAP Basis in enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, or similar SAP platforms.
• Proven experience with SAP installations, upgrades, patches, and technical migrations.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Transport Management System (TMS).
• Experience supporting SAP HANA databases.
• Working knowledge of Linux and/or Windows systems running SAP applications.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve SAP performance and availability issues.
• Solid understanding of SAP architecture and technical landscape design.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.
• Experience with SAP Solution Manager, including Focused Run.
• Experience administering SAP Fiori.
• Experience supporting SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
• Experience working with SAP cloud environments.