Sr. SAP Basis Consultant

Johnson Technology Systems Inc; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Technology Systems, Inc. (JTSi) seeks a Sr. SAP Basis Consultant (remote) to lead SAP landscapes across on-prem and cloud environments.

You will install, configure, monitor, and optimize SAP systems, collaborating with security and infra teams to ensure availability and performance. The role requires 8+ years of hands-on SAP Basis experience, deep SAP HANA expertise, and strong knowledge of S/4HANA, STMS, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on SAP Basis administration across complex, multi-system landscapes.
• Deep expertise in SAP HANA database administration, including HSR, backup strategies, and performance tuning.
• Proven experience with SAP S/4HANA installations, migrations, and system conversions.
• Strong knowledge of SAP transport management, kernel updates, and support pack application.
• Experience managing SAP environments on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or SAP BTP).
• Solid understanding of OS-level administration (Linux/RHEL preferred, Windows Server).
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain SAP system landscapes including S/4HANA, ECC, BW/4HANA, Solution Manager, and SAP HANA databases across development, quality, and production environments.
• Perform system installations, upgrades, kernel patches, support pack stacks (SPS), and SAP Note implementations with minimal downtime.
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity using SAP Solution Manager, SAP Cloud ALM, and third-party monitoring tools; proactively resolve bottlenecks.
• Manage SAP HANA database administration including backup/recovery, memory management, delta merges, and system replication (HSR).
• Configure and maintain SAP transport management system (STMS), RFC connections, and background job scheduling.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for Basis-related production issues; serve as Tier 3 escalation point.
• Implement and manage SAP security configurations including user administration, role assignments, SSO, and audit log reviews.
• Plan and execute system refreshes, client copies, and landscape migrations including cloud migrations to SAP BTP, AWS, or Azure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support project implementations, go-lives, and hypercare activities.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and technical documentation for operational procedures.

Skills

SAP Basis

SAP HANA

Cloud Platforms

Linux/Windows Admin

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP HANA

Solution Manager

STMS

AWS

Azure

SAP BTP

Ansible

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Job description

\"WE DO WHAT WE SAY \"
JTSi is a federal government consulting firm, providing technical services to the Federal Government, i.e., DoD, Client and various Civilian Agencies. We are proud to have earned the reputation of honesty, integrity and the ability to build long-term professional relationships with our employees and clients. Please visit our website at www.JTSUSA.com to learn more about who we are and what we do.

\"WE DO WHAT WE SAY \"
JTSi is a federal government consulting firm, providing technical services to the Federal Government, i.e., DoD, Client and various Civilian Agencies. We are proud to have earned the reputation of honesty, integrity and the ability to build long-term professional relationships with our employees and clients. Please visit our website at www.JTSUSA.com to learn more about who we are and what we do.
Company Name: - JTSi (Johnson Technology Systems, Inc.)
Title: Sr. SAP Basis Consultant
Location: Remote
Salary: $160K
Description Of Project And Tasks
The Sr. SAP Basis Consultant is responsible for the installation, configuration, monitoring, and optimization of SAP system landscapes across on-premise and cloud environments. This role serves as the technical escalation point for Basis-related incidents and works closely with functional teams, security, and infrastructure to ensure system availability, performance, and compliance.
Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain SAP system landscapes including S/4HANA, ECC, BW/4HANA, Solution Manager, and SAP HANA
• databases across development, quality, and production environments.
• Perform system installations, upgrades, kernel patches, support pack stacks (SPS), and SAP Note implementations with minimal
• downtime.
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity using SAP Solution Manager, SAP Cloud ALM, and third-party monitoring tools;
• proactively resolve bottlenecks.
• Manage SAP HANA database administration including backup/recovery, memory management, delta merges, and system
• replication (HSR).
• Configure and maintain SAP transport management system (STMS), RFC connections, and background job scheduling.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for Basis-related production issues; serve as Tier 3 escalation point.
• Implement and manage SAP security configurations including user administration, role assignments, SSO, and audit log reviews.
• Plan and execute system refreshes, client copies, and landscape migrations including cloud migrations to SAP BTP, AWS, or Azure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support project implementations, go-lives, and hypercare activities.
• Develop and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and technical documentation for operational procedures.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in SAP Basis administration across complex, multi-system landscapes.
• Deep expertise in SAP HANA database administration, including HSR, backup strategies, and performance tuning.
• Proven experience with SAP S/4HANA installations, migrations, and system conversions.
• Strong knowledge of SAP transport management, kernel updates, and support pack application.
• Experience managing SAP environments on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or SAP BTP).
• Solid understanding of OS-level administration (Linux/RHEL preferred, Windows Server).
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP Certified Technology Associate — System Administration (SAP HANA) or equivalent.
• Experience with SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Landscape Management (LaMa), or SAP Business Technology Platform.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or SAP-native scripting.
• Knowledge of ITIL frameworks and experience within structured change management processes.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure-as-code for SAP environments.
  

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