Senior SAP BASIS NetWeaver Administrator (HANA Focus)

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Senior SAP Basis NetWeaver Administrator with a strong focus on SAP HANA to support and optimise a global SAP landscape. The role works 24x7 in an Eastern Time Zone environment, providing high‑availability, performance and continuous improvement for critical SAP systems.

Key responsibilities

• Administer and support SAP Basis environments (ABAP & Java), including installations, upgrades, patching and system monitoring.
• Provide L2/L3 production support, incident management and root‑cause analysis while ensuring SLA compliance.
• Monitor system health, capacity and performance; drive automation and optimisation initiatives.
• Manage SAP HANA, SQL Server, MaxDB and Content Server disaster‑recovery and high‑availability setups, including fail‑over testing.
• Collaborate with project managers, infrastructure teams and global SAP support, and maintain governance through SAP Solution Manager and ChaRM.

Required profile

• 8+ years of SAP Basis/NetWeaver administration experience.
• 3+ years of hands‑on SAP HANA database administration.
• Experience with SAP on HANA, ASE, SQL Server and MaxDB in a 24x7 SLA‑driven environment.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication and stakeholder‑management skills.

Required skills

• SAP Basis and NetWeaver administration (ABAP & Java stacks).
• SAP HANA administration, system replication, backup/recovery and performance tuning.
• SAP Solution Manager, ChaRM, and system monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of SAP BTP, SAP Fiori, Enterprise Portal and NWDI.
• ITSM processes and enterprise support models.