SAP Database Administrator T4 - Remote
Posted 1 week ago by 1752902711
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The SAP Database Administrator is responsible for providing database support across various hardware and software platforms, ensuring optimal system performance and capacity management. This role involves monitoring systems, troubleshooting issues, and performing installations and upgrades. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and experience in database administration. Travel to Virginia may be required quarterly.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide database and system on-site support.
- Monitor, collect statistical information, and provide reporting on capacity and system performance; make recommendations for improvements.
- Act upon system and application automated alerts.
- Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, operating systems, and database issues.
- Plan and perform software installation, configuration, upgrade, and patching.
- Plan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade, and patching.
- Manage system and database backups and perform manual switches to redundant components in case of failure.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science or computer engineering.
- Experience in technical support, database administration, and operations.
- Strong knowledge of SQL.
- Understanding of Help Desk tools and trouble ticket tracking processes.
- Knowledge of Hadoop and Kafka.
- Understanding of support agreements and service levels.
- Proven ability to write excellent technical documentation.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
SAP Database Administrator T4
07/28/2025 to 01/02/2026 possible ext.
Herndon, VA - Remote
*Travel may be required to VA once a quarter*
Description:
Summary: The main function of a Database Administrator is to provide database support on a variety of hardware and software platforms and peripherals.
Job Responsibilities:
Provide database and system on-site support.
Monitor, collect statistical information, and provide reporting on capacity and system performance. Based on statistics, make recommendations to maintain and improve capacity and system performance.
Monitor the system and act upon system and application automated alerts.
Perform diagnostics, testing, and troubleshooting of software, o/s, and database issues (ex. correcting installation, configuration, or data problems).
Plan and perform software installation, configuration, upgrade, and patching.
Plan and perform database configuration, maintenance, upgrade and patching.
Perform and manage system and database backups. Perform manual switch to redundant system / database components, in case of system failure.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required.
- Experience in providing technical support, covering database administration and operations to include monitoring maintenance capacity, performance monitoring/planning and incident/problem troubleshooting and resolution.
- Strong knowledge of SQL .
- Understanding of Help Desk tools and trouble ticket tracking processes.
- Hadoop and Kafka knowledge.
- Understanding of support agreements and their implied service levels.
- Proven ability to write excellent technical documentation.