SAP BTP Basis Architect

Summary: The SAP BTP Basis Architect will be responsible for managing the BTP landscape, ensuring system availability and performance, and maintaining comprehensive documentation. The role involves proactive monitoring, performance tuning of HANA Cloud and BTP applications, and collaboration with various teams to drive continuous improvement. The candidate will also troubleshoot issues and ensure compliance with security policies. A deep understanding of BTP architecture and SAP S/4HANA is essential for success in this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Accountable for BTP landscape management, availability and performance of all systems.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for BTP landscapes, configurations, and procedures.
• Involve in proactive monitoring and performance tuning of HANA Cloud and BTP applications using tools like SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Focus run, and SAP BTP Cockpit.
• Administer and optimize HANA Cloud DB instances, including upgrade, backups, recovery, scaling, and monitoring.
• Have a complete understanding of the SAP HANA on-premise and cloud environment.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and best practices.
• Investigate and resolve BTP issues, including root cause analysis and preventive measures.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Operations team and service providers.
• Drive for continuous improvement as a team member.

Key Skills:

• Deep understanding of BTP architecture, BTP services and tools (BAS, BTP Cockpit).
• Knowledge on open standards like Cloud Foundry Installations and Configurations (SAP S/4 HANA, FIORI, BTP, Cloud connector, SDI).
• Expertise in troubleshooting range of issues and providing root cause analysis from S/4 HANA, SAP BTP Service and 3rd Party surrounding systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, or Terraform.
• At least 3 years of SAP Basis administration experience in large environments, preferably running SAP S/4 HANA.
• Proficiency in SAP system performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of SAP security principles, including authorization, authentication, and role management.
• Experience in configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting HANA Cloud in BTP.
• Experience in high availability, disaster recovery, system refreshes and backup mechanisms.
• Ability to take ownership of work activities and take it to conclusion in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical multi-functional teams spread across regions.
• Proven problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Bradford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT