Senior SAP BASIS Administrator to install, migrate, maintain, and monitor SAP applications and databases

Our valued client is seeking a Senior SAP BASIS Administrator to install, migrate, maintain, and monitor SAP applications and databases

An inital 1-year contract (with two 6-month renewal options) Hybrid work model in Toronto, Ottawa, or Montreal (1-4 days a month on site, or as needed)

Responsibilities:

• Implementing and maintaining multiple SAP instances : SAP ECC 6.0 Core system administration including other SAP solutions like SRM, Portal, BW & GRC. Good understanding of integration/installation of 3rd party products.
• Solution Manager administration/management
• Introduce technical changes in the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance.
• Developing and maintaining technical documentation for all SAP instances and collaboration with ABAP development team in helping with relevant SAP Interfaces documentation.
• Coordinating the management and maintenance of the systems
• Maintaining the integrity of the SAP landscape by managing the SAP STMS to ensure all relevant SAP transports are promoted properly.
• Monitoring SAP systems (work processes, users, system logs, short dumps, locks, dev traces, disk space)
• Working with other T&I teams/colleagues like SysOps & DBA to coordinate and plan proper maintenance for OS & DB related patching needs.
• Collect, document and review requirements into technical design documents based on a full understanding of the functionality required.
• Prepare feasibility studies for new technologies, or for optimization of development areas, including detailed estimation.
• Work collaboratively with the functional and ABAP teams and other T&I teams (Network, IDM, SysOps, DBA, Etc.).
• Identify needs for upgrading or enhancements where current technical capacity does not meet client requirements based on recurring issues or future needs.
• Develop technical test plans and test strategy for unit testing.
• Development/testing/deployment strategies for supporting our users needs for SAP’s SAPGUI UI.
• Support our Backup/restore strategies for all of our SAP Systems

Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years as a SAP Basis Administrator
• Experience with SAP Netweaver technology for SAP applications solutions (ECC, SRM, BW, Portal, GRC & SolMan)
• Experience with SAP systems administration (Unix/Linux) and solid analysis & design skills
• Experience with SAP software suite, hands-on experience in SAP migration and Unicode conversion path

Nice to Have Skills:

• SAP certification or training, and knowledge of Agile practices for specification and testing
• Excellent communication skills in French
• Ability to communicate in either technical or business terms depending on your audience