Principal Platform Engineer

Role Overview

• Lead SAP technical roadmap development, architecture design, and solution initiatives that align technology capabilities with business objectives.
• Drive end-to-end project delivery for platform initiatives including SAP system implementations, upgrades, and migrations using tools like SWPM, SUM, and DMO.
• Work closely with SAP and third-party vendors to support Basis operations while partnering with internal teams for defect resolution, root cause analysis and optimizing solutions for performance and reliability.
• Provide day-to-day SAP operations support across multiple modules including SAP ECC, BW, APO, Live Cache, CRM, PI/PO, Portal, Data Services, Fiori, Content Server, TREX, and Solution Manager.
• Lead and support SAP Basis system administration activities including performance monitoring, tuning, support package application, kernel upgrades, and OSS note implementation.
• Configure and manage Solution Manager technical monitoring to proactively monitor system health to overall system availability.
• Support system refresh tasks, client copies, archiving operations using OpenText and KGS tools, system builds, and installation activities.
• Manage SAP System configurations between systems and provide technical troubleshooting leadership including root cause analysis for critical production issues.
• Implement AI and automation solutions for technical system operations, optimization use cases, administer SAP BTP and leverage DevOps tools to streamline operations.
• Work with ServiceNow for incidents, problem, and change management processes and support third-party solutions like KGS, Georgia SoftWorks Telnet, VPOM to support SAP operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent professional experience)
• 10 years of progressive experience in SAP Basis administration and technical architecture roles with demonstrated expertise across multiple SAP product lines
• Extensive hands-on experience in SAP system installation, upgrades, and migrations using SWPM, SUM, and DMO tools
• Proven track record in day-to-day SAP operations support and managing deployment projects across enterprise environment
• Deep technical expertise working with SAP ECC, BW, APO, Live Cache, CRM, PI/PO, Portal, Data Services, Fiori, Content Server, TREX, and Solution Manager
• Experience with S/4HANA conversion projects from scoping and planning through execution
• Strong database administration and troubleshooting skills in HANA, DB2, and Oracle in an SAP environment
• Expertise in operating and optimizing SAP systems in cloud environments, specifically Azure Cloud
• Proficiency in operating systems including SUSE Linux and Windows for SAP deployments
• Experience in SAP system administration including monitoring, performance tuning, support package, kernel upgrades, OSS note implementation, printer administration, system refresh activities
• Working knowledge of SAP archiving with hands-on experience using archive tools such as OpenText and KGS
• Experience with ITSM tools like ServiceNow for incident, problem, and change management processes
• Familiarity with third-party products including Commvault, RevTrac, and VPOM
• Excellent communication skills and ability to create clear technical documentation for diverse audiences
• Demonstrated leadership capability in technical troubleshooting and providing root cause analysis for complex system issues.

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud
• ITSM
• Linux
• Oracle
• ServiceNow

Benefits

• Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families.