Senior SAP Basis Architect - BW HANA (Scale Out)

RTX has an opening within Enterprise Services Applications for a Senior SAP Basis Architect specializing in BW HANA. The role involves leading SAP strategies, ensuring system availability, and working closely with various IT teams to support complex SAP landscapes.

Responsibilities:

• Function as the primary Basis Architect for mission critical SAP BW HANA systems and SAP ERP ECC Systems. Requires 8 years of prior experience implementing, upgrading and supporting. Must have experience with BW HANA scale out scenarios
• Function as Technical expert for BW HANA installations, upgrades, and support for on-prem and Cloud environments. Efficiently troubleshoot and resolve issues in the environment. Must be proficient in performance analysis and tuning
• Designs and implements the SAP Basis Architecture across a complex, highly integrated SAP environment (SAP PI/PO, Fiori, ECC/ERP, BW-HANA, BOBJ, GTS, CRM, SRM, SLT, BCS, Solution Manager/SLD, CUA/IdM, RunMyJobs, S/4 HANA, MDG, SAP Cloud Connector, Ariba etc)
• Participate in design and deployment of High Availability solutions working with Linux and DBA team. Prior experience preferred
• Obtains & refines the technology requirements at RTX for new or already deployed SAP solutions, understands the impact/implications to existing SAP landscapes & processes, and defines our response
• Provides input, technical descriptions, diagrams, and detailed steps as required for project planning and documentation
• Researches, plans, correctly installs/upgrades/patches, performance tunes and supports all SAP software at RTX (because of the number of SAP products/technologies deployed, no single Basis Architect will be an expert in every technology, but will be a strong contributor on a team which supports them all)
• For some repeatable activities (such as SAP kernel patches), clearly documents the RTX procedure to follow for deployment across the landscape by our run and maintain Basis Admins
• Uses broad system experience to quickly troubleshoot & resolve system problems or issues; able to smoothly coordinate troubleshooting activities with other disciplines (UNIX/Linux Admins, Network Admins, DBAs, Storage Admins, etc)
• Serves as a resource for our team of SAP Basis Administrators in all aspects of SAP Basis, providing oversight regarding both the strategic and ongoing configuration of large SAP systems
• Serves as an SAP Basis Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing guidance as needed in areas including but not limited to, SAP BW HANA support, Upgrades, TMS, Change Management (CHARM), Profile & Parameter Management, Performance Management, System Copies, Job Scheduling, System Connections, Interfaces, Monitoring, and SAP Security
• Participate in annual Disaster Recovery testing as needed supporting the team to obtain success criteria
• Serves as an on-call Escalation Resource 7x24 for SAP BW and other critical RTX SAP systems, helping ensure the highest possible system availability
• Keeps abreast of changing SAP software, solutions and technologies; able to adapt quickly as RTX implements latest SAP technology. SAP BW/4 HANA experience is beneficial
• Provide input to all SAP Basis related policies, procedures, controls, and best practices
• Function as the Primary System Administrator for Systems assigned, maintaining constant Authorization To Operate (ATO) compliance, assuring all required controls are implemented and that vulnerabilities are mitigated in a timely manner according to RTX SLA’s as per policy
• Exercise good judgment, demonstrate strong problem solving, time management & organizational skills; manage a queue of support and project work, including reporting to management

Requirements:

• 10 years' experience in Sr. SAP Basis Architect - Scale Out arena with a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, or Advanced Degree in related field and minimum 7 years prior relevant experience
• Expert level experience with BW HANA Scale out solutions
• Firm understanding of SAP Technology, hardware, Linux OS, Oracle and HANA DBMS, Network, Backup, High Availability, and Monitoring technology
• Experience deploying multiple High Availability solutions, including Linux-Pacemaker H/A Solutions
• Multiple complete life cycle SAP BW HANA implementations with in depth knowledge and experience with the SAP Upgrade and Update Processes
• Knowledgeable in SAP Security Administration
• Project management skills; ability to advise and influence Management from the Basis perspective on the appropriate steps to successful implementations
• Familiarity/experience with successfully meeting corporate Audit requirements including Sarbanes-Oxley, general computing controls, access controls, NIST controls
• SAP BW HANA install, upgrade, tuning, support in a scale out environment
• SAP HANA Certification
• SAP BW/4 HANA Certification
• MS Azure and/or AWS Cloud Experience/Certifications
• SAP S/4 HANA Implementation and Support
• UNIX/Linux Sys Admin, DBA, or Developer
• Single Sign-On/LDAP technology with SAP BW, ECC and SAP Portal
• Understanding of government contracting processes and regulations
• Understanding of ABAP programming language
• Shell Scripting
• Business Objects Integration experience
• SAP certified Basis training