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SAP Basis Administrator

Req ID: 26666
Vacancy Type: Permanent 
Number of Positions: 2  
Closing Date: 06/05/2025

Job Summary

This position is responsible for support and administration for the SAP landscape that consists of S/4, Netweaver, Business Warehouse (BW), Business Objects Enterprise (BOE), Process Orchestration (PO), SuccessFactors, Concur, Dispatcher/Fiori, MS SQL and HANA databases

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Under the direction of the Program Manager, SAP Development Support, or their delegate the successful candidate will:

    • Provide SAP Basis administration for all products in the City’s SAP landscape including application patching, monitoring, performance tuning and taking action on SAP Early Watch and other diagnostic and monitoring tools
    • Provide SAP expertise and work with the team to architect, design and implement HA and DR processes for the SAP landscape
    • Work with SAP RISE Enterprise Cloud Services to maintain and monitor City’s SAP RISE cloud environment.
    • Work with City resources to design and implement a scalable security framework for the SAP Business Warehouse and Business Objects Enterprise environments
    • Install, configure and administer any future SAP platforms including preparing for upgrades to the City’s SAP landscape
    • Work with IT Infrastructure Services to ensure backups and operating system and security patching
    • Anticipate, mitigate and resolve issues associated with SAP Basis across the landscape (e.g. troubleshooting, tuning, resources, connections, etc.)
    • Assist IT and other resources in migrating changes across the landscape (e.g. transports, RFCs, etc.)
    • Provide input to develop implementation and contingency plans
    • Install and test new releases of software packages (e.g. SPs, Enhancement Packages, etc.)
    • Maintain and upgrade skills on new technology and maintain SAP Basis standards and documentation
    • Independently execute short term Basis or similar projects or work and work with other SAP and business resources
    • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

  • University degree or college diploma in computer science or related discipline with minimum 3-5 years SAP Basis experience in Linux and Microsoft environments.
  • Demonstrated experience with administrating, installing, configuring, troubleshooting, upgrading, optimizing and maintaining SAP landscapes involving S4 1809 +, NetWeaver 7.53+, Dispatcher/Fiori 7.54+, Process Integration/Orchestration, Business Technology Platform (BTP) and future SAP platforms is required. 
  • In-depth knowledge of administrating and inter-dependencies between SAP, Linux and Windows environments is required
  • In-depth knowledge of administrating and inter-dependencies between HANA DB and Microsoft (Windows, SQL Server, Active Directory) environments is required
  • Demonstrated experience in applying SAP Notes, Support Packages and using SAP One Support processes is required 
  •  SAP Basis experience with HANA System Replication, High Availability (HA) architectures and Disaster Recovery (DR) processes is required
  • Excellent research capabilities and ability to recommend and apply new features to the SAP landscape is required
  • Solid organizational, time management, technical and analytical/problem solving skills is required
  • Excellent communication (e.g. client liaison, presentation, etc.) skills, ability to work independently, and commitment to service excellence and total quality is required
  • Knowledge of and experience with SAP RISE Private cloud solution (S4 2023+) and Amazon Web Services is strongly preferred
  • Experience managing a hybrid IT environment with on-premise and cloud applications is strongly preferred
  • Experience administering SSO via Microsoft Azure AD and related tools is preferred
  • Experience with administrating, installing, configuring, troubleshooting, upgrading, optimizing and maintaining SAP Business Warehouse NetWeaver 7.53+, Business Objects Enterprise 4.3+ and Solution Manager 7.2+ is preferred
  • Certification in SAP Basis Administration is preferred
  • Knowledge of VMware and SolarWinds is preferred

Hourly Rate/Salary: $ 89,464.00 - $ 119,286.00
Hours of Work: 35
Work Location: Civic Centre
Department/Division/Section: CPS/Corporate Services Dept , CPS/IT Division , Enterprise Business Solutions
Non-Union/Union: Non Union



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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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Accommodations
The City of Mississauga is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to removing barriers in our selection process for people with visible and invisible disabilities. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, the City of Mississauga will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities.

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