ABAP Technical Consultant – SAP Basis Specialist

About the role

The ABAP Technical Consultant will ensure the availability, performance, security and reliability of SAP systems across development, quality and production environments. You will be responsible for SAP Basis administration, transport management, upgrades, monitoring and technical support, working closely with functional, ABAP, database and infrastructure teams.

Key responsibilities

• Install, configure and maintain SAP systems, managing instances, profiles and parameters.
• Administer SAP Transport Management System, handle transports across DEV, QA and PRD, and perform kernel upgrades and patching.
• Monitor application and database performance, analyse logs, dumps and workload, and resolve performance and availability issues.
• Manage SAP technical users, security settings, backups, disaster‑recovery testing and high‑availability configurations.
• Provide technical support for Basis‑related incidents, create documentation, and contribute to SAP implementation, migration and integration projects.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Management Sciences, Systems or a related field.
• 4‑6 years of experience in SAP Basis administration and technical support.
• Strong problem‑solving abilities, ability to work under delivery schedules and produce periodic reports.
• Familiarity with compliance, quality and health‑safety procedures in an IT environment.

Required skills

• SAP Basis administration
• SAP Transport Management System (TMS)
• SAP kernel upgrades and patch management
• SAP performance monitoring and troubleshooting
• SAP security and vulnerability remediation
• SAP backup, restore and disaster‑recovery processes
• High Availability (HA) testing
• Network analysis, design and integration
• Data transfer, replication and metadata analysis