SAP Basis/Security Administrator Job in Charlotte, North Carolina US
SAP Basis/Security Administrator
Company: Siemens Energy, Inc. Division: SEI - Energy Sector Location: NC - Charlotte Req ID: 110944 Position Title: SAP Basis/Security Administrator Experience Level: Senior Level Education Required: Bachelors Degree Travel Required: Yes Company Description: The Siemens Energy Sector is the world ??s leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2009 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR25.8 billion and received new orders totaling approximately EUR30 billion and posted a profit of EUR3.3 billion. On September 30, 2009, the Energy Sector had a work force of approximately 85,100. Who designs your future? You do. Working within our global company, you can design the career of your dreams. We have over 200 offices in 101 countries providing you the opportunity to see the world or stay in your own back yard. Do you want to invent new technologies? Collaborate with other brilliant minds? Create the future with your ideas? At Siemens, you can. Siemens is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. Job Description: This position can be filled at a lower level. This individual will initially be assigned to the Basis/Security Technical team for a global manufacturing project and be expected to learn the designed solution/strategies and contribute to the continued progress of the project through implementation. Upon implementation, this individual will be the primary Basis/Security person at the Charlotte plant responsible for supporting the delivered solution from a North Amercian regional perspective, but also be a global basis team member responsible for supporting global initiatives. Job Responsibilities: - Travel 30% (North America and Europe) during the project but during Testing and Go Live it will be closer to 50%. When we move to a support mode it will go back down to 20% or less. - Monitor daily system performance / capacities and coordinate with appropriate IT partners on global team regarding recommendations and system changes. - Provide day to day support for IT and Business customers: - Investigate / resolution of remote connection failures, process session bottlenecks, authorization errors and recommendations - Perform transport management functions and other authorized technical functions - Lead or assist in building, testing, documenting, deploying and supporting technical processes and procedures regarding SAP: - Backup, Disaster Recovery, High Availability and system copies/refreshes, Kernel and Hotpack upgrades - Capacity planning for system resources DASD, OS, CPU, and SAP App Server Requirements - Load balancing across complex SAP Landscapes and integrated SAP products (BI, PPM, MES, APO, etc) - Best practices for performance tuning - Extensive leadership/assistance in Compliance initiatives: - Designing, documenting, executing and reviewing appropriate Change Management processes associated with SAP environments - Supporting recurring test cycles - Evidence gathering to support cross-process test cycles - Supporting divisional initiatives from corporate perspective may require recurring travel to North American Corporate Headquarters - Plan and communicate with other IT/SAP areas (Functional and Development) in multiple projects in parallel. Work Experience: - 3-8 years of substantial SAP Basis and Security experience in a large SAP implementation. - 3+ years of Compliance support/lead activities including process/procedure definition, documentation, control evidence gathering, etc. - Significant understanding of Basis and Security components and best practices in a SAP ECC and/or SAP R/3 system. - Significant experience in Change Management Processes/procedures - Proven experience in SAP Solution Manager - Experience working with the SAP Project Teams to understand project needs and work with Data Center Hosting Provider to translate those into technical infrastructure requirements. - Experience providing guidance to or take direction from other Basis team members on system administration functions such as performance tuning, system monitoring, upgrade of Support Packages. - Leadership of security effort during a major application deployment, and business / client contact and communication skills are desired - Background on relational database, operating systems, and networks is desirable. Non-technical skills: - Strong multi-tasking, organizational and prioritizing skills - Strong communication skills with business partners. (Must be able to present one ??s self well and comfortably in front of customers) - Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot under pressure. - Ability to share knowledge, lead and mentor less experienced analysts. . Additional Information: Travel Percentage: 30%