SAP Technical Specialist
- Central London
- Contract
- Full-time
- Major technical change projects involving the SAP Platform
- The maintenance of the system – significant upgrades to the application, database, o/s.
- Technical expertise on defining as-is and to-be designs and architectures for SAP platform technology (BASIS layer) – supporting High Level and Low level design tasks.
- Ensuring technical support to business users Bank wide for the Bank's NIPS and GBM Products 24 x 6 with flexibility to provide occasional out of hours (evening and weekend) support cover.
- Producing outputs to high standards of quality and maintainability, which comply with software development and assurance principles.
- Displaying the core Bank values in daily work, namely being: collaborative, inclusive, empowering, decisive and open.
- Expert knowledge (to at least SAP Certified Application Associate) of SAP Oracle based platforms – including hands on capability to perform upgrades and other major changes.
- End to end experience of major SAP Platform Change programmes and projects e.g. SAP Application, Platform, Database and Operating System Migration.
- Experience of at least 3 installation or upgrade SAP Projects end to end – requirements -> design -> delivery -> BAU support.
- In-depth, hands-on knowledge of the entire SAP Application Lifecycle including SAP software logistics, enhancement packs, upgrades, advanced corrections.
- Excellent SAP BASIS, Oracle and Linux O/S skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Be able to demonstrate a high level of professionalism, organisation, self-motivation, and a desire for self-improvement.
- Ability to plan, schedule and manage a demanding workload.
- Good knowledge of agile delivery methodologies as associated toolsets such as Jira.
- Formal Solution Architecture skills – TOGAF foundation, preferably on SAP Technology
- Experience of Oracle RAC and Oracle Database clustering
- In-depth skills in RHEL – preferably including RHEL for SAP Solutions.