SAP Basis Consultant

Role: SAP Basis Consultant

Location: (Hybrid) London, UK

Employment Type: Contract

Job Description:

• Lead end-to-end SAP BODS upgrade and migration projects, including planning, execution, validation, and post-upgrade support.
• Install, configure, administer, and maintain SAP BusinessObjects Data Services (BODS) environments.
• Perform SAP version upgrades with minimal business disruption.
• Design and implement SAP landscape architecture, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Execute system refreshes, client copies, transport management, and release management activities.
• Monitor SAP systems for performance, capacity, and availability, implementing proactive optimization measures.
• Perform SAP Kernel upgrades, database maintenance, patching, and security updates.
• Administer SAP HANA, Oracle, SQL Server, IBM Db2 databases, across Linux (RHEL/SUSE), Windows Server, and UNIX environments including backup, recovery, replication, and performance optimization.
• Manage SAP Solution Manager integration and technical monitoring.
• Troubleshoot complex SAP Basis, operating system, database, and infrastructure issues.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, database, network, security, and application teams during implementation and support activities.
• Lead technical discussions with business stakeholders, SAP functional teams, and external vendors.
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, security standards, audit requirements, and change management processes.
• Prepare technical documentation, standard operating procedures, architecture documents, and knowledge transfer materials.
• Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience administering SAP BODS.
• Proven experience leading SAP BODS upgrade and migration projects in enterprise environments.
• Experience performing repository migrations, version upgrades, and post-upgrade validation.
• Experience supporting production environments with incident resolution and performance optimization.
• Experience in end-to-end SAP implementation, upgrade, or migration projects.
• Strong expertise in performance tuning, system optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Experience in production support for large enterprise SAP landscapes.
• Experience managing transport landscapes and release cycles.

Database & Operating Systems: Strong knowledge of SAP HANA, Oracle, SQL Server, IBM Db2, Linux (RHEL/SUSE), Windows Server, and UNIX environments.