Overview

Job Title: SAP Technical Specialist

Job Location: central London

Work type: Contract

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Responsibilities include:

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Display the core Bank values in daily work, namely being: collaborative, inclusive, empowering, decisive and open.

Minimum Essential Criteria

• 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.

Desirable Criteria

• 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.