Sr. SAP Basis Administrator

Overview

Waters Corporation is looking for someone to play a key role in shaping the global ERP strategy and integration roadmap. Be part of a major transformation as Waters moves to SAP S/4 Hana and integrates a major acquisition working with other professionals within the infrastructure and cross-functional teams on high visibility projects.

This is a hybrid role to be based out of our Milford, MA headquarters.

Responsibilities

• Manage SAP RISE landscape operations (S/4HANA Cloud private edition), including system monitoring, alerts, and coordination with SAP for backend infrastructure.
• Perform SAP HANA database administration, including performance tuning, backups, recovery testing, and space management.
• Handle system lifecycle activities such as system refreshes, copies, client administration, and transport management (STMS) in a cloud-managed model.
• Coordinate with SAP for infrastructure and OS-level tasks, acting as the technical liaison for incidents, upgrades, and maintenance windows.
• Execute SAP upgrades and patching activities (support packs, kernel updates, SPS upgrades) aligned with SAP RISE release strategy.
• Ensure security administration and compliance, managing roles/authorizations (PFCG), user provisioning, and integration with identity services (IAS/IPS, SSO).
• Drive proactive system monitoring and incident resolution, including performance analysis (ST03N, HANA tools), root cause analysis, and service request management with SAP.

Qualifications

• 7+ Years of SAP Basis/security Experience in a multiple components using SAP RISE environment
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with the following SAP components – Netweaver ABAP ERP, BTP, CPI, BDC/Datasphere, CPQ, APO, IBP, GRC, GTS
• Demonstrated experience working in a Unix-based server environment.
• Demonstrated experience in web environment, especially with HTTPS and SSL configuration
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and manage multiple assignments, under time constraints while maintaining high quality work with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated sophisticated reasoning skills
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills in researching and solving technical problems related to SAP Basis and Oracle database performance
• Ability to execute assigned tasks with limited instruction, providing task status and seeking help when needed
• Ability to interact and work together as a team member with the Basis administration team
• Demonstrated experience performing analysis and capacity planning in an SAP environment
• This position is in Milford Ma and is Hybrid. 3 Days required in house weekly