SAP Basis Analyst

Job Summary

To ensure the availability, performance, security, and technical integrity of the SAP landscape by providing expert SAP Basis administration, supporting business-critical processes, and maintaining compliance with internal governance, IT service management, and information security standards. This role acts as the technical backbone of SAP operations, bridging infrastructure, application, and security layers while supporting business continuity and digital transformation initiatives.

Job Details

Ensure SAP systems comply with information security and data protection requirements
Support secure system configuration aligned with SAP Security Baseline and ISO 27001 controls
Participate in disaster recovery (DR) testing and business continuity planning
Ensure system access and changes follow approved authorization and audit trails
Promote safe operational practices during upgrades, refreshes, and maintenance
Ensure high SAP system availability in line with SLAs
Proactively monitor system performance and capacity
Respond to incidents within agreed resolution times
Plan and execute maintenance activities with minimal business disruption
Support time-critical business activities such as month-end and year-end closing
Maintain system stability and performance through proactive monitoring
Ensure SAP transports follow quality gates and change management controls
Validate system integrity after upgrades, patches, and changes
Maintain accurate technical documentation and system architecture diagrams
Support continuous improvement of SAP platform reliability.
Provide reliable SAP services to internal business users
Support functional teams in resolving technical issues
Communication system outages, risks, and planned changes clearly
Contribute to improved user experience through system optimization
Act as a trusted technical advisor to business stakeholders
Coordinate with external SAP vendors and service providers
Monitor vendor performance against SLAs and contracts
Support onboarding and access control for third-party support staff
Ensure vendor activities comply with internal security and change policies
Escalate vendor-related issues through appropriate governance channels
Support SAP technical architecture and landscape design
Contribute to system sizing, capacity planning, and scalability decisions
Advice on high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) architectures
Support SAP system migrations (e.g., ECC to S/4HANA)
Ensure technical designs align with enterprise architecture standards

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology and / or SAP Basis / SAP certification
Experience with on-premises SAP solutions (ECC or S4) or hybrid SAP landscapes (on-prem + cloud)
Several years (3–5+ depending on level) of experience administering SAP environments as a Basis consultant or administrator
Strong technical knowledge of SAP Basis architecture: application servers (ABAP / Java), database systems (HANA, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.), operating systems (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Experience with SAP S/4HANA, ECC, and ideally with migrations, upgrades or full-cycle SAP implementations.
Solid skills in performance monitoring and tuning, system health checks, capacity planning, and resource optimization
Proficiency in SAP transport management, change management and landscape administration
Experience with system security and user/authorization management in SAP
Good analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills

About Company

Julius Berger Nigeria

https://jbnrecruitment.seamlesshiring.com

Julius Berger is a leading Nigerian company offering integrated construction solutions and related services. We specialize in executing complex works that require the highest levels of technical expertise and excel in the implementation of state-of-the-art construction methods and technologies. Core competencies cover all project phases, including planning, design, engineering, construction, maintenance and operation, for building, infrastructure and industry projects.