Location: Basildon (Remote working) Duration: 12-month contract Rate: £55.04ph UMB (Inside IR35) Role details: Our client, a prominent organisation within the Defence & Security sector, is seeking a highly skilled SAP Specialist to support their SAP landscapes on a contract basis. This role demands a technically strong systems administrator with a solid understanding of SAP environments, particularly in S/4HANA and SAP Basis. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining system stability, security, and performance across complex landscapes, supporting the organisation's digital transformation and operational resilience. Key Responsibilities: Managing SAP system landscapes, including daily monitoring and troubleshooting of SAP environments. Supporting SAP installations, configurations, and system copies to ensure operational integrity. Executing system upgrades, kernel patches, and transport management to maintain system security and functionality. Performing database administration tasks for HANA DB and other databases such as Sybase ASE, Oracle, or SQL Server. Monitoring system performance and identifying bottlenecks to optimise workloads. Assisting in SAP HANA administration, schema management, and backups. Implementing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure system resilience. Supporting security and compliance through user and role administration, audits, and secure configurations. Job Requirements: Significant experience in SAP Basis administration within complex landscape environments. Strong expertise in S/4HANA and SAP landscape management. Understanding of system upgrades, kernel patching, and transport management systems. Experienced in database administration for HANA, Sybase ASE, and other common databases. Knowledge of operating systems (Linux/Unix/Windows) and monitoring tools for SAP. Experience with SAP security, compliance audits, and data protection standards. Ability to troubleshoot and resolve system incidents swiftly and effectively. Excellent communication, documentation, and teamwork skills to collaborate across technical and business stakeholders. Desired Skills & Competencies: Experience in managing SAP in cloud environments such as Azure. Proficiency in scripting languages like Shell, Python, or PowerShell for automation tasks. Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for SAP transports. Familiarity with advanced monitoring tools like Dynatrace or Grafana. If you're an experienced SAP specialist ready to deploy your expertise in a challenging Defence & Security context, we encourage you to apply now. Join our client's mission-critical team and help drive their digital transformation forward.