Job Description
SAP BASIS Administrator - Birmingham - Contract
6-month initial contract duration
This role requires hybrid working from Birmingham but may involve travel to other sites and third party suppliers.
Inside IR35 - £450-475 / day
SAP BASIS Administrator required for a leading customer based in Birmingham to manage lifecycle of Linux services and SAP HANA databases, as well as providing support to the wider SAP team.
Key skills & responsibilities:
* Oversee the day-to-day administration, configuration, and maintenance of SAP HANA database environments to ensure stability and reliability.
* Continuously monitor system performance, analyse workload trends, and implement tuning strategies to optimise efficiency and scalability.
* Plan, execute, and validate backup and recovery procedures to safeguard data integrity and ensure business continuity.
* Project and Security Compliance tasks
* Collaborate closely with the SAP functional and technical teams, providing expert guidance and operational support.
* Diagnose and resolve database-related issues, including performance bottlenecks, capacity constraints, replication failures, and other data integrity concerns.
* Strong knowledge of ITIL framework
* Maintain adherence to database vendor licensing requirements and ensure compliance with contractual agreements.
* Lead incident and problem management activities, conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures.
* Contribute to project delivery efforts and enforce security, governance, and compliance standards across database environments.
Interested? Please send your updated CV to for immediate review.