Active SC clearance holding SAP Basis technical specialist-6months-London

Kirtana consulting is looking for Active SC clearance holding SAP Basis technical specialist for 6months rolling contract in London.

Job description:

Role Title: SAP Technical Specialist

Required Core Skills:
- SAP Basis

We are looking for a Senior Product Engineer (SAP Requirements to Develop - R2D) to help us manage, change, maintain, support and configure a business critical' SAP system that hosts applications for both the processing and issuance of bank notes and the secure storage and processing of gold bullion.

To be successful in this role a high level of knowledge and experience in changing, configuring and supporting SAP functional modules (currently based on SAP ECC) will be required; primarily MM, SD and WM. The ideal candidate will offer all of these but candidates with proven experience of supporting, designing and delivering change in at least one of these modules will be considered.

Responsibilities include:

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

Role Requirements

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 eg 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.