E2 SAP Basis Engineer E2

We’re looking for an SAP Basis Engineer to join the Core Banking Enablement value stream within Core Banking CIO and help deliver change across the organisation’s SAP landscape. As an SAP Solution Manager specialist, you’ll help design, implement and evolve the monitoring, alerting and change management capabilities that underpin our critical SAP estate.

Working across strategic programmes and platform transformation initiatives, you’ll enhance SAP Solution Manager capabilities including Technical Monitoring, Business Process Monitoring, alerting, diagnostics and Change Request Management.

As Nationwide transitions from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM, you’ll play an important role in introducing and adopting new capabilities across implementation and operations. You’ll contribute to the evolution of our SAP Application Lifecycle Management tooling, helping establish modern approaches to observability, engineering effectiveness and change governance across our SAP platforms.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon or London office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

As an engineer within our SAP Basis team, you’ll deliver technical change across the SAP platforms that underpin a range of important services at Nationwide. Alongside broader SAP Basis engineering responsibilities, you’ll act as a subject matter expert for SAP Solution Manager, delivering enhancements across Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure, Technical Monitoring and Change Request Management.

You’ll work closely with engineers, architects, infrastructure teams, application specialists and delivery teams to design and implement platform enhancements, monitoring capabilities and operational tooling. You’ll contribute to upgrades, migrations, technical implementations, automation and other strategic initiatives across the SAP estate.

As we prepare to transition from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM, you’ll help assess, develop and introduce new Application Lifecycle Management and monitoring capabilities. You’ll ensure new solutions are designed effectively, integrated with the wider technology estate and transitioned successfully to the teams responsible for running them.
 

About you

We’re looking for an experienced SAP Engineer with a strong background in SAP Basis administration and a good understanding of SAP operational management tooling. You’ll bring specialist expertise in SAP Solution Manager, along with an interest in the adoption of SAP Cloud ALM and modern observability capabilities.

You’ll enjoy solving technical problems, delivering platform change and improving monitoring, change governance and Application Lifecycle Management capabilities. You’ll be comfortable working across engineering and delivery teams, taking technical requirements through design, implementation, testing and transition into service.

You’ll have

• SAP Basis engineering: Proven experience working as an SAP Basis Engineer across large-scale, business-critical SAP landscapes
• SAP platform lifecycle management: Strong experience in SAP system administration, installations, upgrades, patching, migrations, performance analysis and technical troubleshooting
• SAP Solution Manager: Hands-on experience with SAP Solution Manager 7.2, particularly Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure, Technical Monitoring and related monitoring capabilities
• Change Request Management: Experience configuring and enhancing SAP ChaRM, including transport management, retrofit processes, project cycles and release cycles
• SAP Cloud ALM: Experience supporting SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM migration initiatives, including SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation, monitoring and alert management capabilities, and adoption of Cloud ALM application lifecycle management processes
• Observability & Tooling: Experience implementing enterprise observability and monitoring solutions across SAP landscapes, with expertise in Dynatrace, PowerConnect and related engineering toolchains. Ability to deliver end-to-end visibility, proactive issue detection, performance optimisation and operational excellence.

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind

• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand

• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development

• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• 25 days holiday, pro rata

• Private medical insurance

• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement

• Access to an annual performance-related bonus

• Training and development to help you progress your career

• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme

• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death

• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness

• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. 

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Disability Confident 

We’re not just guided by data, we’re driven by the real experiences of our people. We’re a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level. 

That’s why we’re constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs, we’re here to support you. If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment Support. 

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Please note that should you be successful in securing this role, the job title on our internal systems will be Engineer E2.