Senior, SAP Basis System Administrator

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are...
When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next...
From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
Your New Role:
As an integral member of the SAP Basis team, the SAP Basis Administrator will provide administration support to all SAP and peripheral systems and participate in 24*7 production support with very minimal supervision. In addition, SAP Senior Basis Team member is responsible for providing the architectural support for various SAP upgrade and enhancements projects including its execution.
Your Role Accountabilities:

• Installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, monitoring and performance tuning and troubleshooting of

• SAP S/4, SAP MDG, SAP BRIM, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP SLT, SAP ECC, SAP BW, SAP SRM, SAP SCM, APO, Live Cache/Max DB, SAP GRC, SAP CRM, SAP LVM, SAP IQ, MDM, Catalog, EP and Solution Manager
• Peripheral systems such as OpenText, Go3i, PGP encryption
• Interfaces such as printers, emails servers, Go Anyware/file drops

• Leading Proof of Concept and guiding team on new technologies
• Maintaining and managing SAP Portal System.
• System copies and landscape synchronization.
• Manage backups and restores, disaster recovery, high availability of systems.
• Manage and satisfy SOX and other audit controls.
• Security experience with ABAP and Java stack.
• Effectively interface and collaborate with other infrastructure teams: server, storage and networking.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Stay abreast of SAP roadmaps, development and OSS notes to help improve current platform.
• Create and maintain team documentation leading to best practices, standardization and service desk support.

Qualifications & Experiences:

• 12 years deep SAP Basis Administration experience.
• 5+ years of experience working in a NetWeaver 7.0 or higher environment
• 3+ years of experience in S/4HANA, BRIM and BW/4HANA environment
• 2+ years of experience supporting SAP in Cloud environment
• Minimum of five complete life-cycle implementations.
• Experience with multiple SAP components: as many as possible from the list above. Experience with SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA , SAP SLT, SAP SCM, APO, Live Cache/MaxDB, SAP GRC, SAP SRM, SAP IQ, Portal, BTP, Fiori Launchpad, SAP CRM
• Experience with Enhancement Packages, ABAP and Java stack administration including system copies.
• Experience supporting SAP in AWS cloud environment
• Advanced level knowledge in managing SAP with HANA and/or DB2 databases with back up, High Availability and DR solution
• Intermediate knowledge with SAP cloud platform (SCP) Integration, Cloud Connector, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).
• Experience with SAP HANA and/or DB2 Databases and Unix/Linux administration concepts as necessary for Basis work, including scripting in AWS Cloud and On Premise environment
• Experience supporting SAP in AWS cloud environment
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills both written and verbal to include translating complex technical issues clearly and precisely to both technical and non-technical parties
• The ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Familiar with ODATA services and Fiori based Application Deployment
• Strong analytical and technical communication skills.
• Understanding of SAP applications and its functionalities is an added advantage.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel, both in person and on the telephone.
• Must be able to pay close attention to complex detail and understand written and oral instructions.
• Must be able to organize and schedule work effectively.
• Must be able to work well under time constraints.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks with changing priorities, communicating changes in scope and schedule to all parties concerned.
• Must be service-oriented.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including possible overtime, when necessary.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality

D. Preferred:

• Familiarity with SOX and ITIL
• SAP certification
• Knowledge of Entertainment Industry and business applications is an added advantage
• Experience with AWS

How We Get Things Done...
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, union status, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.
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