Senior SAP Basis & IBM DB2 Administrator
Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Full Time
Experienced
Job Description: Senior SAP Basis & IBM DB2 Administrator
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP Basis & IBM DB2 Administrator to take ownership of our critical enterprise ERP and database layers. Our landscape consists of SAP ECC, BW, and Enterprise Portal (EP) powered by an IBM DB2 database.
The successful candidate must be capable of seamlessly administering, optimizing, and patching this environment across both Windows Server and Enterprise Linux (SLES/RHEL) platforms.
This role is responsible for the end-to-end performance of the SAP/DB2 stack and managing high-availability replication via DB2 HADR to sync data between our primary environment on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and our on-premises recovery cluster.
Key Responsibilities
1. IBM DB2 & SAP Basis Administration
- Location: On-site / Remote (Jeddah/Riyadh/Dammam, Saudi Arabia)
- Target Start Date: Immediate
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP Basis & IBM DB2 Administrator to take ownership of our critical enterprise ERP and database layers. Our landscape consists of SAP ECC, BW, and Enterprise Portal (EP) powered by an IBM DB2 database.
The successful candidate must be capable of seamlessly administering, optimizing, and patching this environment across both Windows Server and Enterprise Linux (SLES/RHEL) platforms.
This role is responsible for the end-to-end performance of the SAP/DB2 stack and managing high-availability replication via DB2 HADR to sync data between our primary environment on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and our on-premises recovery cluster.
Key Responsibilities
1. IBM DB2 & SAP Basis Administration
- Provide full-lifecycle administration, maintenance, and performance tuning of production and non-production IBM DB2 databases supporting our SAP environment.
- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot database-level replication via DB2 HADR between GCP and the on-premises Nutanix cluster.
- Perform day-to-day SAP Basis operations including Transport Management System (TMS) administration, spool management, batch job scheduling, and performance tuning.
- Plan and execute SAP support package stacks (SPS) installations, kernel upgrades, and technical component patching.
- Fully manage, configure, and troubleshoot the SAP/DB2 application and database layers across both Windows Server and Enterprise Linux (SLES or RHEL) environments.
- Manage operating system-specific clustering, file systems, permissions, storage volumes, and kernel parameters optimized for SAP/DB2 performance on both platforms.
- Ensure operating system-level patching schedules are aligned with SAP and DB2 compatibility matrices with zero disruption to services.
- Own technical DR readiness for the SAP/DB2 landscape, executing bi-annual failover/failback tests to ensure business continuity.
- Maintain accurate system configuration layouts and step-by-step recovery runbooks for both OS platforms.
- Database & ERP: 5+ years of dedicated experience as an IBM DB2 DBA and SAP Basis Administrator (ECC, BW, EP) with hands-on DB2 HADR replication experience.
- Operating Systems: Advanced, seamless administration of both Windows Server (including Windows Failover Clustering) and enterprise Linux (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - SLES / Red Hat Enterprise Linux - RHEL).
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