SAP Basis Lead / Technical Lead job in Riyadh

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Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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About the Job

Directly manage, mentor, and task-assign the SAP Basis technical team.
Lead the administration, monitoring, performance tuning, and troubleshooting of SAP landscapes (S/4HANA, ECC, BW, Solution Manager, ALM, Cloud Connector, etc.).
Technical Leadership for SAP Basis operations, establishing best practices, standards, and operational guidelines.
Design, plan, and execute SAP system upgrades, system refreshes, kernel updates, database migrations, and patch implementations (Support Packages/Stack).
Manage backup/recovery strategies, high availability (HA) setups, and Disaster Recovery (DR) drills.
Oversee SAP system security, user authorization concepts, transport management, and audit compliance protocols.
Manage day-to-day work for internal Basis engineers to ensure strict adherence to SLAs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.
10+ years of SAP Basis experience with proven experience as SAP Basis Lead / Technical Lead.
Strong hands-on experience with SAP landscapes (S/4HANA, ECC, BW, Solution Manager, SAP HANA).
Expertise in SAP Basis administration, upgrades, migrations, system refreshes, kernel updates, and performance tuning.
Strong knowledge of SAP Security, user authorization, roles, and audit compliance.
Experience managing SAP Basis teams and ensuring SLA compliance.
Experience with HA/DR, backup & recovery strategies.
Good knowledge of Linux/Windows operating systems.
Strong leadership and communication skills.