Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
SAP
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
The Opportunity
Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.
As a SAP BASIS - Senior Associate you will support client needs within our Business Application Consulting practice by managing SAP Basis activities that help optimize application performance, stability, and day-to-day operations. As a Senior Associate you will analyze complex issues, guide workstreams, and build meaningful client connections while developing your technical skills, business context awareness, and ability to mentor junior team members. In this role at PwC Acceleration Center India, you will contribute to SAP installation, configuration, administration, and support activities, while helping deliver dependable solutions across engagement tasks and maintaining professional and technical standards.
Responsibilities
- Perform SAP BASIS administration for SAP S/4HANA and related SAP systems.
- Monitor SAP systems to ensure availability, performance, and reliability.
- Handle day-to-day production support activities, including incident analysis and issue resolution.
- Manage SAP transports across Development, Quality, and Production environments.
- Perform client administration activities such as client copy, export/import, and refreshes.
- Execute SAP kernel upgrades, support package implementation, and system patching under established procedures.
- Perform SAP system start/stop activities, health checks, and routine housekeeping tasks.
- Support SAP Solution Manager monitoring and alert management.
- Assist in SAP HANA database administration activities, including monitoring and basic performance analysis.
- Support SAP PO, BOBJ, and BODS environments by monitoring services and resolving operational issues.
- Coordinate with functional, development, infrastructure, and database teams during deployments and maintenance activities.
- Support backup, restore, and disaster recovery activities.
- Document technical procedures, issue resolutions, and operational activities.
- Participate in planned maintenance activities and rotational on-call support as required.
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 5 years of experience
- Oral and written proficiency in English required
What Sets You Apart
- 4–5 years of hands-on experience in SAP BASIS Administration.
- Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA environments.
- Exposure to SAP PO, SAP BusinessObjects (BOBJ), and SAP BusinessObjects Data Services (BODS).
- Good understanding of SAP architecture, system administration, and landscape management.
- Experience with SAP transport management, client administration, and system monitoring.
- Hands-on experience with SAP kernel upgrades, patches, and support package implementation.
- Working knowledge of SAP Solution Manager.
- Basic to intermediate knowledge of SAP HANA Database Administration.
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Good communication skills with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
- Experience working in production support environments with SLA-driven incident management.
Travel Requirements
Not Specified
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