The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the management of the SAP environment. The SAP Basis Administrator's responsibilities include configuring, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting the SAP technical environment on an ongoing basis as well as scheduling and executing executing the SAP transport system. The SAP Basis Administrator collaborates to resolve SAP transport and source code problems. The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the installation, upgrade, and maintenance of SAP systems. Additional areas include the evaluation and design of interfaces between SAP and external systems, maintenance of the SAP Data Dictionary and database objects, and managing the migration of SAP database and application configuration into production as well as analyzing, developing, and maintaining data architectures and process models within SAP.
A key area of responsibility is the documentation and updating of the existing SAP environment and working with IT and business units to modernize the SAP environment.
The SAP Basis Administrator must possess the ability to analyze situations and provide problem resolution. Excellent written and oral communication skills are a requirement.