SAP Basis Associate Consultant

Description

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent 0 to 1 year of experience in a related field required.
• Preference is given to candidates with academic exposure and experience with an accredited SAP Alliance University program.
• Administration experience.
• Experience with operating systems (e.g., Windows, Unix/Linux).
• Understands network and infrastructure principles.
• Familiarity with database management (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, Max DB, Sybase)
• Proficiency in system monitoring tools and techniques.

• Operating Systems Administration.
• Operating System Installation: Ensure operating system software is properly installed, tested, and tuned to maximize operating efficiency.
• Operating System Modification: Customize and upgrade operating and related systems to meet ongoing user needs.
• Operating System Performance Analysis: Evaluate levels of systems operations and recommend measures to improve overall performance.
• Operating Systems Maintenance: Monitor and maintain operating and related systems to ensure minimal interruption of production systems and to maintain maximum system availability.
• Operations Support: Provide technical support to computer operations and applications programming staff to ensure availability of production and on-line systems.
• Security Management: Ensure safety and security of information system assets and protect systems from inappropriate access or destruction.
• Network Design and Configuration: Design and engineer network installations to meet information processing and traffic needs.
• Network Analysis and Management: Analyze and monitor network activity to ensure optimal network operation.
• Control/Security: Control network activity to ensure sound and secure operations.
• Network Administration and Support: Administration of assigned network to optimize services and access to telecommunications and related networks.
• Database Maintenance/Management: Design, create, manage and maintain physical databases including database storage management, procedures and tools for access, database security, and monitoring and tuning the database to ensure ongoing operation and access.
• Database Installation and Configuration: Ability to install and Configure Database such as Oracle, MS SQL, etc.
• Database maintenance: Maintaining databases, updating permissions, and performing regular maintenance and reorganizations.
• Data security: Ensuring that organizational data is secure and implementing security measures to protect data integrity and privacy.
• Data backup and recovery: Backing up and restoring data to prevent data loss, and developing, managing, and testing back-up and recovery plans.
• Database performance: Monitoring and improving the performance of the database and performing regular performance tuning and query optimization.
• Database Monitoring: Proactive Monitoring to report and correct for any abnormal issues observed.
• Provide technical support for projects and initiatives.
• Collaborate with functional consultants, developers, and business stakeholders to deliver solutions.
• Implement best practices for database management and optimization.
• Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, changes, and procedures.
• Generate regular reports on system performance, availability, and security status.
• Perform regular system backups and restorations as needed.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and procedures related to user access.
• Conduct regular system maintenance activities such as applying patches, updates, and support packages.
• Manage and monitor system performance, availability, and security.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to communicate with others clearly and concisely.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Understands business processes for focus areas or modules.
• Ability to do research and perform detailed tasks.
• Strong analytical skills.

• Aptitude for working in a team environment; problem-solving skills, creative thinking, communicating clearly and empathetically, strong time management, and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.
• Learn/understand consulting “soft” skills necessary on engagements, as well as with team collaborative initiatives.
• Strong presentation skills.

• Self-starter with the ability to manage their own time and tasks to meet training milestones.

• Focused on self-development to become a consultant and or subject or module expert.
• Actively seeks new opportunities to enhance skills.

• Assists the project team efforts in documenting the developing solutions for client situations.
• Assists team effort in preparing and developing solution documentation for projects.
• Completes assignments within the time allotted, meets project deadlines, and makes and keeps sensible commitments to the team.
• Learn to understand and adhere project and organization guidelines with all administrative responsibilities in a timely and effective manner.
• Keeps manager apprised of workload direction and concerns.
• Learn to analyze and develop reliable solutions that produce efficient and effective outcomes.
• Develops a deeper understanding of SAP methodologies, tools, standards, and techniques.
• Assists with project documentation, and demonstrates effective organizational skills, with minimal supervision.
• Adopt learning quality standards, and correctly prioritizes own activities following the project plan.
• Provides project team and leaders with updates on the progress and difficulties encountered, and provides value-added insight and understanding, for future program development.
• Learn to demonstrate the ability to accomplish project assignments resulting in quality service.