SAP Basis Administrator

Get ready to grow with us!

Northwest Pipe Company is the nation’s leading manufacturer of water infrastructure products and with over 50 years of experience, we’re just getting started! Our business is growing, and we’re looking for great people to grow with us. We’re immediately seeking a SAP Basis Administrator to join our Northwest Pipe team in Vancouver, WA (Corporate).

We Offer

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
• Bonus Potential (2x per year)
• Up to $5,000 per year Tuition Reimbursement
• Safety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (Day 1 of Employment)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Opportunities for Career Advancement
• Values-Driven Culture Committed to Equal Opportunities and Safety

Our Values

• Accountability is evident when we do what we say we are going to do and people accept responsibility for their actions. We do not point fingers and blame others. We own our actions.
• Commitment is not only promising to do something, but actually investing in the necessary effort and actions to make it happen.
• Teamwork is essential for competing in a challenging and constantly changing business environment. Working together across all job functions is critical to achieving our success.

About the Job

The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the integrity, utility, and stability of the company’s SAP ERP system. This includes managing the SAP ERP Application, the underlying Oracle Database, Windows Operating System and the Vmware Virtual Machines. The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for planning and coordinating the change management of processes required for the support of SAP systems necessary for business operations and directing the security administration for SAP applications. The SAP Basis Administrator’s role is to manage and operate the organization’s SAP systems through implementation of best practices. This includes directing others that may be responsible for installing, configuring, securing, patching, upgrading, and maintaining the company’s investments in proprietary SAP technologies.

Essential Functions & Major Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain the multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment (development, test, training and production).
• Maintain the integrity of the SAP environment by managing the SAP Correction and Transport System (CTS) to ensure all configuration and development objects are promoted properly.
• Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance.
• Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and availability.
• Install and configure all required SAP database servers and application servers.
• Manage SAP users, authorizations, and security profiles.
• Distribute the online SAP user workload and monitor and manage the SAP background job workload.
• Configure and manage the SAP printing subsystem for all SAP instances.
• Maintain SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies.
• Monitor all SAP systems (work processes, users, system logs, short dumps, locks, developer traces, system traces, disk space, etc.).
• Administer the SAP Oracle database. (plan and perform database upgrades, apply database maintenance, design and maintain physical database layout, perform database reorganizations, design and implement backup and restore strategy, maintain database security, administer database performance, manage database storage, database problem determination and resolution, etc.).
• Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client) as required.
• Experienced in Non-Unicode and Unicode environments, experience using the SUM tool with DMO converting Non-Unicode to Unicode is a plus.
• Lead the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades and support packages.
• Apply and migrate SAP maintenance (hot packages and kernel upgrades) through all systems using a structured methodology.
• Develop and maintain system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces.
• Perform SAP System Copies for Production Support and Application Development.
• Document and capture your work via work instructions and technical specifications.
• Apply OSS notes.
• Perform System Measurement and user license analysis.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Competency as a team leader.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment and make sound decisions in emergency situations.
• Good project management skills.
• Detailed Knowledge of enterprise-level applications, including ERP, CRM, data warehouses, etc.
• Detailed Knowledge of Databases, Operating systems and Virtual and Physical Servers.
• Strong customer-service orientation.
• Excellent understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail.
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Education/Experience

• Degree in computer science, information systems, or business administration, and/or  5 years experience in Systems Administration.
• At least 5 yr. direct experience administrating SAP applications (i.e. SAP ECC Basis, Concur, S/4, BTP, Signavio, etc.).
• Proven experience in overseeing the direction, development, and implementation of SAP software solutions.
• Technically fluent in relational database administration.
• Direct experience with SDLC processes.

Full list of anticipated physical demands for this position and detail on our work environment is available on our application portal. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Except where prohibited by state law, offers of employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, drug test, and/or physical examination, as determined by the essential functions and physical requirements of the position.

Northwest Pipe Company is committed to equal employment opportunity. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Northwest Pipe Company reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date.