Topcon Positioning Group is headquartered in Livermore, California, USA (topconpositioning.com). Topcon Positioning Group designs, manufactures and distributes precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, BIM, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets.

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Summary

The SAP Basis Administrator will be managing the deploying, configuring, administering, and supporting the applications, systems and technical components that integrate Topcon's cloud applications and hosted systems in support of the organization's global business operations by applying knowledge of network security protocols, identity access management, SAP systems administration, ERP implementation lifecycles, data center operations, and cloud computing to connect business systems in a multi-dimensional landscape.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, integrate, and administer on premise business applications, cloud applications, middleware systems, and sub-components with core SAP systems using SAP Cloud Platform, native SAP EDI, Java, and Apache.
• Assist with performing system refreshes, client copies and upgrading systems, agents, kernels, and technical components, including deploying enhancement packages, support packages and add-ons, SAP OSS notes and security notes.
• Maintain the ERP system landscape which is composed of technologies that include SAP ECC, BW, CPI, Web Dispatcher Load Balancers, Solution Manager, Linux, HANA, Windows, MSCS HA Clusters, MS SQL Server, and ASE databases.
• Help support systems and technical infrastructure, including patching, transport administration, printer administration, interface administration, servers and storage, Linux and Python scripting.
• Help monitor and configure systems using SAP Solution Manager and SAP Cloud ALM for technical monitoring. Perform application security administration and configure, troubleshoot, and support SAP ITSM.
• Assist with maintaining performance and optimizing systems, analyzing performance issues, tuning systems, and monitoring workloads and applications.
• Testing disaster recovery procedures and help support and implement technical integrations of global 3rd party applications.
• Confer and liaise with global SAP Business Application teams, IT Infrastructure teams, and Network teams.
• Integrations & Interfaces: Support the integration points that bind a multi-tier ERP landscape in support of business critical data exchanges:
• Deployment of SSL certificates and managing the schedule, sequencing, and testing in alignment with change management processes
• Configuring integration points and interfaces in support of business processes, international trade, and tax requirements
• Deploying changes to the SAP Cloud Platform and supporting the interface development team.
• SAP Software Logistics: Deploying enhancement packages
• Upgrade systems, technical components, deploying support packages and Add-Ons.
• SAP Basis Activities to Include: maintaining, administering, and supporting the ERP system landscape composed of the following SAP products:
• ECC, BW, CPI, SLT, Solution Manager 7.2, Change and Request Management, ChaRM), Central User Administration, Technical Alerting and Monitoring, Web Dispatcher, S4 Public Cloud, Analytics Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Cloud Platform
• Cloud Application Lifecycle Management. Cloud 4 Customer.
• Landscape and Systems Administration: Maintaining, administering, and supporting the software and hardware infrastructure.
• IT Operations: Working within the service desk, monitor and resolve incidents and requests for support within defined service level agreements, Working with the IT operations compliance framework, support change and release schedules across multiple application platforms, Support technical and functional projects, define cutover plans and lead technical cutovers, Work with external service providers to administer, maintain, and support hostedcloud applications and systems.

Qualifications

• Computer Science or Information SystemsBachelor's Degree in
• AND three (3) to five (5) years of experience.
• Must have enterprise applications experience: Jira, SAP ECC 6, SAP Solution Manager, ChaRM, Central User Administration, SAP BW, SAP Analytics Cloud, SLT, CPI, ERPMaestro.
• Operating Systems: MS Windows, Unix, Linux.
• Programming & Scripting: SQL, PowerShell, SAP ABAP, Python, C#, ASP.NET. Databases: Sql Server, HANA.
• Business Applications: MS Office, SharePoint, MS Power BI.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally if requested is also required.

Topcon is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.