SAP Basis Administrator

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role:
As an integral member of the SAP Basis team, the SAP Basis Administrator will provide administration support to all SAP and peripheral systems and participate in 24*7 production support. 

Your Role Accountabilities:

• Installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, monitoring and performance tuning and troubleshooting of
  • SAP S/4, SAP MDG, SAP BRIM, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BW, SAP SRM, SAP SCM, SAP CRM, SAP LVM, MDM, Catalog, APO Live Cache/MaxDB, SAP GRC, SAP IQ, EP and Solution Manager
  • Peripheral systems such as OpenText, PGP encryption
  • Interfaces such as printers, emails servers, Go Anyware/file drops 
• Maintaining and managing SAP Portal System
• System copies and landscape synchronization
• Manage backups and restores
• Manage and satisfy SOX and other audit controls
• Effectively interface and collaborate with other infrastructure teams: server, storage and networking
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Stay abreast of SAP roadmaps, development and OSS notes to help improve current platform

Create and maintain team documentation leading to best practices, standardization and service desk support

Qualifications & Experiences:

• 5 years of SAP Basis Administration experience.
• 3+ years of experience working in a NetWeaver 7.0 or higher environment
• 6 months experience in S/4HANA, BRIM and BW/4HANA, SLT environment
• 6 months of experience supporting SAP in Cloud environment
• Experience with multiple SAP components: as many as possible from the list below. Experience with SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW/4HANA , SLT, SAP SCM, APO/Live Cache, SAP GRC, SAP IQ, SAP SRM, Portal, BTP, Fiori Launchpad, SAP CRM, HANA 
• Experience with Enhancement Packages, ABAP and Java stack administration including system copies.
• Experience with HANA and/or DB2 Databases and Unix administration concepts as necessary for Basis work, including scripting in AWS Cloud and On Premise environment
• Adequate interpersonal and communications skills both written and verbal to include translating complex technical issues clearly and precisely to both technical and non-technical parties
• Strong analytical and technical communication skills.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel, both in person and on the telephone.
• Must be able to pay close attention to complex detail and understand written and oral instructions.
• Must be able to organize and schedule work effectively.
• Must be able to work well under time constraints.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks with changing priorities, communicating changes in scope and schedule to all parties concerned.
• Must be service-oriented.
• Must be able to work on specific task with required guidance
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including possible overtime, when necessary.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality 

Not Required but preferred experience:

• Familiarity with SOX and ITIL
• SAP certification
• Experience with AWS
• Understanding of SAP applications and its functionalities is an added advantage.

Experience supporting SAP in AWS cloud environment

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.