ABAP Technical Consultant

About the Role

Alfanar Group is seeking an ABAP Technical Consultant to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role focuses on ensuring the availability, performance, security, and reliability of SAP systems through effective Basis administration and technical support across all SAP environments. The position requires 2-5 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain SAP systems, monitoring system health, availability, and performance.
• Manage SAP instances, profiles, parameters, and services, performing regular system checks and troubleshooting.
• Support DEV, QA, and PRD environments.
• Configure and manage SAP Transport Management System (TMS), overseeing transports across DEV, QA, and PRD.
• Perform SAP kernel upgrades, patching, and support SAP upgrades, migrations, and system refreshes, ensuring proper change and release management.
• Monitor SAP application and database performance, analyzing work processes, system logs, dumps, and workload.
• Troubleshoot system performance and availability issues, monitoring background jobs, RFCs, and interfaces.
• Perform root-cause analysis and resolve technical incidents.
• Manage SAP technical users and access-related issues, supporting SAP security and vulnerability remediation.
• Monitor database and SAP backups, supporting restore, recovery, and Disaster Recovery (DR) activities, and participating in High Availability (HA) and DR testing.
• Provide technical support for SAP Basis-related issues, coordinating with functional, ABAP, database, network, and infrastructure teams.
• Participate in SAP implementation, migration, and integration projects.
• Maintain technical documentation and operating procedures, providing technical recommendations, mentoring, and continuous improvement.

Role Accountabilities

• Obtain updated soft and technical skills relevant to the job.
• Perform planned activities to meet operational and development targets as per delivery schedules.
• Utilize resources effectively to achieve objectives within efficient cost and time.
• Provide periodic reports detailing deviations and execution of planned tasks.
• Solve related problems and escalate complex operational issues.
• Ensure quality requirements to develop effective quality control and processes.
• Coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automation opportunities.
• Comply with relevant policies, procedures, and work instructions.
• Ensure compliance with relevant safety, quality, and environmental management procedures and controls.

Qualifications and Experience

• 4-6 years of experience in a related field.

Work Type and Location

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh.