Senior SAP Basis Administrator

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

You would like to make a difference and work together with us on our big target to get fossil free within one generation?

On the current journey of Vattenfall towards S/4 HANA our SAP Basis Team is responsible for the management of an international technical SAP system landscape running in the cloud as well as on premise.

For the SAP Basis Team, part of Vattenfall IT we are now looking for an ambitious Senior SAP Basis Administrator in Berlin or Hamburg. 

As a Senior SAP Basis Administrator you will take responsibility of the configuration, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting of the technology stack like SAP application and underlaying database.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Lead the management of Vattenfall's international SAP system landscape, including both cloud and on-premise environments
• Take primary responsibility for the configuration, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting of the SAP technology stack and underlying databases
• Manage and execute software upgrades, system installations, configuration, and support package installations.
  • Oversee HANA database administration and user authentication/security access management
• Plan and manage technical projects and upgrades, coordinating necessary resources
• Ensure secure operation and setup of SAP landscapes
• Conduct SAP Basis and database workload analysis and performance tuning
• Collaborate with integration teams to connect surrounding systems based on current security standards
• Maintain and setup SAP High-Availability solutions
• Advanced database administration (Oracle, HANA)
• Deep understanding of data-center infrastructure, including hardware and software (operating systems/UNIX and Linux)
• Participate in and potentially lead on-call duty rotation

Location

Berlin or Hamburg 

Who are you? 

As our SAP Basis Administrator you bring strong communication skills, an open mindset and solid problem solving skills. 

Next to this you bring:

• University degree (Master's preferred) or equivalent technical qualification/experience
• Extensive understanding of SAP software architecture and landscape design
• Strong technical background in SAP technologies
• Extensive experience working in a SAP Basis team in a similar size and complexity organization
• Proven ability to cooperate with team members and customers
• Operation of SAP in cloud environments
• Proven knowledge in ISMS compliant SAP technical operation.
• English language skills - verbal and written
• German language skills could be helpful but not mandatory

What we offer 

At Vattenfall we promote smart working. Meaning you can easily combine work life with your private situation to ensure a healthy work life balance. We are convinced that the pursuit of diversity helps to build a profitable, efficient and attractive company. Therefore we are looking for a harmonious balance of employees in terms of gender, age and ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

More Information

Please apply before December 16th 2025. For additional specific technical information about this vacancy announcement please contact Rekha Dadwal-Shet (Manager SAP-Basis) ([email protected]). For further information regarding the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruiter Marius Gläßge ([email protected]).

Trade union representatives in Sweden (IT) are Sofi Wadström (Akademikerna), Inger Strandberg (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Lennart Bengtsson (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

We look forward to your application in English with a cover letter, curriculum vitae and relevant certificates or references. Please apply directly via our application link. Please note that we will only start the selection process after the application period has expired.

Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates can be subject to a Security Vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

We look forward to your application