Senior SAP Basis Administrator

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 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 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 Germany, Sweden, Poland or the Netherlands. 

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 Exadata.

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)
• Maintain and setup SAP BTP and support BDC platform
• 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

Hamburg, Berlin, Katowice, Amsterdam, Stockholm

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 incl. SAP BTP
• Good to have knowledge of SAP Industry solutions Utilites, and SAP CRM
• Proven knowledge in ISMS compliant SAP technical operation.
• Professional English language skills - verbal and written
• Local language skills could be helpful but not mandatory

Our offer 

Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. 



More Information 

We welcome your application in English, no later than, 30th of June 2026. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Marius Gläßge ([email protected]). 

Trade union representatives in Sweden (IT) are Sofi Wadström (Akademikerna), Patricia Ek (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.

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.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, DISA. 

 

We look forward to receiving your application!