SAP HANA Database Administrator

Position : SAP HANA Database Administrator

Experience : 3 - 9 Years

Location : Bangalore / Hyderabad

Notice Period : Immediate Joiners

Job Description :

We are seeking a skilled HANA Database Administrator with strong customer-centric skills, excellent communication, analytical thinking, a result-driven approach, and strong collaboration skills.

About the Role

The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of SAP HANA Database architecture and the ability to manage installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance tuning efficiently.

Responsibilities

Responsible for message processing, technical incident management, service / change request management, problem management, and root cause analysis.

Performing installation, patching, and upgrade activities.

Overseeing performance monitoring, tuning, backup, restore, and recovery procedures.

Ensuring high availability of systems, including disaster recovery setup.

Providing technical expertise to optimize system operations and architecture.

Supporting concept and tool development to prevent issues and improve efficiency.

Collaborating within international teams and driving global knowledge transfer and documentation.

Conducting workshops and training sessions for customers and ensuring knowledge transfer within the team.

Supervising juniors and trainees to foster learning and growth.

Planning, setting up, and implementing technical migration projects and process improvements.

Required Skills

3 to 9 years of experience in SAP HANA DBA.

Strong knowledge of SAP HANA Database architecture.

Basic understanding of Linux operating systems.

In-depth knowledge of HANA backup and recovery concepts using both traditional and Backint methods.

Experience in DB restarts and troubleshooting issues in MDC / Non-MDC environments using both OS-level commands and Studio.

End-to-end installation of HANA 2.0 MDC.

DB client upgrades, add-on installations, and troubleshooting related issues.

Performing HANA version upgrades across different support packs in HANA 2.0.

Expertise in monitoring alerts from HANA Studio and taking necessary actions.

Applying HANA licenses using OS / Studio environments.

Managing audit logs and enabling logs for user activities.

Enabling / disabling different types of traces for performance analysis.

Performing end-to-end system health checks.

HANA user management experience.

Strong troubleshooting skills for backup-recovery, memory, CPU utilization, and database performance tuning.

Expertise in HANA parameter configuration changes.

Executing backup recovery and point-in-time recovery for both MDC and Non-MDC systems.

Handling HANA outages (system downtime, system hang, and performance issues) while meeting required SLA commitments.

Managing P1 and P2 incidents and ensuring timely resolution as per KPI requirements.

Shift leadership experience is an added advantage.

Willingness to work in rotational shifts, including one week of night shifts per month.

Preferred Skills

Demonstrating strong analytical skills, technical affinity, and a customer-focused, solution-oriented mindset.

Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation, including weekends or public holidays when required.