SAP Basis - Database & Automation Specialist - evonik

Explore a world of opportunities with us. Look ahead with us and help shape innovative solutions to make our world more sustainable and life healthier, more vibrant and more comfortable. At Evonik, you have the chance to explore, thrive, and grow alongside 33,000 colleagues. Among attractive career paths and high-quality development programs, we not only offer performance-based remuneration and occupational health benefits but also hybrid and flexible working environments with #SmartWork. Bring your fresh perspective, develop your strengths, break out your mold, and find a career that fits your dreams with us.

Click on the link below to learn what our employees have to say about Evonik: https ://careers.evonik.com/en/about/meet-the-team/

Key Responsibilities

A) SAP Database Administration (in an TDI Landscape)

As a Database Specialist, you will take responsibility of SAP database setup & operations in a Tailored Datacenter Integration (TDI) environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Ensure high availability, performance, and stability of SAP databases, specifically SAP HANA
• Manage and optimize SAP HANA-based database systems in production environments
• Implement and maintain security and governance standards
• Drive automation of database administration tasks
• Backup & Recovery concepts
• Disaster Recovery strategies and processes
• Perform root cause analysis and problem resolution for database-related issues
• Collaborate with SAP Basis and infrastructure teams on system lifecycle activities

Technical Focus

• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP BW
• SAP EWM
• SAP GTS and related systems
• Performance monitoring and tuning on the database layer
• Prepare and coordinate patching, upgrades, migrations

B) Automation & DevOps Engineering

You will play a key role in driving automation, standardization, and modernization across SAP platform operations.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation solutions for SAP infrastructure and operations
• Develop and maintain standard and custom automations
• Enable and support DevOps practices , CI/CD pipelines, and operational workflows
• Integrate SAP operations with modern toolchains and monitoring solutions
• Collaborate with global teams to ensure scalable and repeatable processes

Tools & Technologies

• Programming & scripting: Python
• Automation frameworks: Ansible, Terraform
• Version control & pipelines: Git, CI/CD Pipelines
• Development environment: VS Code
• Container & platform tools: Rancher
• Monitoring & observability: Grafana
• APIs and system integration technologies

Working Environment

• Hybrid SAP landscape (On-Prem + Cloud)
• Global setup with distributed teams across multiple time zones (“Follow the Sun”)