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Amgen SAP Basis Architect in Hyderabad, India
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
SAP Basis Architect
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About Amgen
Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.
What you will do
The SAP Basis Architect is responsible for supporting a complex Global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) landscape, consisting of SAP and non-SAP systems managed on AWS. Collaborating with a team of high-performing individuals, including Basis experts and cloud SMEs, the primary focus will be on assisting to ensure the resilience, compliance, and security of our 24x7 regulated and mission-critical global ERP platform. Additionally, the role will contribute to the execution of platform activities for the ERP Modernization program, including the S/4HANA implementation and subsequent operations after go-live.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Assist in executing the roadmap and lifecycle of the SAP platform, ensuring the reliability, security, and compliance of SAP and non-SAP components.
Support the operation and maintenance of the SAP platform on AWS in alignment with organizational strategy.
Contribute to establishing or refining playbooks and standards for platform activities such as periodic maintenance.
Perform periodic operational activities to enhance platform stability, including monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and root cause analysis.
Assist in implementing support packages, release upgrades, kernel upgrades, system refreshes, and other lifecycle activities using automation tools like Solution Manager, SAP LaMa, and SAP ChaRM.
Help develop and maintain automation scripts for routine maintenance tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
Assist in operationalizing cybersecurity strategies for continuous monitoring, prioritization, and remediation of vulnerabilities.
Assist in managing SAP systems in validated (GxP) and SOX environments with a strong focus on quality.
Communicate clearly with peers, customers, and senior management.
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What we expect of you
Basic Qualifications:
Master’s degree and 1 to 3 years of Computer Science, IT or SAP related field experience OR
Bachelor’s degree and 3 to 5 years of Computer Science, IT or SAP related field experience OR
Diploma and 7 to 9 years of Computer Science, IT or SAP related field experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Hands-on experience managing SAP landscapes in cloud, specifically with systems such as SAP ECC, S/4HANA, ATTP, GTS, GRC, BW, ATC, GIS, Onapsis, Content Server, and various third-party add-ons.
Exposure to AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudFormation for infrastructure as code, and CloudWatch, etc.
Understanding in SAP HANA database administration, printer management, job scheduling, etc.
Good-to-Have Skills:
Knowledge of AWS and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) services, assisting in their implementation to enhance the reliability of the SAP platform.
Working experience in DevOps methodologies within SAP.
Familiarity with AI/ML, GenAI to implement advanced technologies in optimizing SAP solutions and driving innovation.
Professional Certifications (please mention if the certification is preferred or mandatory for the role):
SAP Certified Technology Associate (preferred)
Agile Certified Practitioner (preferred)
Soft Skills:
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure
Adaptability and flexibility in a rapidly changing environment
Strong organizational and time management skills
Proactive and self-motivated with a strong sense of initiative
Critical thinking and decision-making abilities
Strong attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse and multicultural team environment
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What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being. We offer competitive annual base salary, and a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities.
Equal Opportunity
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.
Apply now for a career that defies imagination
In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.
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