Major Incident Manager

 We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

The Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) Delivery Technical Operations team is responsible for OS, DB & SAP Apps (such as S/4 HANA) operations & support for our customers across multiple infrastructures - SAP DCs, AWS, Azure & GCP.
 

What you will do:

The Major Incident Manager is owning customer-centric escalations end-to-end. They are responsible for making sure the appropriate resources from various technical and customer-delivery teams are assigned to an escalation and are efficiently working together under their coordination until the customer situation is de-escalated. This includes:

• Participating in and driving of internal technical calls.
• Continuous and thorough documentation and reporting of progress made towards resolution.
• Getting involved in customer communication in case customer facing teams require support.
• Coordinate implementation of safeguarding structures.
• Closely working with business in a customer-oriented manner and with proactive service attitude in a highly motivated, globally distributed team.
• Make tactical decisions and take required actions to restore degraded services within SLAs.
• Support overall organization in continuous improvement by applying learnings from past escalations to future ones.
• Create and implement change request documentation.
• Be available for on-call duty on rotation basis.

What you bring:

• 10+ years professional experience, out of which minimum 5 years in IT Infrastructure/networking/ functions
• Knowledge of enterprise-level applications and understanding of Global Delivery model
• Previous experience in Helpdesk, Support Engineer, Database Administrator or BASIS consultant role
• Knowledge in Database (Oracle/DB2/SQL Server/MaxDB) administration, Operating Systems (Unix/Windows/Linux), hardware technologies
• Knowledge of High Availability/Disaster Recovery Strategy
• Knowledge of SAP Technologies, e.g. SAP Netweaver or HANA based systems
• Experience working in a global/multi-cultural environments
• ITIL Foundation v3/v4 is a must, ITIL Service Operation preferable
• Escalations handling is a key advantage.

 
Education:

• Graduate or Master’s Degree in Computer or Electronics & Communication Engineering / Computer science / Information Technology systems/ Computer applications / IT Business Systems
• Certification in SAP Basis at professional level is preferred (if not, should be able to complete the certification)

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​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 412946  | Work Area: Information Technology  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.