SAP Basis Administrator

Requisition ID: 19558
Department: Finance and Corporate Services Dept.
Service: Information Technology Services
Branch: SAP Solutions Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Temporary - Up to 2 years
Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week
Affiliation: CIPP
Salary Information: $93,764.58 - $114,097.62 annually (2025 rates of pay)
Location: 100 Constellation, Nepean
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Information Technology
Application Close: 12/11/2025

**JOB SUMMARY**
- The SAP Solutions Branch is responsible for evaluating and improving the full lifecycle and delivery of SAP programs, services, projects and solutions to the corporation. SAP is the City’s integrated software solution used to manage an extensive range of business processes including finance, material management, procurement, sales distribution, real estate management, plant maintenance, human resources, payroll and project systems.
- The City is transitioning from SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP S/4HANA Cloud (Private Edition) under RISE with SAP.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
- Completion of 3 year university degree or community college diploma in computer science or related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in information systems, including microcomputer support and business analysis

**KNOWLEDGE**
- ECC 6.0, HANA, PI/PO 7.5, SAP Portal, BW/4HANA and BPC
- SAP S/4HANA (Private Cloud Edition)
- Comprehensive SAP security administration and authorization governance, leveraging the capabilities of SAP IAG, IAS and IPS
- SSO configuration, certificate management and identity federation using SAML2, OAuth, and OIDC protocols
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux and Microsoft Windows.
- Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers.

**COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
- Leadership Competencies:

- The key competencies that describe the skills and behaviours expected to be demonstrated by managers and supervisors at the City of Ottawa are available on Ozone.
- The seven Leadership Competencies, which align with Servant Leadership, are:

- Strategic Leadership - Sets/implements the strategic direction, understands internal and external trends, the political sensitivities of the organization and applies this knowledge to support the long-term vision and success of the City
- Demonstrates Business Sense - Understands the impact of decisions on the business and the ability to strive to improve business performance; requires an awareness of business issues, processes and outcomes as they impact the community, the City’s reputation and strategic direction
- Builds Collaborative Relationships - Proactively communicates, builds and utilizes professional relationships and partnerships with all internal and external stakeholders
- Fosters Innovation and Change - Develops an environment that embraces innovation and efficiently integrates change into the organization
- Engages Employees - Leads, coaches, mentors and develops an engaged, diverse workforce of individuals and teams, where work is performed in a safe, respectful environment and successes are recognized and celebrated regularly
- Delivers Results - Creates effective plans and performance measures, holds themselves and others accountable for measurable, high quality, timely and cost-effective results
- Client-centric Focus - Serves the client interest through focusing individual, team and organization effort on identifying and meeting key and diverse client needs (the term “client” includes both internal and external clients)

**WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW**
- Language Requirement: English oral, reading, writing
- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.

The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.