Sr. Principal Enterprise-Wide Applications Analyst

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and secure technological solutions to enable strategic objectives. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we will support your mission of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman’s Corporate Sector's Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO) is seeking a Senior Principal Enterprise-Wide Applications Analyst to support its Enterprise Resource Planning organization as a SAP Basis Administrator with Business Technology Platform focus.

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman's Enterprise Services 1ERP Operations team. Through this role they will support a varied set of systems utilizing the newest technology in Operating Systems, Utilities, and Hardware for SAP S/4 and BTP applications. This is a dynamic people-focused environment where he/she will interact with users, customers, and other developers.  

This position will be virtual/remote and can be performed anywhere within the continental United States. Teleworking arrangements are subject to change based on the needs of the business.

Responsibilities may include any or all of the following areas:

• Maintain daily on-going operational support for state of the art on premise, hybrid, and cloud SAP environments (including NetWeaver and BTP) on RedHat Linux operating systems utilizing SAP HANA.

• Provide daily technical administration support for SAP applications.

• Research and resolve IT-related problems.

• Develop and maintain scripts for Linux environments for system housekeeping, monitoring, backups, in-house applications, and secure file transfer.

• Generate recommendations for and implement process improvements.

• Apply advanced SAP technical principles, theories and concepts.

• Provide SAP & third party interface software version updates and coordinate implementation of fixes/changes to application interfaces and application client installations.

• Install SAP software patches and/or updates.

• Perform proactive review of systems performance metrics and alerts to ensure event correlation and trend analysis are performed on a regular basis.

• Review system logs to identify signs of potential problems.

• Evaluate software or system releases to determine compatibility.

• Coordinate system tuning to improve operational capabilities.

• Document systems infrastructure and maintain an accurate hardware and software inventory.

• Work on unusually complex technical problems to provide solutions which are highly innovative.

• Oversee Project completion and interface with Business Partners regarding projects.

• Monitor and tune the SAP landscapes to achieve optimum performance levels.

• Technical IT consulting on SAP related projects.

• Perform Capacity Planning across the SAP landscapes.

Basic Qualifications:

• 8 Years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in Information System Management, Engineering, Computer Science or related field; 6 Years with a Masters; 4 Years with a PhD.

• IT experience required.

• MS 365 familiarity .

• Ability to provide on-call 24x7 support.

• SAP Administration