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Mks Instruments

Sr. Principal IT Architect - SAP Basis Architect Mks Instruments
Irvine, CA

MKS Instruments is a provider of instruments, subsystems and process control solutions.

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Job Description

MKS Instruments, Inc. is the parent company of Newport Corporation®, Spectra-Physics® and Ophir®, leaders in photonics, optics, lasers and motion/vibration control. MKS is a worldwide leader in technology solutions for thin film, process and industrial manufacturing, environmental monitoring, defense and security, life sciences and research.

Position Summary:

The SAP Basis Architect is a technical leadership role focusing on MKS' global SAP landscape. The Architect will be accountable for the design, implementation and health of the SAP landscape. The Architect will provide oversight and leadership to an extended technical team including onsite and offshore third party resources. The Architect is expected to be hands on for all design work and in the implementation of complex technical activities and issues. . The Architect will ensure that the SAP systems ((ECC, BW, APO, GTS, DMS, GRC, SAP Portal, Netweaver Gateway, SAP PI, Business Connector, and OpenText) and their peripheral systems (OpenText, Thomson Reuters, Hyperion, Hybris, and SalesForce) are properly monitored, and optimized to provide an uninterrupted and stable state. Expertise in solution designing for complex SAP architectures, infrastructure sizing and landscape optimization. Additionally, the Architect will be responsible for creating and maintaining technical road maps for SAP and supporting systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Analyze and define SAP and related solution infrastructure and application architecture
Partners with peers across the IT organization to solve complex business problems including taking a lead role on the high level solution options and approach
Leads technical projects such as infrastructure refreshes, data center migrations, and disaster recovery solutions.
Develops SAP infrastructure project plans and be responsible for the deliverables set by the application delivery managers.
Ensures SAP solution has proper monitoring in place; Supports performance analysis, memory management, and hardware capacity scaling and database analysis. Responsible for the system's overall health and stability.
Brings technical innovation and provides recommendations on SAP Technologies and related products
Plays a hands-on role in mitigating and resolving significant system issues such as performance issues.
Act as a liaison with networking and infra structure teams for efficient system administration
Distribute work load between Architecture/Design (80%) and operations (20%)

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with 10+ years of experience.
Excellent leadership skills with a strategic vision.
Detail oriented and excellent organizational, time and stress management skills
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and independently
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent communication (verbal, written) and customer-facing skills.
Willingness to expand knowledge and skills to other technologies and solutions

Required Skills:

10+ years experience as a SAP Basis Architect
5+ years of SAP Basis Administration
Strong experience in Unix/Linuxand Windows platforms
Strong experience in SAP Sizing, SAP HA/DR Design, SAP Operational Best Practices, SAP version upgrades using Solution Manager ,
Strong experience in Oracle and SQL Server DBMS; HANA experience a plus
Strong experience in SAP archiving and Open Text tools.
Strong knowledge in SPS patches, system refreshes and copies, Kernel upgrades and Kerbos single-sign on.
Good handle on SAP DMS systems
Knowledge on SAP PI administration and monitoring
Knowledge on SAP Reverse Proxy server processes.
Familiar with BOBJ implementations and security.

Desired Skills:

At least one implementation of SAP BW/4 HANA or a proof of concept.
At least one ECC migration to SAP/4 HANA
At least one Hybris Implementation
Familiar with SalesForce and ECC integrations

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, for positions requiring access to export-controlled goods and technical data that are subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR), MKS Instruments. Inc., may have to obtain an export license from the U.S. Government. As such, applicants for these positions, except "U.S. persons" (generally defined as U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals (holder of a US Passport), lawful permanent residents (or, green card holders), individuals granted asylum, and individuals admitted as refugees), may be subject to an export license review process. Employment is contingent upon issuance of the license.

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About Mks Instruments

MKS Instruments is a provider of instruments, subsystems and process control solutions.

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