Senior SAP Database Engineer

Department: Enabling Technology, Digital & Technology Platform Services.

Location: Cairo, Egypt.

We are seeking a skilled Senior SAP Database engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in overseeing the operational management of the SAP Databases, ensuring that the database systems are optimized for performance, security, and availability. This role is responsible for maintaining and improving SAP Database operations, from monitoring and troubleshooting to implementing automated solutions that reduce downtime and improve efficiency. The Senior SAP Database engineer should ensure that the SAP Database infrastructure aligns with broader IT strategies and business objectives, while also playing a hands-on role in resolving complex SAP Database issues and ensuring high-quality SAP Database operations.

• Oversee the management and optimization of the SAP Database infrastructure, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security of SAP Solutions and Systems.

• Optimize SAP Database operations through automation: Implement and maintain automated processes (e.g., auto-scaling, automated backups, monitoring) to reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency.

• Resolve complex SAP Database infrastructure issues: Provide hands-on technical leadership to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues within the SAP environments, such as system outages, performance bottlenecks, or security vulnerabilities.

• Collaborate with cloud engineering teams: Work closely with cloud engineers to ensure cloud infrastructure meets business requirements, security standards, and operational performance goals.

• Collaborate with SAP RISE support teams: Advise the support engineers to ensure optimal database performance, availability, and reliability.

• Ensure alignment with cloud governance: Ensure that cloud infrastructure operations comply with internal governance, security policies, and regulatory standards, including monitoring and auditing.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.

• At least 10 years of relevant IT work experience

• 5+ years of experience in Database management, IT operations management

• Excellent spoken and written English

• Strong technical background in Database Management, including experience with SAP HANA, Oracle and Sybase ASE both in public cloud and in SAP Rise

• Possess deep knowledge of database architectures, platform design, high-availability configurations, disaster recovery strategies, and business continuity solutions.

• Ability to optimize SAP Database operational processes, including monitoring, and incident response, to improve performance and reduce costs.

• Skilled in resolving complex SAP Database issues, including troubleshooting performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities in SAP environments.

• Strong understanding of SAP and Cloud governance frameworks and compliance requirements, ensuring SAP database environments meet organizational and regulatory standards.

• 2+ years’ Experience in administration/design of systems in public clouds (Azure preferred)

• Knowledge in infrastructure architecture including storage systems and archiving

• Experience in operations of database systems in public clouds (Azure, AWS) and in SAP Rise

• Managing suppliers who provide operational support services

• Good understanding of mission critical architectures, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, implementation and testing

• Communication, organizational and analytical skills

We are Coca-Cola Hellenic, a growth-focused consumer goods business and strategic bottling partner of the Coca-Cola Company. We bottle, distribute and sell an unrivalled range of products in 29 markets in Europe, Africa and Eurasia. As we do, we create value for all stakeholders, support socio-economic growth and build a more positive environmental impact.

We bring together more than 30,000 people from over 70 nationalities, coming from five continents. The diversity of our markets, from mature to emerging economies, provides a wide range of attractive opportunities for growth.

We nurture our talents. We give opportunities to people across all functions and levels, as well as different geographies, backgrounds and education. We are willing to take a risk on the people we believe in, even if they don’t have the perfect experience. We have faith in what every person can be.

And although we have so much to be proud of, we always stay humble. We believe the real magic happens – for us and for you – when we OPEN UP.

At Coca-Cola HBC, we are an inclusive employer that thrives on diversity. This means our environment provides equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Join us in nurturing a culture where everyone belongs and contributes to our collective success.