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	<strong>Summary</strong><br />
	&nbsp;</p>
<p>
	Brion Energy is a truly modern Canadian oil company, evolving in step with Canada&rsquo;s energy industry.&nbsp; With the support and financial backing of PetroChina&mdash;one of the world&rsquo;s largest energy companies&mdash;our future melds unmatched stability with explosive growth.&nbsp; Brion&rsquo;s operations are west of Fort McMurray in Alberta&rsquo;s Athabasca Oil Sands region with head offices located in downtown Calgary.</p>
<p>
	We are seeking an experienced SAP Basis Analyst for a permanent or contract-to-hire role in our SAP Center of Excellence (CoE).&nbsp; Our initial implementation is underway, with a target Go-Live transition occurring in the third quarter of 2014.&nbsp; The CoE will participate in the implementation project and subsequently operate, maintain and support the SAP system environment landscape and business solution.</p>
<p>
	<strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p>
<p>
	<br />
	Under the support of the Lead, SAP Center of Excellence, the successful candidate&rsquo;s responsibilities include:</p>
<ul>
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		Build, install, and upgrade SAP system environments for projects and sustainment ;</li>
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		Liaise with IS Operations to coordinate required technical infrastructure and database requirements and to optimize system performance;</li>
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		Define and execute the technical/Basis tasks in the implementation project plan and update completion status;&nbsp;</li>
	<li>
		Prepare work plans and document procedures for technical system administration;</li>
	<li>
		Provide troubleshooting expertise and introduce corrective measures to address problems;</li>
	<li>
		Apply kernel patches, release upgrades and support packages for the SAP software components;</li>
	<li>
		Perform SAP Basis administration tasks such as system monitoring, transport management, client management, performance and tuning;</li>
	<li>
		Contribute to SAP database management activities such as backup/recovery and table space management;</li>
	<li>
		Contribute to investigating and resolving production defects and/or incidents issues using appropriate procedures and tools;</li>
	<li>
		Monitor application logs and batch jobs for erroneous or anomalous conditions;</li>
	<li>
		Maintain multiple SAP instances (sandbox, development, QA, training and production);</li>
	<li>
		Perform system refreshes;</li>
	<li>
		Manage the SAP Transport System (CTS) ;</li>
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		Monitor and manage CPS batch jobs;</li>
	<li>
		Actively define, participate and collaborate with projects in Transition to Operations activities;</li>
	<li>
		Contribute to defining and monitoring CoE Service Level Agreements;</li>
	<li>
		Contribute to strategies for data archiving and/or legacy system decommissioning</li>
</ul>
<p>
	<strong>Skills and Qualifications</strong></p>
<p>
	The qualified candidate must have:</p>
<ul>
	<li>
		University degree or equivalent (Finance, Business Administration, Engineering or Computer Science suggested);</li>
	<li>
		Minimum eight (8) years experience with implementing and/or providing support in a SAP environment;</li>
	<li>
		Mature problem analysis and troubleshooting abilities;</li>
	<li>
		Excellent communication and documentation skills;</li>
	<li>
		Deep understanding of project governance and solution delivery using the ASAP roadmap;</li>
	<li>
		Solid understanding of SAP Security concepts;</li>
	<li>
		Oil &amp; Gas/Energy sector experience is an asset</li>
	<li>
		Candidates should have relevant experience with the following products: SAP ECC 6, SAP BW 7.4, BPC, PI, Solution Manager, SAP Quality Center and ARIS;</li>
	<li>
		Future considerations include SAP Portal, Business Objects and SAP Mobile technology (Fiori);</li>
	<li>
		Brion&rsquo;s system landscape will use a VMware virtual architecture running on a Microsoft Windows / SQL platform;&nbsp;</li>
	<li>
		Solid IT infrastructure knowledge and experience with backup (CommVault), storage (NetApp), network (Cisco) technologies is desirable</li>
</ul>
<p>
	We thank all applicants for their interest.&nbsp; However, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.</p>
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