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• Make sure that the system is available to the project team or to the business as per the
Service Level Agreement (SLA).
• Ensure good performance from the system.
• Plan and implement backup and recovery strategies for the system.
• Perform all system administration activities.
• Perform upgrades and archiving activities in the system.
• Implement software logistics and enforce the rules of moving changes in the systems.
• Perform software patching and kernel upgrades.
• Collaborate with project team members to resolve a techno-functional issue.
• Perform root cause analysis of any system problems.
• Troubleshoot and fix any system crashes.
Contributions of the SAP Technical Architect Role
The role of the SAP technical architect is more design oriented and helps in laying the broad
framework of the SAP infrastructure and capabilities to serve the strategic business goals of
the SAP system. SAP technical architects play a crucial role in making architecture de-
cisions of the systems at the beginning stages of the project (blueprint phase) and will en-
sure that all the systems are built and integrated per the technical architecture blueprint
design document approved by the organization. A well-thought-out SAP technical architec-
ture design will ensure that the build-out infrastructure supports the current as well as the fu-
ture growth needs of the organization. The following are the key contributions of the tech-
nical architect role:
• Develop the technical architecture design.
• Design development, operations, and execution architecture standards for the organiz-
ation.
• Perform the SAP sizing project to procure the hardware.
• Perform capacity planning.
• Enforce technical architecture standards for the organization
• Develop designs to integrate enterprise third-party products with the SAP system.
Day in the Life of a Basis Professional in a Full-Time Job
The following is a typical day in the life of the Basis administrator working as a full-time
employee for a organization:
