Senior SAP HANA Database Performance Engineer
Core
Diagnose and optimize SAP HANA database performance for Apple's global production systems, focusing on root cause analysis, capacity management, and high availability.
Role type
Senior hands-on individual contributor database performance engineer
Builds
Stable, high-performance SAP S/4HANA landscapes for Apple's internal and customer-facing systems
Domain
Enterprise ERP (SAP) and Database Performance Engineering
Required skills
SAP HANA internals (column store, delta merge, partitioning), SQL tuning, execution plan analysis, Linux system diagnosis, capacity planning, HA/DR design, Python scripting, incident management
Preferred skills
S/4HANA CDS/AMDP tuning, Alibaba Cloud HANA experience, HANA Cloud experience, Oracle tuning, AI/ML for performance analysis
Technologies
SAP HANA, S/4HANA, PlanViz, ST05, STAD, Python, Linux, Alibaba Cloud, HANA Cloud
Responsibilities
Tune SQL and analyze execution plans to remediate expensive statements; Diagnose database internals including memory, CPU, NUMA, and persistence behavior; Manage workload admission, concurrency limits, and capacity forecasting; Lead root cause analysis for production performance incidents; Design and validate HANA System Replication and failover procedures; Review database-facing changes (CDS views, indexing) for performance impact; Automate measurement and regression detection for expensive statements.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC