What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAP Data Archiving Consultant position at Avance Consulting?
SAP data archiving roles and responsibilities are divided among business, functional, and technical teams to ensure safe data removal and compliance.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
System / Basis Administrator - Configures the technical archiving landscape, file paths, and storage systems (such as the SAP Content Server). Schedules and executes write, delete, and read background jobs via transaction SARA. Monitors database growth and system performance metrics
Data Owner / Business Process Expert - Defines the functional retention and residence times based on business and legal requirements. Approves or rejects the archiving of specific business objects (like sales or purchasing documents) in workflows with decentralized governance. Ensures that critical active data is not prematurely marked for archiving
Content / Data Administrator - Identifies and marks data relevant for archiving based on completion status. Manages approval routing and coordinates workflow communication between technical and business teams
Compliance / Data Privacy Officer (DPO) - Sets data protection policies aligned with regulations like GDPR or SOX. Defines rules for data destruction, retention management, and handling personal data privacy blocks
Role Descriptions: SAP data archiving requires a collaborative effort across different team roles to move inactive data safely from live databases to secondary storage using toolsKey Roles and ResponsibilitiesSystem / Basis Administrator - Configures the technical archiving landscape| file paths| and storage systems (such as the SAP Content Server). Schedules and executes write| delete| and read background jobs via transaction SARA. Monitors database growth and system performance metrics Data Owner / Business Process Expert - Defines the functional retention and residence times based on business and legal requirements. Approves or rejects the archiving of specific business objects (like sales or purchasing documents) in workflows with decentralized governance. Ensures that critical active data is not prematurely marked for archivingContent / Data Administrator - Identifies and marks data relevant for archiving based on completion status. Manages approval routing and coordinates workflow communication between technical and business teamsCompliance / Data Privacy Officer (DPO) - Sets data protection policies aligned with regulations like GDPR or SOX. Defines rules for data destruction| retention management| and handling personal data privacy blocks
Essential Skills: SAP data archiving requires a collaborative effort across different team roles to move inactive data safely from live databases to secondary storage using toolsKey Roles and ResponsibilitiesSystem / Basis Administrator - Configures the technical archiving landscape| file paths| and storage systems (such as the SAP Content Server).Schedules and executes write| delete| and read background jobs via transaction SARA. Monitors database growth and system performance metricsData Owner / Business Process Expert - Defines the functional retention and residence times based on business and legal requirements. Approves or rejects the archiving of specific business objects (like sales or purchasing documents) in workflows with decentralized governance. Ensures that critical active data is not prematurely marked for archivingContent / Data Administrator - Identifies and marks data relevant for archiving based on completion status. Manages approval routing and coordinates workflow communication between technical and business teamsCompliance / Data Privacy Officer (DPO) - Sets data protection policies aligned with regulations like GDPR or SOX. Defines rules for data destruction| retention management| and handling personal data privacy blocks
Desirable Skills:
Keyword:
Skills: SAP Datasphere~SAP Data Volume Management
Experience Required: 6-8
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