SAP Basis Architect

Strategic SAP Basis Architect / Subject Matter Expert (SME)

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Key Responsibilities:

• Act as SAP Basis Architect / SME for large and complex SAP landscapes
• Design and govern SAP architectures across ECC, S/4HANA, BW, PI/PO, SolMan, and related systems
• Lead SAP transformations involving SAP HANA, SAP HEC, and RISE with SAP
• Provide technical solutioning support during pre-sales, including:
• Architecture design
• Effort estimation
• RFP/RFI responses
• Client technical discussions and workshops
• Drive SAP S/4HANA migrations, upgrades, conversions, and cloud moves
• Define and implement High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies
• Oversee HANA administration, performance tuning, monitoring, backups, and system refreshes
• Collaborate with SAP, hyperscalers (AWS / Azure / GCP), and internal teams
• Ensure adherence to SAP security, compliance, and audit standards
• Provide strategic guidance, best practices, and architectural documentation
• Mentor and guide Basis teams; act as escalation point for critical issues
• Support cutover, go-live, and post-go-live stabilization activities

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of strong SAP Basis experience
• Proven expertise as SAP Basis Architect or SAP Basis SME
• Deep hands-on experience with SAP HANA
• Strong exposure to SAP HEC and RISE with SAP environments
• Experience in SAP S/4HANA, ECC, and landscape management
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP SAP hosted)
• Experience with Solution Manager, monitoring, and system automation
• Strong troubleshooting, performance optimization, and root-cause analysis skills
• Exposure to pre-sales / solutioning activities is mandatory or highly preferred

Good to Have:

• SAP certifications in Basis / HANA / S/4HANA / RISE
• Experience with SAP Activate methodology
• Knowledge of SAP BTP and integration architecture
• Exposure to DevOps / automation tools for SAP Basis

Soft Skills:

• Strong client-facing and communication skills
• Ability to influence architecture decisions and present solutions
• Strategic mindset suitable for long-term resource hiring
• Leadership and mentoring capabilities