Lead SAP Basis Consultant / Architect (RISE)

• →Own the end-to-end SAP Basis and RISE technical architecture for the S/4HANA brownfield migration.
• →Lead current-state assessment, target architecture, technical readiness, and migration planning across SAP landscape components.
• →Coordinate technical activities and responsibilities across SAP RISE/ECS, hyperscaler, network, security, and infrastructure teams.
• →Define and govern system topology, sizing, availability, disaster recovery, connectivity, transport, monitoring, backup, and operational requirements.
• →Lead SAP technical migration activities, including SUM/DMO planning, sandbox conversions, mock cutovers, downtime optimization, and production cutover readiness.
• →Drive Basis standards for HANA, S/4HANA, interfaces, job scheduling, printing, certificates, RFCs, and technical integrations.
• →Provide technical leadership during issue resolution, risk management, dependency management, and critical program decisions.
• →Create executive-ready architecture recommendations, technical status updates, risk summaries, and decision materials for program leadership.
• →Mentor Basis engineers and ensure disciplined knowledge transfer to the future-state operations/support organization.

• 7+ years of progressive SAP Basis experience, including architecture-level responsibility in complex enterprise SAP environments.
• Must have one proven end-to-end SAP S/4HANA brownfield project that included migration to SAP RISE / RISE with SAP.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of S/4HANA technical architecture, SAP HANA, system administration, upgrades/conversions, and landscape management.
• Strong practical experience with SUM/DMO, system copy/migration methods, downtime planning, cutover execution, and post-migration stabilization.
• Clear understanding of the SAP RISE operating model, including customer vs. SAP/ECS responsibilities, service requests, connectivity, and operational governance.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, backup/recovery, security, certificates, networking, and integration dependencies in hybrid/cloud SAP landscapes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and drive decisions across client, partner, and SAP stakeholders.
• Executive-level written and verbal communication skills; able to translate technical risks and tradeoffs into clear business decisions.
• Strong ownership, structured problem solving, escalation management, and ability to perform effectively during high-pressure migration and cutover windows.

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Req ID: 1328