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Job Title: SAP Basis Lead
Location: Normal, IL – Onsite Only
Employment Type: W2 / C2C | Long-Term Contract
Interview Process: 1. Initial Video Interview
2. Final Video Technical/Functional Discussion
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced SAP Basis Lead to oversee SAP technical operations, administration, and platform stability in a dynamic enterprise environment. This key role involves managing SAP landscapes, ensuring system performance, coordinating patching/upgrades, and supporting project and production environments.
The ideal candidate will bring deep hands-on knowledge of SAP Basis, HANA administration, transport management, provisioning, cloud integration, and system architecture design.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead SAP Basis administration for SAP ECC or S/4HANA landscapes across development, QA, and production environments
- Oversee installation, configuration, monitoring, and tuning of SAP systems including SAP ECC, S/4HANA, BW, PO/PI, Fiori, Solution Manager, etc.
- Manage performance optimization, transport management, patches, upgrades, and system copies
- Coordinate with infrastructure and cloud teams on Linux/Windows OS, network, storage, and backup activities
- Ensure availability, security, and scalability of SAP applications across the enterprise
- Support integrations between SAP and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Handle system monitoring, batch job scheduling, and troubleshooting high-priority issues
- Provide technical leadership to SAP Basis/NetWeaver administrators
- Maintain documentation, system health reports, SOPs, and support governance initiatives
Required Skills & Experience:
- 10 years of SAP Basis administration experience in large-scale environments
- Hands-on in S/4HANA, HANA DB, NetWeaver stack, Solution Manager, SAP Fiori, Java stacks, etc.
- Strong experience managing SAP landscapes, transport routes, and system upgrades
- Expertise in Linux or Windows OS platform and familiarity with virtualization/cloud (AWS/Azure)
- Experience with SAP security concepts, authorizations, backup/restore, and encryption standards
- Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and leadership skills
Must be willing to work onsite in Normal, IL
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA migrations, cloud deployments, or hybrid architectures
- SAP Basis certification or SAP Certified Technology Associate preferred
- Exposure to Agile/DevOps methodologies and tools like Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform
- Experience with high-availability, failover, clustering, and DR testing
- Familiarity with automation tools for monitoring or administration
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $55.00 - $65.00 per hour
Expected hours: 8 per week
Work Location: In person
Salary : $55 - $65