Staff SAP Basis Engineer

What You’ll Do:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP Basis Engineer with hands-on expertise in SAP S/4HANA versions 1809 to 2023 at the application layer. The ideal candidate will have customer-side experience working with SAP HEC, ECS, or RISE environments. This role involves managing upgrades, ensuring stable day-to-day operations, troubleshooting critical issues, and collaborating with external partners and service providers.

SAP System Management & Upgrades

• Lead SAP S/4HANA upgrades, including N+1 or direct upgrades.
• Plan, execute, and validate system updates, patches, and kernel upgrades.
• Optimize system performance, memory utilization, and workload balancing.

Operations & Incident Management

• Oversee daily SAP Basis operations, ensuring system availability and performance.
• Triage, troubleshoot, and resolve SAP-related technical issues efficiently.
• Perform proactive system health checks, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Work with functional teams to resolve SAP application performance and database issues.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Partner with external service providers, vendors, and internal teams to manage SAP environments.
• Act as a liaison between business users and technical teams for SAP Basis-related concerns.
• Work closely with SAP support, third-party tool vendors, and cloud providers for issue resolution.

Security & Compliance

• Implement SAP security best practices in collaboration with the Security and Compliance teams.
• Support SAP GRC and compliance initiatives, including audits and system hardening.

Tools & Technology Stack

• Work with tools such as:
• SAP ALM
• EPI-USE Labs – system landscape management & data masking
• Control Panel GRC – governance, risk, and compliance
• SAP GRC – access control and security
• SNP Glue – data migration and integration
• Snowflake – data warehousing and analytics
• Tricentis Tosca & Livecompare

What You Need:

• 12–15 years of experience as an SAP Basis Engineer specializing in SAP S/4HANA (1809–2023).
• Hands-on experience in managing SAP environments on HEC, ECS, or RISE.
• Strong expertise in SAP upgrade management (with or without N+1 approach).
• Experience in SAP Basis operations, performance tuning, and technical troubleshooting.
• Proficiency in working with external vendors and service providers.
• Familiarity with SAP security, compliance, and GRC tools.
• Understanding of integration tools such as SNP Glue and Snowflake.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment with minimal supervision.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud deployments and hybrid SAP landscapes
• Knowledge of SAP ALM & Solution Manager and automation tools

Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between 133,400- 166,800. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at [email protected]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.