Senior Infrastructure Engineer - SAP Basis

Talent Street; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Street is assisting a federal government agency with a Senior SAP Basis Engineer role. The position is a 12-month labour hire contract across Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Adelaide with hybrid/work-from-home options for nearby candidates.

NV1 security clearance is required or the ability to obtain one; start date 1 December 2026. The role offers senior SAP Basis engineering in a critical government program with strong collaboration and knowledge transfer responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Senior SAP Basis administration in large, complex environments.
• Current SAP certification in Basis Admin, HANA, or S/4HANA.
• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA migrations or tech conversions.
• Strong Linux and enterprise infra background for SAP.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior SAP Basis administration across a large SAP landscape.
• Perform installations, upgrades, patching, transport management, lifecycle mgmt.
• Monitor and optimise SAP performance, availability and reliability.
• Design HA, backup, DR solutions; support S/4HANA transition and data migration.
• Collaborate with architects, security, project teams; mentor APS staff.
• Develop technical documentation and operating procedures; on-call duties.

Skills

Senior SAP Basis Admin

SAP HANA

SAP S/4HANA

Linux systems

Stakeholder engagement

On-call support

Education

SAP Certification (Basis Administration / HANA / S/4HANA)

Tools

SAP Transport Management

Job description

Rare opportunity to work on a high-impact SAP S/4HANA transformation program supporting one of Australia's most critical government service delivery agencies. Multiple Senior Infrastructure Engineer (SAP Basis) roles available across Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide.

THE ROLE

Our client, a large federal government agency delivering essential services to millions of Australians, is seeking a Senior SAP Basis Engineers (EL1 equivalent) to join their team on an initial 12-month labour hire contract with potential extension. These hybrid roles are available across ACT, NSW, VIC, QLD, and SA, with work-from-home arrangements considered for candidates who reside within reasonable distance of a capital city office. A Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) security clearance is required — or the ability to obtain one. Start date is 1 December 2026.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Providing senior SAP Basis administration and engineering services across a large, complex SAP landscape
• Performing system installations, upgrades, patching, transport management and lifecycle management activities
• Monitoring, analysing and optimising SAP system performance, availability and reliability
• Designing and implementing high availability, backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions
• Supporting the agency's SAP S/4HANA transition, including migration planning, system conversions, data migration and operational readiness
• Conducting technical assessments and proof-of-concept activities for SAP modernisation initiatives
• Collaborating with architects, security specialists, project teams and APS staff to deliver platform outcomes
• Mentoring APS employees and facilitating knowledge transfer to build internal SAP capability
• Developing technical documentation, operating procedures and support models
• Participating in on-call rosters and scheduled release shift work as required

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Demonstrated senior experience as an SAP Basis Administrator or SAP Technical Engineer in large, complex environments
• Current SAP certification in SAP Basis Administration, SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA or equivalent technology disciplines
• Proven experience supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations, migrations or technical conversions
• Hands-on experience with database migration and transition to SAP HANA platforms
• Strong knowledge of SAP transport management, performance tuning, system monitoring and troubleshooting
• Experience with Linux and enterprise infrastructure environments supporting SAP
• Demonstrated ability to engage and collaborate with technical and business stakeholders at a senior level

NICE TO HAVE

• Previous experience supporting SAP environments within Australian Government agencies
• Experience designing SAP high availability and disaster recovery solutions
• Knowledge of cloud-hosted or hybrid SAP architectures
• Involvement in large-scale ERP transformation or platform consolidation programs