Senior Sap Basis Consultant

Babcock; Waterlooville; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched contribution pension scheme

Digital GP and DigiCare+ access

Employee share scheme

Holiday Trading

Flexible working options

Long-term career development

Job summary

Babcock in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior SAP Basis Consultant to drive technical excellence across SAP environments. You will report to the SAP Technical Team Lead and influence upgrades, maintenance, and performance improvements while supporting national security and engineering initiatives.

This full-time role offers hybrid working with time in the office and from home, and requires BPSS/SC clearance; you must be British National. Join a dynamic team delivering lifetime engineering.

Qualifications

• Proven SAP Basis experience across multiple project lifecycles.
• Knowledge of SAP ECC, PO, BW, BPC, Gateway, IdM and Solution Manager.
• Experience with networks and firewalls in fast-paced environments.
• Knowledge of SAP cloud technologies (SuccessFactors, BTP, IAS/IPS, CALM).

Responsibilities

• Providing technical input into SAP product maintenance to ensure compliance and supportability
• Plan and execute upgrades aligned with SAP technology advancements
• Lead SAP technical initiatives and performance reviews, delivering actionable recommendations
• Collaborate with Infrastructure teams to maintain system stability
• Drive continuous improvement across SAP environments

Skills

SAP Basis

Networks & Firewalls

ECC/PO/BW/BPC

SAP Cloud

Solution Manager

Education

SAP certifications or equivalent experience

Tools

Citrix

Server

Job description

Location: UK, Flexible + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69668

Lead the Future of Digital Transformation in Defence and Engineering

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior SAP Basis Consultant at one of our UK sites, near major commutable towns including Bristol, Devonport, Leicester, London, Portsmouth, Rosyth or Warrington..

The role

As a Senior SAP Basis Consultant, you’ll play a pivotal role in our SAP Service and Programme, driving technical excellence and innovation across our enterprise systems. This is an opportunity to influence critical projects that support national security and engineering advancements, while accelerating your own career growth in a dynamic, future-focused environment.

Day-to-day, you will report directly into the SAP Technical Team Lead and will be responsible for:

• Providing technical input into SAP product maintenance to ensure compliance and supportability


• Plan and execute upgrades aligned with SAP technology advancements


• Lead SAP technical initiatives and performance reviews, delivering actionable recommendations


• Collaborate with Infrastructure teams (Network, Storage, Citrix, Server) to maintain system stability


• Drive continuous improvement across SAP environments

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days in the office/onsite and days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior SAP Basis Consultant

• Demonstrable experience within SAP Basis, ideally across multiple project lifecycles


• Working knowledge of networks and firewalls


• Experience in fast-paced environments with tight deadlines


• Hands‑on expertise in SAP solutions such as ECC, PO, BW, BPC, Gateway, IdM, and Solution Manager


• Knowledge of SAP Cloud technologies (SuccessFactors, BTP, IAS/IPS, CALM)

Qualifications for the Senior SAP Basis Consultant

• Relevant SAP certifications or equivalent experience


• Additional qualifications in cloud technologies (BTP, CALM) would be advantageous

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. You must be British National.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10‑days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading to buy or sell annual leave


• Flexible working options where business needs allow


• A dynamic working environment with long‑term career development opportunities

Babcock

We’re Babcock a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.