SAP basis Lead/Architect

Tata Consultancy Services; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Incentive

Comprehensive Medical Coverage

Dental & Vision

Disability Planning & Insurance

Pet Insurance Plans

Commuter Benefits

Certification & Training Reimbursement

Vacation, Time Off, Holidays

401K Plan

Performance Bonus

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in the United States (WA) seeks a senior SAP Basis Architect to lead end-to-end SAP Basis operations across enterprise landscapes, focusing on S/4HANA migrations, RISE with SAP deployments, and cloud integration.

The role requires strong governance, global delivery experience, and hands-on expertise with BTP, HANA, and cloud platforms to optimize performance, availability, and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience with SAP Activate and SAFe Agile delivery methodologies.
• Strong technical leadership, governance, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP Basis operations and ensure availability, stability, performance, and security across enterprise SAP landscapes.
• Own architecture, migration planning, system conversions, cloud adoption, and operational governance for SAP transformation programs.
• Plan ECC-to-S/4HANA conversions, OS/DB migrations, readiness checks, simplification analysis, remediation, and downtime optimization.
• Coordinate mock conversions, dry runs, cutover activities, production migration, hypercare, system refreshes, upgrades, and support pack implementations.
• Lead migration to and operation of RISE with SAP Private Cloud; coordinate with SAP ECS/RISE and hyperscaler teams for environment and service management.
• Configure and administer SAP BTP accounts, entitlements, transport management, identity services, connectivity, destinations, and integrations with SAP and non-SAP applications.
• Design cloud, HA/DR, and business continuity architectures; support infrastructure sizing, provisioning, cloud optimization, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Manage transport landscapes, client administration, monitoring, technical dependencies, RAID items, escalations, and technical governance.
• Act as the primary technical liaison among customer teams, SAP, hyperscalers, and implementation partners; lead workshops and migration planning sessions.
• Provide clear project status reporting, executive updates, technical documentation, and leadership to global delivery teams.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

SAP HANA Admin

Leadership

Governance

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

RISE with SAP

SAP BTP

Azure

AWS

SAP HANA Studio

Job description

Job Description

• SAP S/4HANA Landscape Architecture: Expertise in designing, implementing, and governing SAP S/4HANA landscapes, including development, quality, production, and coexistence environments, while ensuring scalability, performance, and operational stability.
• RISE with SAP Architecture & Cloud Operations: Strong experience with RISE with SAP deployments, SAP-managed cloud services, hyperscaler environments (Azure/AWS), cloud operating models, and SAP's shared responsibility framework.
• SAP HANA Administration & Performance Tuning: Deep knowledge of SAP HANA database administration, monitoring, backup and recovery, system replication, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• SAP Upgrades, Migrations & S/4HANA Conversions: Proven experience leading SAP technical upgrades, enhancement pack implementations, system refreshes, cloud migrations, and ECC-to-S/4HANA conversion programs using SAP best practices and tools.
• High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR) & Business Continuity: Expertise in designing resilient SAP architectures, including HA/DR strategies, disaster recovery planning, business continuity processes, and infrastructure failover mechanisms.
• SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP): Hands-on experience with SAP BTP services, Integration Suite, Cloud Connector, Identity Authentication Services (IAS), Identity Provisioning Services (IPS), and hybrid integrations between SAP and non-SAP platforms.
• SAP Basis Leadership, Governance & Stakeholder Management: Ability to lead global Basis teams, establish technical governance standards, manage vendors and managed service providers, and collaborate effectively with infrastructure, security, application, and business stakeholders.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP Basis operations and ensure system availability, stability, performance, and security across enterprise SAP landscapes.
• Own technical architecture, migration planning, system conversions, cloud adoption, and operational governance for SAP transformation programs.
• Plan and execute ECC-to-S/4HANA conversions, OS/DB migrations, readiness checks, simplification analysis, remediation, and downtime optimization.
• Coordinate mock conversions, dry runs, cutover activities, production migration, hypercare, system refreshes, upgrades, and support pack implementations.
• Lead migration to and operation of RISE with SAP Private Cloud; coordinate with SAP ECS/RISE and hyperscaler teams for environment and service management.
• Configure and administer SAP BTP accounts, entitlements, transport management, identity services, connectivity, destinations, and integrations with SAP and non-SAP applications.
• Design cloud, HA/DR, and business continuity architectures; support infrastructure sizing, provisioning, cloud optimization, capacity planning, and performance tuning.
• Manage transport landscapes, client administration, monitoring , technical dependencies, RAID items, escalations, and technical governance.
• Act as the primary technical liaison among customer teams, SAP, hyperscalers, and implementation partners; lead workshops and migration planning sessions.
• Provide clear project status reporting, executive updates, technical documentation, and leadership to global delivery teams.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

• Strong technical leadership, stakeholder management, vendor coordination, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to lead global delivery teams and cross-functional technical workshops in fast-paced transformation environments.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, risk management, escalation management, and decision-making capabilities.

Experience with SAP Activate and SAFe Agile delivery methodologies

Salary Range : $150,000 to $180,000 Per Annum

TCS Employee Benefits Summary

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE