Senior SAP HANA & S/4HANA Architecture Lead

SMS Group; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SMS Group is seeking an accomplished SAP expert to lead HANA/Basis architecture, performance engineering, and resilience strategies in a transformative IT landscape. The role focuses on migrations, upgrades, and reliable operations within a manufacturing/industrial context.

You will drive technical health assessments, coordinate cross-functional teams, and deliver executive-ready findings and roadmaps for ECC-to-S/4 upgrades and cloud transitions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of SAP Basis/database/technical architecture experience.
• Strong HANA architecture and performance-engineering expertise.
• Hands-on migration, HA/DR, backup/recovery, and operational troubleshooting.
• Recent S/4HANA landscape experience.
• Ability to lead both architecture discussions and hands-on diagnosis.

Responsibilities

• Lead HANA/Basis architecture and technical health assessments.
• Diagnose performance, stability, and capacity issues.
• Design HA/DR, backup/recovery and operational resilience approaches.
• Support ECC-to-S/4 upgrades/conversions, database migration and technical cutover.
• Coordinate infrastructure, database, security, and SAP application teams.
• Produce executive-ready technical findings and remediation roadmaps.

Skills

SAP Basis

HANA architecture

Performance engineering

Migration/HA-DR

S/4HANA experience

Technical leadership

Job description

SMS Group is seeking an accomplished SAP expert to lead HANA/Basis architecture, performance engineering, and resilience strategies in a transformative IT landscape. The role focuses on migrations, upgrades, and reliable operations within a manufacturing/industrial context.

You will drive technical health assessments, coordinate cross-functional teams, and deliver executive-ready findings and roadmaps for ECC-to-S/4 upgrades and cloud transitions.