Sr. IT SAP Systems Engineer

Bay Valley Foods; Oak Brook (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

DevelopU courses

Diverse team culture

Job summary

TreeHouse Foods is seeking a Senior SAP Systems Engineer to lead and operationalize SAP Basis across a complex enterprise landscape. You will drive upgrades, patching, and security remediation while coordinating with security, infrastructure, and functional teams.

The role blends on-site and remote work in a hybrid model, requiring deep SAP expertise and collaboration across IT disciplines. The successful candidate will manage SAP HANA environments, OpenText archiving, and SAP BTP initiatives,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on SAP Basis experience.
• Experience leading SAP upgrades, patching, and security remediation.
• Strong collaboration with functional, security, and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer SAP Basis operations across DEV/QA/PROD environments.
• Plan and execute SAP upgrades, support packs, and kernel upgrades.
• Monitor SAP landscape using EWA, SAP Notes, and security patches.
• Coordinate SAP changes with CAB process and external teams.
• Provide production support and escalation for critical SAP issues.
• Support SAP HANA backups, memory management, and performance tuning.

Tools

SAP Basis Administration

SAP HANA

OpenText SAP Archiving

SAP BTP

SAP Fiori Launchpad

SAP SLT

SAP Data Services

SAP PO/PI interfaces

Job description

Employee Type

Full time

Location

IL Oak Brook

Job Type

Information Technology

Job Posting Title

Sr. IT SAP Systems Engineer

About Us

TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.

Named one of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight - One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values- Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together. We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

What You Gain

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period - you're eligible from your first day!
• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform - DevelopU - with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

Job Description

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP Systems Engineer with 10+ years of hands‑on SAP Basis experience to provide technical leadership and operational support for a complex enterprise SAP landscape. The role will be responsible for the availability, performance, stability, security, and technical lifecycle management of the SAP technology platform.

The position requires a strong technical professional who can independently manage day-to-day SAP Basis operations while also leading SAP upgrades, patching, performance optimization, security remediation, system refreshes, disaster recovery activities, and cloud initiatives. The successful candidate will work closely with SAP Functional, Security, Infrastructure, Network, and external SAP managed service teams to resolve complex technical issues and deliver SAP projects. As an additional responsibility, this position will administer and coordinate the SAP Change Advisory Board (CAB) process, supporting SAP change reviews, approvals, documentation, and change management compliance.

This is a hybrid position, requiring a combination of on-site and remote work. The candidate should be comfortable working in a collaborative enterprise environment, providing production support, participating in maintenance activities, coordinating SAP changes, and serving as a senior technical escalation point for critical SAP issues.

You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• SAP Basis Administration
• Perform senior‑level SAP Basis administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support.
• Plan and execute SAP upgrades, support packs, kernel upgrades, enhancement packages, and security patching.
• Analyze SAP EarlyWatch Alert (EWA) reports and proactively address performance, stability, capacity, and security recommendations.
• Monitor and respond to SAP Hot News, Security Notes, and SAP Security Patch Day recommendations.
• Perform SAP installations, system copies, client copies, system refreshes, and transport management across DEV/QA/PROD.
• Administer SAP HANA databases, including monitoring, backup/recovery, memory management, performance tuning, and upgrades.
• Administer and support OpenText SAP Archiving, including archive objects, archive sessions, repository configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and integration with SAP.
• Support SAP BTP, including subaccounts, entitlements, connectivity, Cloud Connector, and integration services.
• Configure and maintain SAP Fiori Launchpad, catalogs, and technical components across on‑premises and cloud environments.
• Support SLT replication, SAP PO/PI interfaces, adapters, and message monitoring.
• Support SAP Data Services, B