SAP HANA Basis Consultant – Package Projects

About the role

IBM Consulting is seeking a seasoned SAP HANA Basis Consultant to lead complex package projects. You will work with leading enterprises to design, upgrade, and optimise SAP S/4HANA environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and alignment with business objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and execute end‑to‑end SAP S/4HANA upgrade activities, including assessment, preparation, cut‑over and post‑go‑live support.
• Conduct SAP Maintenance Planner tasks, develop upgrade roadmaps and technical strategies.
• Run SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) procedures, manage kernel and database upgrades, and ensure OS compatibility.
• Perform impact analysis for custom developments, interfaces, Fiori apps and third‑party integrations.
• Coordinate upgrade activities across Basis, Security, Development, Functional, Infrastructure and Business teams.
• Design high‑availability and disaster‑recovery scenarios and validate system readiness.
• Provide hyper‑care, system stabilisation and performance optimisation after go‑live.
• Document architecture, integration points and maintain clear technical documentation.

Required profile

• Extensive experience with SAP Basis, system installation, upgrades and performance tuning.
• Deep knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, HANA, BW4HANA, BusinessObjects and SAP Process Orchestration.
• Strong background in Linux/Unix/Windows operating systems and Sybase databases.
• Proven ability to design high‑availability and disaster‑recovery solutions.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

Required skills

• SAP Basis
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP HANA
• BW4HANA
• BusinessObjects (BOBJ)
• Process Orchestration (PO)
• Linux
• Unix
• Windows
• Sybase
• SAP Maintenance Planner
• SAP Software Update Manager (SUM)
• SAP Fiori
• SAP Gateway
• Embedded analytics
• Capacity planning
• Performance optimisation