SAP BASIS RISE Lead : PAN India opening

Role Summary

The SAPBASIS RISE Lead will own the end-to-end SAP technical strategy encompassing landscape design (including N+1 lines), release & transport governance, SP/FPS/SPS and version upgrades, and high-availability operations. This role partners with Program Management, Basis, Integration, Security, and Business stakeholders to enable continuous delivery for a multi-country, wave-based S/4HANA rollout in a RISE with SAP Private Edition environment (or equivalent).
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Key Responsibilities
• Define and maintain SAP landscape topology across BAU (e.g., DEV QA Pre-Prod Prod) and project lines (e.g., DEV INT UAT CUTOVER PROD), including N+1 parallel lines for concurrent releases, emergency fixes, and long-running projects.
• Architect copy/refresh strategy (system clones, client copies, selective table refreshes) to support waves and regression stability.
• Govern transport route design, segregation of duties, and retrofit strategies across N and N+1 lines.
Release Management & Transport Governance
• Establish release calendar, cutover windows, freeze periods, and non-prod hardening cycles aligned to country rollouts and business events.
• Implement transport governance using ChaRM/CTS+/gCTS, enforce approvals, and manage dual-track retrofits (e.g., hotfixes mainline).
• Drive automated transport sequencing & checks, dependency resolution, and rollback strategies.
• Coordinate with job scheduling & workload automation (e.g., Redwood RunMyJobs or equivalent) to align batch changes with releases.
SP/FPS/SPS & Version Upgrades
• Own the end-to-end upgrade lifecycle: Maintenance Planner BOM, SUM/DMO (with/without System Move), nZDM for uptime-sensitive components, SPDD/SPAU resolution, and add-on compatibility (SPAM/SAINT).
• Plan FPS/SPS application, kernel/HANA upgrades, DB patching, and SNOTE strategy.
• Define downtime minimization, mock upgrades, shadow system use, and rehearsal scripts with pass/fail exit criteria.
• Ensure interface resiliency (SAP PO/CPI/Integration Suite, IDoc queues, OData), BTP services compatibility, and custom code remediation (ATC, Simplification Database).
Operational Excellence
• Define monitoring & observability (Solution Manager/Cloud ALM, HANA Cockpit, CCMS, SAP EarlyWatch), alerting thresholds, and health KPIs.
• Establish security baselines (SNC/SSO, SAML, OAuth, certificates, SAProuter, firewall rules), compliance with segregation of duties.
• Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and HANA sizing (memory/CPU/IO, table partitioning, column store optimization).
• Manage incident/problem/change processes, post-release hypercare, and root cause analysis.
Governance & Stakeholder Management
• Create and socialize technical standards, architecture decision records (ADRs), and runbooks.
• Work closely with Program ,Solution Architects, Basis leads, SI partners, and SAP.
• Provide risk-based go/no-go recommendations, maintain risk register, and steer CAB (Change Advisory Board).
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Required Skills & Experience
• 10-20 years in SAP Basis/Technical Architecture with S/4HANA (on-prem or RISE Private Edition).
• Proven leadership designing multi-line (N+1) landscapes, dual-track delivery, and transport governance (ChaRM/CTS+/gCTS).
• Hands-on with SUM/DMO, SPDD/SPAU, Maintenance Planner, SPAM/SAINT, SWPM, Kernel/HANA upgrades.
• Experience with SAP Solution Manager or SAP Cloud ALM, ATC, Simplification DB, Custom Code Migration.
• Deep knowledge of interfaces & integration (SAP PI/PO/CPI/Integration Suite, IDocs, RFCs, OData, API).
• Excellent documentation, stakeholder communication, and governance skills.