SAP Basis SME Architect

Amsterdam, Netherlands | Posted on 01/28/2026

SAP Basis SME Architect to support and lead SAP landscape operations, migrations, and lifecycle management activities. The role involves close collaboration with business stakeholders, infrastructure teams, and SAP functional teams to ensure high availability, stability, and continuous improvement of the SAP environment.

We are looking for an experienced SAP Basis SME Architect to support and lead SAP landscape operations, migrations, and lifecycle management activities. The role involves close collaboration with business stakeholders, infrastructure teams, and SAP functional teams to ensure high availability, stability, and continuous improvement of the SAP environment.

• Strong expertise in SAP Basis and SAP S/4HANA
• Proven experience in cloud migrations
• Hands‑on experience ensuring production landscape availability, maintenance, and upgrades
• Experience with ECC to HANA database migration
• Solid knowledge of SAP HANA Database, SLT, and NetWeaver Gateway setup
• Experience with SAP kernel upgrades and release upgrades
• Working knowledge of multiple SAP environments and components:
  • SAP R/3
  • SAP HANA
  • SAP BW
  • SAP EWM
• Experience in RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) migration

• Strong customer‑facing and stakeholder management skills
• Ownership mindset with the ability to drive tasks independently
• Proactive attitude with strong problem‑solving skills
• Team player with the ability to collaborate across teams
• Comfortable working in a dynamic and fast‑paced environment
• Deliver incremental LCM (Lifecycle Management) project components as per Product and Sprint backlog
• Work closely with business stakeholders during Program Increment (PI) events to help define and refine the product backlog
• Define and execute activities according to the RUN book
• Manage change management activities and create/update technical documentation
• Provide go‑live support and ensure effective knowledge transfer
• Perform high‑level and detailed planning for project activities
• Conduct system checks and coordinate with multiple teams and stakeholders
• Ensure high quality of own deliverables
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure consistent architecture implementation, aligned interfaces, and synchronised cross‑team deliveries
• Write and maintain product and technical documentation in line with company processes
• Proactively suggest and implement improvements to technical solutions and ways of working, aligned with team and stakeholder expectations.