SAP S/4HANA Consultant (SC Cleared)

SAP S/4HANA Technical Consultant / SAP Basis Consultant (SC Cleared)

Location: Bristol, UK (Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite)
Contract Length: 6 Months (Extension Likely)
Day Rate: £500 - £550 per day (Inside IR35)
Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required

Overview

We are seeking an experienced SC Cleared SAP S/4HANA Technical Consultant / SAP Basis Consultant to join a major transformation programme delivering SAP S/4HANA within a secure environment.
This is a hands-on technical role requiring strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA system provisioning, installation, landscape management, HANA database administration, and system lifecycle activities. The successful consultant will play a key role in building and maintaining SAP environments hosted on a hyperscaler platform, with AWS experience highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Lead SAP S/4HANA system provisioning and landscape setup activities.
Perform initial SAP S/4HANA system builds within AWS and other cloud environments.
Execute SAP S/4HANA installations, configuration, and technical setup.
Manage SAP kernel installations, upgrades, and patching activities.
Configure clients, transports, RFC connections, and logical systems.
Support SAP S/4HANA release upgrades, FPS implementations, and Support Package management.
Participate in performance testing, high availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR) exercises.
Administer SAP HANA databases, ensuring optimal performance, resilience, and stability.
Implement backup, recovery, monitoring, and housekeeping processes.
Support environment refreshes and landscape maintenance activities.
Work closely with project teams, infrastructure teams, and SAP functional consultants throughout the programme lifecycle.

Essential Skills & Experience

SAP S/4HANA & SAP Basis

Strong hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA system provisioning and landscape setup.
Experience delivering initial SAP S/4HANA builds on hyperscaler platforms, preferably AWS.
Expertise in:
SAP S/4HANA installation
Kernel installation and patching
Client setup and configuration
Transport management
RFC configuration
Logical system configuration
Experience with:
S/4HANA release upgrades
Feature Pack Stack (FPS) implementations
Support Package Stack management

SAP HANA Database Administration

Hands-on HANA database administration experience including:
Initial sizing and setup
Backup and recovery configuration
Performance monitoring
Database housekeeping
Point-in-time recovery

SAP Landscape Management

Strong understanding of SAP landscape architecture including:

SAP S/4HANA sizing and capacity planning
DEV, QAS, PRE-PROD and PROD environment management
Client strategy and refresh processes
Backup and recovery planning
SAP logging and monitoring
High Availability and Disaster Recovery concepts

Requirements

Active SC Clearance is mandatory.
Ability to work onsite in Bristol 3 days per week.
Strong stakeholder engagement and documentation skills.
Experience working within large-scale enterprise SAP transformation programmes