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.