SAP Basis Specialist

Are you an experienced SAP Basis professional looking to play a critical role in a complex, enterprise-scale SAP environment?

We are seeking a SAP Basis Specialist to provide technical leadership across SAP Basis, Infrastructure, Security, Solution Architecture and Applications Management. This is an exciting opportunity to support and enhance a sophisticated SAP landscape while contributing to high-profile defence industry programs.

About the Role

As the SAP Basis Specialist, you will be responsible for ensuring the availability, security, performance and continuous improvement of our SAP ecosystem. Working closely with technical and functional teams, you will lead infrastructure initiatives, support operational excellence, and drive best-practice SAP service delivery across multiple environments.

This role can be based out of our Avalon / Melbourne CBD site.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead SAP installations, upgrades, migrations, system refreshes and performance optimisation activities.
• Administer and support SAP S/4HANA, ECC, BW/4HANA, NetWeaver, Solution Manager, PI/PO, Fiori, SLT and BusinessObjects environments.
• Manage SAP environments across Windows, Linux, Unix, Azure and AWS platforms.
• Design and maintain High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), backup and business continuity solutions.
• Manage multi-landscape SAP environments including transport management, client copies and system refreshes.
• Monitor system performance, conduct health checks and drive continuous improvements.
• Manage SAP security architecture, user administration, roles and authorisations in line with least-privilege principles.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, project teams, vendors and technical specialists to ensure seamless integration and service delivery.
• Mentor technical teams and contribute to the development of SAP technical capability across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with defence industry standards, governance requirements and security protocols.

• SAP BC Certification.
• Significant experience in SAP Basis administration and support.
• Proven experience delivering or supporting SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Strong experience with SAP Cloud technologies and cloud migrations.
• Expertise across SAP S/4HANA, ECC, BW/4HANA, NetWeaver, Fiori and Solution Manager.
• Experience managing SAP applications within complex enterprise and hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Security, Roles & Authorisations, GRC and Access Management.
• Experience with Azure, AWS or other cloud platforms, including VM provisioning and migrations.
• Knowledge of Solution Manager capabilities including ChaRM, Technical Monitoring and related functions.
• Demonstrated stakeholder engagement, vendor management and service delivery experience.

What Will Set You Apart

• Previous experience working within the Defence sector or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong leadership capability and experience mentoring technical teams.
• Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining high service standards.

To be considered for this position, applicants must:

• Be an Australian Citizen.
• Be eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance (minimum Baseline clearance level).

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to work on complex and mission-critical SAP environments that support Australia's defence capability. You'll join a collaborative team where your technical expertise will directly contribute to innovation, security and operational excellence.

Apply now and bring your SAP expertise to an organisation delivering technology solutions at scale.

Hanwha Defence Australia looks for people who can embrace our three core values of ‘Challenge, Dedication, and Integrity’ that were established in the spirit of Trust and Loyalty. If you want to work with us on this exciting journey, now is the time to join.

Hanwha Defence Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to apply. We also welcome applications from individuals with culturally diverse backgrounds.

We are a proud supporter of the Veterans' Employment Program and welcome the interest of ex-service members, veterans and their families.