SAP Basis Consultant

Job Title: SAP Basis Consultant

Location: Montreal, Canada

Employment Type: Contract

Duration: 12 Months

Note: In-person client round interview.

About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.

Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced SAP Basis Consultant to support the migration, installation, and eventual maintenance of our SAP S/4HANA environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience with SAP infrastructure across the full system lifecycle — from installations and system migrations to day-to-day basis operations — and is comfortable operating in a complex, highly regulated financial services environment.

Core Responsibilities

S/4HANA Migration & Implementation

• Support end-to-end migration to SAP S/4HANA
• Perform installation, configuration, and landscape management of SAP S/4HANA systems in accordance with SAP-endorsed architecture
• Manage transport management systems (TMS), system copies, client copies, and refreshes across Dev/QA/Prod landscapes
• Coordinate with SAP and cloud infrastructure teams on sizing, OS/DB configuration, and high availability / disaster recovery setup
• Work with SAP S/4HANA APIs to support integration design and connectivity

SAP Basis Administration & Support

• Provide ongoing Basis support for the following SAP environments:
• SAP ECC (legacy landscape maintenance and co-existence)
• SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
• Fixed Assets (FI-AA) and Accounts Payable (FI-AP) modules within the Financial Accounting (FI) landscape
• Perform system monitoring, performance tuning, patch management, and kernel upgrades
• Manage user administration, roles, authorizations, and SNC/SSO configurations

Landscape & Release Management

• Manage SAP system landscapes across multiple environments, ensuring stability and compliance with change management policies

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of SAP Basis administration experience
• Proven hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA installation, system conversion, and migration
• Strong working knowledge of SAP Basis administration
• Experience supporting SAP ECC, SAP BPC, FI-AA (Fixed Assets), and FI-AP (Accounts Payable) environments
• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA architecture, tooling, and API landscape
• Knowledge of SAP HANA database administration (backup/recovery, system replication, performance)
• Experience with high availability and DR configurations
• Strong understanding of OS-level administration (Linux/Unix) and virtualization
• Strong understanding of DB2 Database Management
• Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Background in ABAP development — ability to read, debug, and write ABAP code to support Basis-related troubleshooting and transport resolution
• Experience with ETL processes and data pipeline design, particularly in the context of SAP data extraction
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake and supporting data migration from SAP to Snowflake, including schema mapping, delta loads, and data validation
• Familiarity with SAP integration patterns and API consumption
• Experience in financial services or capital markets environments (regulatory compliance, audit trails, SOX controls)
• SAP certifications in Basis / Technology (e.g., C_TADM_23, C_HANADEV, or equivalent)

Employment Practices

EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant

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