SAP Basis Architect

Honda Trading America Corp.•Marysville, OH

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

The SAP Basis Architect designs, manages, and optimizes complex SAP landscapes to provide secure, scalable, and highly available platforms. The role provides technical leadership for SAP S/4HANA support, upgrades, conversions, and migrations; guides the use of SAP Solution Manager, GRC, SAP PO, Fiori, and SAP BTP; and shapes the long-term SAP platform strategy in support of business and technology objectives. The position supports SAP production systems across North America, contributes to projects and platform improvements, represents the technical team with stakeholders, and develops documentation and reports for technical and executive audiences. It also includes continuing education and training or mentoring HTA staff. The role has no direct or indirect reports, but helps train and mentor Basis staff and assists ISD management with the North American OCM budget and benefit realization for SAP changes. The working environment is 50% hybrid, with additional in-office participation as required. The role provides regional system support 24/7, may require overtime for business needs, production or project support, and emergency response, and includes domestic and international travel as required. The employee handles confidential company and partner information and must follow IT/security, privacy, export, and compliance policies and training.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or a combination of education and experience.
SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA certification.
ITIL certifications.
RHEL certifications.
Other database certifications, including Sybase ASE and MSSQL.
At least 8 years of experience as a Basis Architect, including system upgrade and migration experience.
Skills or experience with Solution Manager, GRC, Process Orchestration, Fiori, BTP, OpenText VIM, ICC/BCC, Archive Centre, high availability and disaster recovery, backup and recovery, and archiving.

Responsibilities

Provide SAP production support to the North American region through monitoring, alerting, and incident, change, problem, and request management.
Deliver SAP patches and upgrades across products to maintain environment lifecycle and vulnerability management.
Develop and participate in SAP projects to establish strategies, realize new technologies, and bring functionality to HTA.
Represent the technical team at HTA in internal and external meetings with appropriate stakeholders.
Complete continuing education and training to increase technical skills and knowledge, and train or mentor HTA staff in learned skills.
Create and maintain documentation, including processes, procedures, technical maps and drawings, and environment summaries.
Create executive summaries and technical deep dives in formal reports.
Assist ISD management in defining and managing the North American OCM budget for training, tooling, and travel.
Establish benefit realization for SAP changes by setting baseline metrics and targets and translating them into financial terms.
Use technical dashboards to assess business adoption, quantify gaps, and drive corrective actions.
Validate benefit capture after go-live through 30-, 60-, and 90-day reviews.
Make decisions concerning SAP landscape design, SAP platform strategy, software lifecycle management, and training or mentoring Basis staff.

Benefits

Competitive base salary, with pay based on factors including geographic location and work experience.
Regional bonus, when applicable.
Manager lease car program, including car, maintenance, and insurance at no cost.
Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefit plans.
Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, and shutdown.
Company-paid short-term and long-term disability.
401(k) plan with company match and additional contribution.
Relocation assistance, if eligible.
Advancement opportunities and career mobility.
Education reimbursement for continued learning.
Training and development programs.
Lifestyle account.
Childcare reimbursement account.
Elder care support.
Tuition assistance and student loan repayment.
Wellbeing program.
Community service and engagement programs.
Product programs.