SAP Principal Consultant - Technical (SAP Lead Basis Consultant)

SAP Principal Consultant - Technical (SAP Lead Basis Consultant)

Location: Yorkshire/Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Industry: Utilities

Join a leading utilities organisation delivering enterprise-grade SAP transformation across its infrastructure and operations. As SAP Principal Consultant - Technical, you'll play a critical role in maintaining, optimising, and evolving a complex SAP landscape that supports business continuity and strategic growth.

What You'll Be Doing

As a senior technical authority, you'll lead the administration and enhancement of SAP systems across Windows and SUSE Linux environments. You'll ensure high availability, performance, and compliance across SAP HANA, BusinessObjects, and SLT platforms, while supporting Fiori/UI5 and collaborating across infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and upgrade SAP systems running on Windows Servers
• Administer SAP HANA on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) including installation, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and troubleshooting
• Conduct regular health checks, monitor database growth, and perform root cause analysis
• Support and optimise SAP Fiori/UI5 applications
• Manage and monitor SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT) for Real Time data replication
• Administer SAP BusinessObjects (BO) platforms ensuring high availability and performance
• Collaborate with network, database, and infrastructure teams for patching and security compliance
• Contribute to technical governance and continuous improvement across the SAP estate

Experience & Skills Required

• Strong SAP Basis background with hands-on experience across system administration and upgrades
• Proven expertise in SAP HANA, SLT, BusinessObjects, and Fiori/UI5
• Deep understanding of system performance, monitoring, and troubleshooting across hybrid environments
• Ability to work cross-functionally with infrastructure and security teams
• Experience in utilities or similarly complex, regulated environments

Desirable

• Familiarity with SAP best practices and technical governance
• Experience with SAP migration projects and SAP Solution Manager including Charm and monitoring
• Exposure to SAP Cloud Connector, SAP BTP Integration Suite, and advanced Fiori capabilities

What's On Offer

• A permanent opportunity with a respected utilities organisation
• Hybrid working flexibility and a collaborative team culture
• Strategic involvement in high-impact technical transformation programmes
• Competitive salary and benefits package