Job Description
SAP Technical Engineering Expert | Analyst
Open to candidates across QLD, ACT, VIC, NSW, SA, a major federal government ERP program is moving its SAP landscape to S/4HANA.
You will own the technical health of a large, complex SAP estate — installations, upgrades, patching, transports, refreshes, performance tuning, HA and DR — while contributing to the technical planning and execution of the S/4HANA transition itself.
This is deep platform work, not application development.
Key responsibilities
Senior SAP Basis administration and engineering across the full landscape
SAP system installations, upgrades, patching, maintenance and lifecycle management
Transport management, client administration, system refreshes and setting management
Monitoring, analysing and optimising system performance, availability and reliability
Designing and implementing high availability, backup, recovery and disaster recovery solutions
Technical planning and execution for migrating SAP workloads and databases to S/4HANA and HANA
Technical assessments, readiness reviews and proof-of-concept work for modernisation initiatives
Technical documentation, operating procedures and support models
Mentoring internal staff and running knowledge transfer so the capability stays in-house
About you
Demonstrated senior experience as an SAP Basis Administrator, SAP Basis Engineer or SAP Technical Engineering Expert in large, complex environments
Current SAP certification in System Administration (Basis), HANA,



S/4HANA or an equivalent SAP technology discipline
Hands‐on S/4HANA experience across implementation, upgrade, migration or technical conversion
Proven database migration work into HANA, including planning, conversion, testing and cutover
Linux and enterprise infrastructure experience underpinning SAP
The ability to give expert technical advice and work alongside architects, engineers, project teams and vendors
Currently hold an active NV1 (Negative Vetting Level 1) clearance and be able to maintain it for the duration of the contract
Nice to have
SAP in an Australian Government or similarly regulated environment
Cloud-hosted or hybrid SAP architectures
Large-scale ERP transformation, platform consolidation or modernisation programs
Security clearance
You must currently hold an active NV1 (Negative Vetting Level 1) clearance and be able to maintain it for the duration of the contract.
This role is not open to candidates who could obtain one, and NV1 requires Australian citizenship.
12 month initial contract with extension options
Starting early December
QLD, ACT, VIC, NSW, SA
Hybrid.
Working from home is considered, provided you live within reasonable travel of the office for onsite attendance when needed
Competitive hourly rate
About us
ContractRoll Pty Ltd is a Canberra-based boutique labour hire firm, trading since ****.
We have placed multiple talented contractors in large federal government departments and private agencies.
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📌 Sap Technical Engineering Expert | Analyst (Canberra)
🏢 ContractRoll
📍 Canberra