Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: SAP Basis and Security Supervisor
Career Level From: Supervisor
Career Level To: Manager
Job Specialty: Application Delivery
What You'll Do
The SAP Basis & Security Supervisor is responsible for technical oversight and coordination of SAP platform operations, including Basis and SAP Security functions. This role provides hands-on technical leadership for a team of approximately eight experienced administrators and serves as the technical escalation point for complex SAP platform issues.The position combines direct technical contribution with supervisory responsibilities, including work coordination, technical guidance, mentoring, and standards enforcement. The Supervisor partners closely with application teams, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and project leadership to ensure SAP systems are reliable, secure, and aligned with enterprise objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Supervision
- Provide day-to-day technical supervision and coordination for SAP Basis and Security administrators.
- Assign and prioritize work, review technical solutions, and ensure adherence to established standards and best practices.
- Serve as the technical escalation point for SAP platform issues.
SAP Platform Operations
- Oversee the administration, availability, performance, and scalability of SAP environments.
- Lead or directly participate in SAP installations, upgrades, system copies, patches, and migrations.
- Ensure SAP systems comply with cybersecurity, audit, and IT governance requirements.
Architecture & Strategic Support
- Contribute to SAP platform roadmaps, modernization efforts, and long-term technical planning.
- Partner with enterprise architecture and cybersecurity teams to align SAP technical design with organizational standards.
- Evaluate new SAP technologies and recommend improvements to system reliability and operational efficiency.
Project & Operational Support
- Provide technical leadership during SAP-related projects, deployments, and infrastructure changes.
- Coordinate cross-functional technical activities during major system changes or incidents.
- Ensure documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures are current and consistently applied.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field with five (5) or more years of relevant SAP Basis or enterprise systems experience.
- Thirteen (13) or more years of progressive education, training, and professional experience in SAP Basis, enterprise systems, or platform administration may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Preferred Job Requirements
SAP Platform & Technical Expertise
- Extensive experience administering SAP systems, including installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management (ECC, NetWeaver, SAP HANA).
- Experience supporting SAP landscapes across multiple environments (development, test, production).
- Strong working knowledge of SAP HANA administration, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
- Minimum five (5) years of Unix/Linux system administration experience in enterprise environments.
Supervisory & Technical Leadership
- Experience coordinating or supervising senior technical staff, including work prioritization and technical review.
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical direction, mentorship, and standards enforcement without formal managerial authority.
- Experience acting as a technical escalation point for complex or high-impact system issues.
Architecture, Integration & Modern Practices
- Experience contributing to SAP platform architecture decisions, including ECC and S/4 landscapes.
- Familiarity with ABAP fundamentals, UI5/Fiori, and SAP development tools sufficient to support and troubleshoot development activities.
- Experience with scripting and automation (Python, shell scripting).
- Knowledge of ITIL concepts, service management, and enterprise change processes.
- Familiarity with DevOps principles and infrastructure automation practices.
Communication & Collaboration
- Ability to work effectively with Business Process Owners, Technical Leads, Cybersecurity, and Project Management teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including documentation and technical guidance for diverse audiences.
Additional Preferred Experience
- Exposure to SAP Security concepts (roles, authorizations) or experience working alongside SAP Security administrators.
- Experience interfacing with and managing the lifecycle of other enterprise applications.
- Background in enterprise system integration and cross-platform troubleshooting.
Why Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
