Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: SAP Human Resources Technical Lead
Career Level From: Specialist
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Job Specialty: Application Delivery
What You'll Do
We are seeking an experienced SAP Human Resources (HR) Technical Lead to oversee the design, development, and support of HR solutions within our SAP ECC 6.0 environment, with a primary focus on Benefits, Compensation, and Pension-related processes. This role will lead a small team of developers while acting as the primary interface between Information Technology and business stakeholders.
This position is heavily focused on custom development. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in ABAP and SAP HCM technical architecture, along with strong functional understanding of HR processes. This role is responsible for delivering scalable, high-quality custom solutions, enabling complex HR programs, and ensuring long-term system maintainability in a highly customized environment.
Responsbilities
- Lead the design, development, and support of SAP HR solutions within SAP ECC 6.0, with a strong emphasis on custom ABAP development
- Oversee and mentor a small team of developers, following development standards and best practices
- Act as the primary interface between IT and business stakeholders for HR-related initiatives
- Design, build, and maintain ABAP solutions supporting Benefits, Compensation, and Pension processes
- Develop complex reports, interfaces, enhancements, and data processing programs to support HR operations
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, including deep debugging across HR and integrated modules
- Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of custom-developed solutions
- Support and enhance integrations with external vendors and internal systems
- Provide technical design leadership, including code reviews and architectural guidance
- Collaborate with functional teams to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions
- Maintain documentation for custom development, system architecture, and support procedures
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, Business, or a related discipline with at least 5 years of relevant experience; OR
- Master ’ s degree in the same fields with at least 3 years of relevant experience; OR
- Alternatively, 13+ years of progressive education, training, and/or professional experience may be considered in lieu of formal degree requirements.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on SAP HCM experience with a strong focus on technical development
- Advanced ABAP development experience in SAP ECC environments
- Prior experience in a technical lead or team leadership role
- Demonstrated experience partnering with business stakeholders to design and deliver solutions
SAP HR Functional Expertise
- Strong experience with SAP ECC 6.0 HCM modules, particularly Benefits, Compensation, and Pension
- Experience supporting benefits administration, eligibility, and enrollment processes
- Understanding of compensation structures, incentive programs, and pay adjustments
- Familiarity with pension or retirement plan administration processes
- Working knowledge of core HR infotypes and organizational management
Technical & Development Skills (Primary Focus)
- Expert-level ABAP development skills, including complex reports, interfaces, enhancements, conversions, and forms
- Extensive experience with BADIs, user exits, implicit/explicit enhancements, and custom frameworks
- Strong debugging skills across HR modules, including payroll and benefits-related processing
- Deep understanding of SAP HCM data structures (infotypes, clusters, logical databases such as PNP/PNPCE)
- Experience designing and supporting inbound/outbound interfaces with external vendors (benefits providers, pension systems, etc.)
- Experience with performance optimization and managing large-volume HR data processing
Architecture & Solution Design
- Ability to design scalable custom solutions in highly customized SAP environments
- Experience translating complex HR policies and business rules into technical designs and implementations
- Familiarity with SAP workflows, enhancements, and automation strategies
Leadership & Delivery
- Proven ability to lead and mentor a small team of developers in a custom development-heavy environment
- Experience managing a mix of enhancement delivery, production support, and technical debt reduction
- Strong ownership mindset for system quality, performance, and long-term maintainability
Collaboration & Communication
- Ability to communicate complex technical solutions to non-technical HR stakeholders
- Experience working closely with HR, Benefits, and Finance teams
- Strong documentation and knowledge transfer practices
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.
