Open position- SAP Release Engineer @ Plano, TX (Full Time)

Role: - SAP Release Engineer

Location: -Plano, TX

Experience: 10+ Years

JD:-
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Required Experience

8+ years of SAP experience with at least 3+ years in Release Management or Deployment Management.

Hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO), including GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting, Treasury, and Financial Closing processes.

Experience managing SAP transport landscapes and release cycles in large enterprise environments.

Strong understanding of Change Management, ITIL processes, and CAB governance.

Key Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Finance release planning, scheduling, deployment, and post-release support.

Coordinate release activities across SAP Finance, Basis, Security, Middleware, Integration, and Infrastructure teams.

Oversee SAP transport management and ensure proper sequencing of transports across Development, QA, UAT, and Production environments.

Validate release readiness, deployment plans, rollback procedures, and cutover activities.

Collaborate with Finance business users and functional teams to prioritize and deploy enhancements, fixes, and compliance-related changes.

Facilitate release governance meetings, CAB reviews, and stakeholder communications.

Identify release risks and implement mitigation strategies to minimize business disruption.

Coordinate UAT execution, defect triage, and production deployment sign-offs.

Monitor post-production performance and ensure timely resolution of release-related issues.

Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close activities during release windows.

Required Technical Skills

SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI/CO)

SAP Transport Management System (TMS)

ChaRM (Change Request Management) / Solution Manager

SAP Fiori and Launchpad deployments

SAP Transport and Release Lifecycle Management

SAP Basis fundamentals

Integration monitoring (SAP CPI/PO/PI)

Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, or equivalent tools

ITIL Change and Release Management processes