Manager - SAP Basis & Release

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, resilient connections between the SAP core and Curtiss-Wright’s other non-SAP ERP environments.
• Administer and configure technical connections within SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), Integration Suite, or corporate enterprise middleware.
• Perform cross-system technical troubleshooting to isolate, identify, and remediate data blockages and connection dropouts across multi-system pipelines.
• Create release strategy for projects and run-state systems; ensure transport changes move through the landscape.
• Own and govern the Transport Management System strategy and execution across the multi-tier landscape, importing transport requests and resolving code collision/dependency issues.
• Coordinate code and configuration releases, performing dependency checks to avoid regression, collisions, or production downtime.
• Lead the planning and execution of release activities, including release plans, coordination of testing with Business Process Owners and SAP functional/technical teams, and communication of release status to stakeholders.
• Govern SAP changes to the Change Advisory Board and ensure compliance and audit requirements are met before moving changes to production; facilitate CAB meetings and ensure appropriate approvals are obtained.
• Maintain comprehensive release documentation (release notes, deployment plans, post-release reviews) and facilitate post-release reviews to capture lessons learned.
• Establish and enforce release management processes and best practices, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and standards.
• Request system copies/refreshes through the RISE portal and execute post-refresh application-level activities.
• Drive “Clean Core” development practices, ensuring custom enhancements are built externally via BTP rather than modifying the standard ERP core.
• Generate and present regular reports on release activities, status, and metrics to leadership.
• Manage application-level data growth (archiving) and troubleshoot database locks caused by poorly written custom code.
• Govern the global background job processing architecture, optimizing scheduling windows to balance system resource utilization.
• Evaluate the business/technical impact of SAP-applied patches, trigger and schedule upgrades via the RISE portal, and lead internal testing and remediation efforts.
• Coordinate downtime with business users and validate system availability following OS/patch cycles executed by SAP RISE.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical enterprise experience.
• 10+ years of experience in SAP Basis/NetWeaver administration, including at least 5+ years operating in a cloud-hosted or SAP RISE environment, with a clear understanding of the SAP Shared Responsibility matrix.
• Deep technical knowledge of SAP integration technologies (IDocs, RFCs, Web Services, API Hub) and familiarity with modern middleware solutions (SAP BTP Integration Suite, Azure Integration Services, etc.).
• Mastery of SAP Transport Management, Solution Manager (ChaRM), or modern cloud ALM platforms, and hands-on experience with SAP Release Management from strategy through execution.
• Demonstrated experience working in complex, multi-vendor IT landscapes managing high-volume data exchanges between disparate platforms.
• Prior experience in aerospace, defense, or nuclear-adjacent manufacturing environments an asset.