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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SAP HRIS Lead - **Company:** Cgi Inc. - **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $116,200.0 - $257,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Application Lifecycle Management, Software Bug Management, Software Debugging, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), Middleware, IDoc, SAP ERP, Release Management, SAP (Applications), SAP Configuration, SAP Human Resource Management Software, SAP R/3, Software Deployment, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, SAP Application Management Services, Enterprise Software Applications, Reliability of Systems, AI Platforms, SAP HCM Payroll, Sap Production Planning, Integration Tests, Information Technology, Enterprise Integration, Data Management - **Published:** October 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/sap-hris-lead-atlanta-ga--2012b8c4-0237-4f8b-b5dd-c5b5a71d16ad ## About the Role SAP, HRIS/HRMS, SAP, HRIS/HRMS, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems, Continuous Improvement, Leadership, SAP ECC (fka SAP R/3 and SAP ERP), Automation, * Experience: Minimum 10+ years of overall SAP experience, including at least 8 years of hands-on SAP ECC HCM expertise and 7+ years of SAP production support and Application Management Services (AMS) experience. * Module Expertise: Deep functional knowledge of SAP ECC Human Capital Management (HCM), particularly Personnel Administration (PA), Organizational Management (OM), Payroll, and Time Management, with 8+ years of experience across these core areas. * Technical-Functional Expertise: Minimum 7 years of hands-on SAP HCM configuration, troubleshooting, functional solution design, and enhancement support. Strong ability to investigate ABAP developments, background jobs, IDocs, APIs, middleware, and HR-related interface failures. * Production Support & Incident Management: At least 7 years of experience independently diagnosing and resolving complex SAP HR production incidents, performing root cause analysis, and implementing permanent fixes for recurring application issues. * Integration Knowledge: Minimum 5 years of experience supporting SAP HR integrations with Finance, Payroll, Time Management, and external enterprise applications, including interfaces, data flows, and upstream/downstream dependencies. * Business Process Expertise: Strong understanding of end-to-end HR business processes, employee master data, organizational structures, payroll processing, time evaluation, and critical HR transactions. * AMS & Delivery Practices: Proven experience in functional specifications, system enhancements, integration testing, defect resolution, release management, production deployments, and coordination with offshore AMS and technical support teams. Professional & Interpersonal Skills * Education: Bachelor''s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline. * Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact confidently with HR business stakeholders, technical teams, and leadership. * Leadership & Problem Solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting capabilities, ownership of critical production issues, and ability to independently drive urgent issue resolution while coordinating cross-functional teams. * Work Location: Must be available to work onsite in Atlanta, GA, providing hands-on functional expertise and direct engagement with business stakeholders. Minimum Education Required: Bachelor''s Degree, * SAP HR Management * SAP HR Payroll * SAP HRM - Organization * SAP HRMEmployeesAdministration * AWS AI Services ## Description This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced SAP HRIS professional to take on a highly visible, hands on leadership role supporting a large, complex enterprise environment. The position offers direct engagement with business stakeholders, ownership of critical SAP ECC HCM applications, and the opportunity to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement. You will work in a collaborative onsite and offshore team environment, leveraging your SAP expertise to solve challenging business problems, improve application stability, and contribute to automation and AI driven innovations in SAP Application Management Services (AMS). This position is located in Atlanta, GA at the client site which is located in the south side of the city. Your future duties and responsibilities: . Serve as the onsite SAP ECC HRIS technical functional lead across Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Payroll, and Time Management. . Act as the primary liaison between HR functional teams and technical delivery teams, converting business needs into clear functional and technical specifications. . Lead technical analysis and solution design for SAP HR enhancements, integrations, interfaces, data flows, reports, and application changes. . Perform hands on SAP HCM configuration, technical troubleshooting, debugging support, data analysis, interface monitoring, and issue resolution. . Investigate and resolve complex production incidents involving SAP configuration, ABAP developments, background jobs, IDocs, APIs, middleware, file based interfaces, and upstream or downstream systems. . Partner with ABAP developers, integration specialists, basis, security, and infrastructure teams to design, build, test, deploy, and support technical solutions. . Review technical designs, development estimates, test results, transport plans, and deployment activities to ensure solutions meet business, security, performance, and supportability requirements. . Lead root cause analysis for recurring or high impact incidents and implement permanent corrective and preventive solutions. . Coordinate system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing, including test planning, defect triage, and validation of end to end business processes. . Support release management, change management, cutover planning, transports, production deployments, and post implementation stabilization. . Provide technical guidance to onsite and offshore AMS teams, ensuring effective knowledge transfer, documentation, coding and configuration standards, and adherence to service level commitments. . Identify and implement opportunities for process optimization, monitoring, automation, and AI enabled improvements that increase support efficiency and system reliability.