SAP Basis Infrastructure Engineer III

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Date: Sep 1, 2026

Location: LAKE FOREST, IL, US, 60045-5202

Company: Grainger Businesses

 

Work Location Type: Hybrid  

Req Number  334045

About Grainger

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America and Japan. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.6 million customers worldwide with maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and value-added solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer expertise. Known for its commitment to service and purpose-driven culture, the Company reported 2025 revenue of $17.9 billion. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.  

 

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position remote is $95,900.00 – $159,800.00. For Chicago location the range for this position are $103,600 - $172,600. This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 10 % or $ , based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program which are subject to change.

 

Rewards and Benefits

With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
  • 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
  • 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
  • Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
  • Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

 

For additional information and details regarding Grainger’s benefits, please click on the link below:

 

https://experience100.ehr.com/grainger/Home/Tools-Resources/Key-Resources/New-Hire

 

Grainger Benefits

The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation.  The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.   

 

The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above. 

Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.

 

 

Position Details: 

Infrastructure Engineers ensure that the IT infrastructure is sufficiently, and efficient to provide the integrated services underlying the physical environment that supports the processes, physical resources, and operators required for developing, integrating, operating, and sustaining IT applications and support services. They build, implement, configure, tune and support the IT infrastructure in the cloud and on-premises, to include the server platforms, storage systems, middleware infrastructure, network, and client technologies. They pursue the physical design, implementation, and support of major automation solutions in a multiplatform environment, make recommendations for improvements to the usability of automated tools, and identify opportunities for increased adoption of orchestration technologies. 

 

You Will: 

  • Build and Configure Hybrid IT systems: Installation, configuration, and maintenance of systems. Help integrate services across cloud and data center. Contributed to the prioritization of requirements and matching of resources with requirements. 

  • Automation: Helps design automated workflows and provides training to other engineers. Help with business case justification for automation efforts. Establish frameworks to increase automation and CI/CD deployment activities. Support DevOps activities. 

  • Scripting: grows complex scripts to automate repetitive tasks and support automated workflows 

  • Configuration Management: Establish baselines and configuration control. Review CMDB and identifies opportunities for improvement. 

  • Infrastructure standards: Review and enforce standards for infrastructure solutions. Help create new ways of solving existing issues and improving existing practices. 

  • Monitoring: Develop Service level agreements and establish alert thresholds 

  • Documentation: Document new or modified infrastructure solutions, test activities /results, and workflows 

  • Escalated support for SAP Applications related to Basis role after onboarding period of 3 months. 

 

You Have:  

 

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, management, or related field. 

Strong debugging/resolution skills. 

Experience Managing SAP workloads on Cloud, preferably AWS.  

At least 5 years of experience supporting 24x7 important enterprise applications including SAP ECC, APO, GTS, GRC, Portal, EWM, SOLMAN, PI/PO, BOBJ, BODS, S/4 HANA, and HANA database.  

Experience building and managing Infrastructure and configuration as code. 

Expertise in Ansible, Terraform and GitHub. 

Linux OS (SUSE or RHEL) experience. 

Experience implementing an ERP Application. 

Experience with upgrades, installations, and patching (HANA patching, support packs and kernel patches). 

Experience automating repetitive system administration tasks using automation scripts and tools. 

Experience with system optimization and tuning for performance. 

Experience with escalated support for SAP Applications related to Basis role. 

  

 

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

 

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.