Job Summary:
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and developing ABAP-based solutions that align with our organization's needs. The Senior ABAP Developer will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including SAP functional consultants, project managers, and enterprise architects, to ensure that the solutions meet business requirements and are scalable, secure, efficient, and reliable.
Responsibilities:
- Technical Development:
- Develop, modify, and enhance custom SAP applications using ABAP programming language, including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and forms (RICEF).
- Write efficient, well-documented, and maintainable code that meets organizational and SAP best practices.
- Collaborate with functional consultants and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications and implement solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing SAP modules.
- Problem Solving and Debugging:
- Identify, analyze, and resolve technical issues within SAP systems, including debugging existing programs and performing root cause analysis for system errors or inefficiencies.
- Provide timely and effective support to resolve user-reported issues and implement enhancements as needed.
- Documentation and Testing:
- Create and maintain technical documentation for all developments, ensuring that coding standards, naming conventions, and documentation practices are consistently followed.
- Participate in and support unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure that developments meet the specified requirements and are free from defects.
- Collaboration and Communication:
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, project managers, and other IT professionals, to deliver projects on time and within scope.
- Effectively communicate technical concepts and solutions to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Continuous Improvement:
- Stay updated with the latest SAP technologies, tools, and methodologies, including S/4HANA, ABAP on HANA, and SAP Fiori.
- Proactively suggest and implement improvements to existing SAP solutions to enhance performance, scalability, and user experience.
- Project Management Support:
- Contribute to project planning activities by providing accurate estimates of development efforts and timelines.
- Assist in the preparation of project documentation, such as technical specifications, project plans, and progress reports.
- University Degree in IT.
- 8+ years of IT Experience in the development of customer systems across multiple technology domains.
- Proven knowledge in writing, debugging, and optimizing ABAP code (5+ years)
- Excellent knowledge in forms (adobe forms, smart forms, sap script)
- Excellent knowledge in ABAP workbench tools, workflows, OO-ABAP
- Very good knowledge in Webservices (SOAP and REST)
- Proven knowledge in SAP Fiori/UI5(CDS, JavaScript, AMDP, WebIDE, SAP BTP, BAS)
- Excellent knowledge of functional SAP modules (e.g. SD/MM/HR/FI/CO) is a plus.
- Very good knowledge in developing ODATA.
- Very good knowledge with SAP Change and Release Management (ChaRM) functionality is a plus.
- Experience with ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC) is a plus.
- Experience/knowledge of agile frameworks such as SAFe, Scrum is beneficial.
- Experience with work management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, SNOW is a plus.
- Strong quality-based ethic including deployment practices.
- Ability to analyze and critically assess problems.
- Ability to see the big picture as well as paying attention to the smallest detail.
- Desired experience of IT services in complex multinational environments
- Holder of relevant certifications for Fiori, BTP, ABAP on Cloud, is a plus.
- Good understanding of mission critical architectures, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, implementation and testing
- Experience in migrating large size systems to cloud [e.g. CRM, ERP, BW]
- Experience in Azure Cloud is a major advantage.
- Excellent spoken and written English.
- Communication and organizational skills