Senior ABAP Development Analysts
What You Can Expect
The ABAP Senior Development Analyst is a senior technical contributor responsible for designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting complex SAP solutions within the Enterprise Applications portfolio. This role provides deep ABAP expertise, leads complex development efforts, and serves as an escalation point while partnering closely with Functional Analysts, Architects, and cross-functional IT teams.The role focuses on solution quality, performance optimization, and modernization across SAP ECC and S/4HANA environments including S/4HANAoptimized design, cleancore aligned custom development, and responsible use of AIassisted development and analysis tools under established enterprise standards. This is an individual contributor role.
The role leverages AI assisted development and analysis tools to improve understanding of complex ABAP solutions, accelerate development, and support solution quality within established enterprise standards.
How You'll Create Impact
SAP Application Development & Design
Design, develop, and enhance complex SAP solutions using ABAP and OO-ABAP
Build and maintain advanced RICEF objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms)
Develop S/4HANA-optimized ABAP, including CDS Views, performance tuning, and refactoring of legacy code
Produce technical designs and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards
AI Assisted Development & Modernization
Leverage AI enabled development and analysis tools to accelerate comprehension of complex ABAP solutions and improve code quality within defined enterprise guardrails
Apply AI-assisted analysis to understand complex or legacy ABAP code and identify performance, modernization, or S/4HANA compatibility considerations
Apply AI assisted insights to support clean core aligned development, avoiding unnecessary customizations and upgrade unsafe patterns
Validate and review AI generated code or recommendations to ensure traceability, correctness, and production readiness
Integration & Data Enablement
Develop and support integrations using IDocs, BAPIs, RFCs, OData services, and APIs
Partner with middleware teams (e.g., SAP CPI / PI / PO) to ensure reliable and secure integrations
Support enterprise reporting, analytics, and data consistency initiatives
Quality, Testing & Production Support
Lead unit testing and support integration and user acceptance testing
Act as a senior escalation point for complex production defects and incidents
Perform datadriven rootcause analysis, leveraging available analytics and AIassisted tools to identify recurring defect patterns and systemic issues
Contribute to proactive defect reduction by identifying highrisk components, regressionprone custom code, and performance bottlenecks
Ensure compliant transport and release management across environments
Leverage AI-assisted analysis to support root-cause investigations, identify recurring defect patterns, and reduce repeat incidents
Use AI-assisted tooling to support unit, integration, or regression testing efforts, validating all outputs prior to use
Collaboration & Mentorship
Partner closely with Functional Leads (FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, HR) and Business Systems Analysts
Provide technical guidance and informal mentoring to junior ABAP developers
Contribute to development standards, documentation, and best practices
What Makes You Stand Out
Core SAP & ABAP Technologies
ABAP/4, Advanced OO-ABAP, BAS
SAP S/4HANA & ECC development and optimization concepts
ABAP Dictionary, Enhancements, User Exits, BADIs
Fiori UI5 front-end
CDS Views, AMDP, SQLScript
Reporting & Forms
ALV, SmartForms, Adobe Forms, SAP Scripts
Integration & Interfaces
IDocs, BAPIs, RFCs
OData Services, REST APIs
Development & Lifecycle Management
SAP GUI, ABAP Development Tools (ADT / Eclipse)
Transport Management System (TMS)
Version control and DevOps tooling (e.g., Git, CI/CD concepts)
Platforms & Databases
SAP HANA, Oracle, SQLServer - with SQL & performance tuning fundamentals
SAP BTP (Integration Suite, Extension Suite - exposure required)
ABAP on Cloud / Steampunk concepts (preferred)
Exposure to cloud-enabled SAP environments (e.g., RISE with SAP)
Your Background
Preferred Qualifications
8+ years total SAP development experience
Experience supporting Finance (FI/CO), Supply Chain (MM/SD), Manufacturing (PP/QM), or HR/HCM modules
Backend enablement for SAP Fiori/UI5 applications
Experience working in regulated or SOX-controlled environments
Experience with Agile or hybrid delivery models
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
6-9 years of hands-on SAP ABAP development experience in enterprise environments
4+ years supporting SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA platforms
4+ years supporting production-critical SAP applications, including enhancements and defect resolution
Demonstrated experience delivering complex, cross-functional SAP solutions
Travel Expectations
EOE/M/F/Vet/DisabilityEmployment Type: OTHER