SAP ABAP Technical Lead

Role Description

This position is responsible for SAP ABAP development and support for Belden’s Global ERP and HCM & Payroll Application portfolio. The landscape consists of SAP ERP ECC 6.0 & S4 Hana Rise Cloud and SAP Success Factors Employee Central & Employee Central Payroll, and several 3rd party applications.

This technical leadership role will translate functional specifications into ABAP code. The role should also be willing to help functional consultants with debugging, as required. He/she should develop effective working relationships with our SAP functional teams.

This role will ensure that all projects and system support are implemented and maintained to quality by adopting best practice SAP technologies including ABAP, Web Dynamic Programming and UI5. This hands-on role will be involved with Application Analysis and Design, Development, Integration, Maintenance and Support for the delivery of projects and minor/major releases. This person will also partner with and guide the development of our small offshore captive IT center in India and oversee their ABAP development work.

What you will do

• Responsible for the ABAP technical delivery of Belden’s on premise and Cloud ECC, S4 Hana and SAP SuccessFactors stack along with its various 3rd party software and integration points.
• Ensures that the appropriate technology is used to maintain our SAP HCM system and all integrations points with other Belden enterprise systems.
• Be able to develop and support our ABAP and WebDynPro applications in our SAP HCM system.
• To develop quality code and its associated documentation adhering to team and departmental development standards.
• To provide SAP technical support including analysis, development, testing, tracking and resolution.
• To demonstrate high level of communication skills (verbal and written).
• To ensure current skills are up to date through research and practice.
• To engage professionally with our ERP, HCM and Payroll functional consultants.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical related field.
• Minimum 7 years hands on SAP ABAP/4 Custom Development experience.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience deploying and supporting SAP ERP and SAP SuccessFactors.
• Experience with SAP ERP, HCM and NetWeaver Portal and Process Integration (PI) is required.
• Hands-on experience with Web Dynamic Programming and UI5 in support of ESS / MSS and HR Renewal is a big plus.
• Proficiency with IDocs, RFC/BAPI, file interfaces, and Proxies: basic knowledge of OData/Gateway and REST/SOAP.
• Hands-on experience with User exits, customer exits, BAdIs.
• Knowledge of RICEFW (Reports, Interfaces, conversions, Exits, Forms, workflows).
• Familiarity with ALE/IDOc, ALV reports, Adapter Framework and integration tools.
• Exposure to SAP CPI technology will be needed and is a big plus.
• Possess a strong track record of engineering leadership with a "hands on" style.
• Be customer focused, seeking constantly to understand, from the customer's point of view, the problems being faced and the solutions that may work best.
• Experience evaluating, negotiating and managing systems integrators, software and hardware vendors and contractors, and working with offshore development centers.
• Strong System Integration and Data Migration experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Base compensation range of $110,000 to $155,000 annually, plus benefits and additional incentives based on the level of the role.
• Hybrid and remote work practices where feasible.
• Benefits that could include health/dental/vision, long term/short term disability, life insurance, HSA/FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health well-being initiatives.
• A work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability.