Principal Developer - SAP BTP / FIORI (Dallas, TX)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Serve in a team leader capacity with large-scale Application Development projects / programs

Holistically design solutions in a complex environment.

Needs to consider impact on entire landscape in the design. The solutions must be sustainable for the long term.

Research/troubleshoot, maintain & configure software, create test scripts and test applications and interfaces

Lead the technical portion of projects schedule and run meetings, coordinate with the business and other key stakeholders

Research, evaluate and recommend software and hardware products

Design and implement architecturally compliant system landscapes

Make recommendations to enhance processes, procedures and policies relating to systems functioning or performance

Determine priorities and pivot accordingly

Identify and mitigate risks with timely communication to stakeholders

Drive progressive improvements to enhance processes, functionality etc.

Apply best practices, Communicate with all teams in ETP and with the business across the business.

Lead the build-out or expansion of coding standards initiatives

Maintain a working knowledge of Software Code Development leading practices and serve as a thought leader to the SGWS organization.

Participate in Agile teams.

Provide coaching and development to junior developers

Improve efficiency of team to resolve problems

Identify, recommend, and implement process improvement opportunities for Application Development programs

Facilitate Code Development / Engineering training and education programs for the SGWS team

Recommend opportunities to lower testing costs or improve systems quality through alternative staffing models (e.g., gig, offshore, 3rd party)

Providing coaching and development to others

Oversee the work of 3rd party Development teams

Drive the development of business and technical process documentation and training materials

Drive the collection of required information to develop work scope around solutions to attain business requirements along with data needs as required.

Serve as liaison between Divisions/Functions and IT on projects and enhancements

Collect and evaluate information, formulate as well as test hypothesis.

Can drive technical validity of solution.

Coordinate issues resolution activities with varied stakeholders

Review entire problem logs and identify recurring problems.

Record projects status along with open issues every week.

Ensure to follow up on problems and process independently related to solutions engineering.

Participate in seminars, trade shows, and oversee internal demonstration facilities etc.

Develop meeting structure and present at meetings

Determine opportunities to redesign business processes to achieve better business results

Determine opportunities to automate business processes and functions? Educate the team on the goals of the business

Manage process conformity and compliance

Lead the development of business and technical process documentation and training materials

Lead the definition of project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases, and elements; assist with project budget needs

Lead the monitoring of project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports, and recommending actions

Understand, communicate, and reinforce standard business process concepts

Establish and maintain relationships with team members within IT and across functional teams

Assess situations, determine the problem(s) and propose a solution that provides value to the business

Lead business requirements as well-formed user stories and acceptance criteria

Drive Behavior-Driven-Design (BDD) process

Structure requirements to facilitate automation of acceptance tests

Fill the role of a Solution Lead on a project/Technical Project Manager coordinating with the overall Project Manager on all work for technical teams and oversite on technical design

Perform code review to see whether standards are adhered to

Mentor in coding best practices, configuration best practices, technical design and quality assurance

Expert in their technology and familiar with best practices in these

Determine opportunities to redesign business processes to achieve better business results

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree

6+ years in a software/application development or comparable experience

Change Agent with Managerial Courage, Delivers Results Holistic / Big picture thinking

Strategic mindset

Teamwork & Collaboration

Strategic thinker

Can develop a plan to meet a long-term objective

Facilitation Skills: Can facilitate sessions and present to the executive level, Can influence outcomes, Has long term potential for a leadership role in ETP, Strong analytical, mathematic, and problem-solving skills

Strong capability to execute tasks with quality? Excellent oral and written communication skills

Excellence in communicating and presenting complex information to technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Self-directed

Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across a variety of functional disciplines

Ability to develop and manage an action plan? Experience working in large complex technology projects? Experience working with offshore teams

Excellence in communicating and presenting complex information to technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Extensive experience across the entire project life cycle (SDLC)  be it implementing new software or enhancing existing functionality

Experience with interfaces into and from platforms (using APIs, ESB, SAP PI etc.)

Deep understanding of business functions of supporting applications? Experience mentoring and developing Developers

Experience evaluating and improving Code quality / standards

Experience interacting with the Business community Experience coordinating and leading development teams / projects

Department: Preferred Vendors
This is a contract position