S4 Hana ABAP Lead

S4 Hana Abap Lead

Seeking highly experienced SAP ABAP Technical Lead with 12+ Years experience to support the S/4HANA system. This is a lead role responsible for overseeing custom ABAP development, system migrations, and day-to-day production support within an S/4HANA environment. He will serve as the primary escalation point for complex incidents, ensuring 24/7 operational stability while enforcing "clean core" development standards for seamless S/4HANA system upgrades and patches.

Core ABAP: Advanced proficiency in Object-Oriented ABAP, ABAP on HANA, and modern ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP).

Data Models: Deep understanding of Core Data Services (CDS) views, AMDP (ABAP Managed Database Procedures), and access control.

UI/UX: Hands-on knowledge of SAP UI5, Fiori Elements, and SAP Gateway configuration.

Integration Technologies: Familiarity with REST/SOAP APIs, ALE/IDoc, and BAPIs.

Methodologies & Tools: Strong grasp of Agile development, ITIL service management practices, and Solution Manager / Cloud ALM.

Production Support & Incident Management: Own the resolution of high-priority tickets, root cause analysis (RCA), and bug fixes while meeting strict SLA requirement.

Clean Core & Extensibility: Govern custom development (RICEFW objects), transitioning legacy code to SAP S/4HANA side-by-side or on-stack cloud extensibility (BTP) to minimize technical debt.

Modern UI & Integration: Oversee the development of SAP Fiori apps, OData services, CDS Views, and API/IDoc integrations with third-party.

Code Quality & Governance: Conduct architectural assessments and technical code reviews using tools like ATC, ensuring adherence to SAP best practices.

Team Leadership: Mentor offshore developers, assign support packages, and coordinate with functional business analysts to translate business needs into technical solutions.

Ability to collaborate with clients to gather requirements, analyze business processes, and design effective solutions that align with industry best practices.

Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients, acting as trusted advisor and point of contact throughout the project lifecycle.

Focus on staying current with industry trends, SAP updates, and best practices to provide innovative solutions to clients.

Support SAP upgrades, enhancement pack upgrades, patching support, and S/4HANA conversion activities.

Work on SPAU and SPDD adjustment activities during upgrade projects.

Support team able to resolve technical or business process defects/deficiencies as needed.

Keep updated with new SAP releases, patches, and upgrades to enhance system functionality and performance.