Senior SAP ABAP Consultant

Notice Period: Immediate to 15 days
Role: Senior Consultant SAP ABAP
Position Type: Individual Contributor

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior SAP ABAP Consultant with 712 years of hands-on experience in SAP ABAP development, preferably with strong exposure to S/4HANA and modern ABAP development practices.

The role is an Individual Contributor position, requiring the candidate to independently manage activities across the complete development lifecycle from requirements gathering and technical solution design to development, testing, deployment, and support.

The ideal candidate should have strong technical expertise in ABAP, experience working with business processes, good problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate technical solutions effectively with business and technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze technical requirements from functional/business stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Design, develop, test, debug, and implement SAP ABAP solutions.
• Develop and maintain ABAP programs, reports, interfaces, enhancements, forms, workflows, and custom applications.
• Work on performance optimization and ensure adherence to SAP coding standards and best practices.
• Analyze existing programs and identify opportunities for code optimization and technical improvements.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, defect fixing, and production support activities.
• Work independently on assigned deliverables and take ownership from requirement gathering through implementation.
• Collaborate with functional consultants and other technical teams to understand end-to-end business processes.
• Prepare technical specifications and relevant development documentation.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure development quality and maintainability.
• Support deployment and transport activities across SAP landscapes.
• Stay current with S/4HANA, latest ABAP technologies, SAP Fiori/UI5, CDS, OData, and modern SAP development practices.

Technical Skills & Experience

The candidate should have hands-on experience in most of the following areas:

• Basic ABAP Database Programming

1. ABAP programming fundamentals
2. Internal tables, modularization, Open SQL
3. Database concepts and SQL optimization

• Reporting

1. Classical Reports
2. Interactive Reports
3. ALV
4. SALV

• Interfaces

1. IDoc
2. BAPI/RFC
3. Web Services
4. Proxy
5. PI/PO integration
6. FTP/File-based interfaces

• ABAP Development Technologies

1. Object-Oriented ABAP
2. Module Pool
3. Web Dynpro
4. FPM

• Conversions & Data Migration

1. BDC
2. LSMW
3. LTMC
4. File-based data migration/conversion programs

• Enhancements

1. User Exits
2. Customer Exits
3. BAdIs
4. Enhancement Framework
5. Enhancement Points/Sections
6. SAP Notes and extensions

• Forms & Labels

1. Adobe Forms
2. Smart Forms
3. SAP Scripts
4. Label development

• Workflow

1. SAP Workflow
2. BRM
3. BRF+

• Advanced ABAP S/4HANA

1. OData
2. CDS Views
3. HANA development concepts
4. BOPF
5. Modern ABAP
6. S/4HANA development

• SAP Fiori UI Technologies

1. SAPUI5
2. Fiori application development/integration
3. OData services

• Development & Administration Tools

1. Performance analysis and optimization
2. ATC
3. STMS
4. Background Jobs
5. Debugger
6. Runtime/performance analysis tools

Business Process Knowledge

Good understanding of technical and functional flows across one or more of the following is preferred:

• O2C Order to Cash
• P2P Procure to Pay
• A2R Acquire to Retire

Exposure to domain-specific SAP solutions will be an advantage, particularly:

• SAP EWM ABAP Development
• SAP TM ABAP Development
• SAP APO ABAP Development

S/4HANA & Modern SAP Skills

• Hands-on experience in SAP ABAP development on S/4HANA.
• Understanding of modern ABAP development approaches and best practices.
• Experience with CDS Views, OData, HANA, SAPUI5/Fiori, and related technologies.
• Ability to apply performance-efficient and clean-code principles in S/4HANA environments.
• Awareness of the latest ABAP development standards, tools, and SAP best practices.

Behavioral & Professional Skills

• Strong requirements-gathering and analytical skills.
• Ability to independently convert requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to present technical solutions and tasks clearly.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving capabilities.
• Focus on code quality, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Demonstrates ownership and commitment toward agreed deliverables.
• Willingness to learn new SAP technologies and continuously enhance technical skills.
• Ability to work independently as an Individual Contributor while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Candidate Evaluation Matrix

ABAP Category

1. Basic ABAP DB Programming
2. Reporting Lists ALV SALV
3. Interfaces IDoc BAPI Web Services PI Proxy FTP
4. Web DynPro FPM Module Pool
5. Conversions BDC LSMW LTMC Files
6. Enhancements Exits BAdI Enhancement Framework Notes Extensions
7. Forms Labels Adobe Smart Forms SAP Scripts
8. Workflow Workflow BRM BRF+
9. Object-Oriented ABAP
10. Advanced ABAP OData HANA CDS SAPUI5 BOPF
11. Tools Performance ATC STMS Jobs Debugger
12. Technical Functional Flows O2C P2P A2R
13. Requirements Gathering Technical Solutions
14. Communication & Task Presentation
15. Code Performance & Optimization
16. Commitment to Delivery & Learning Attitude
17. SAP ABAP Development using S/4HANA
18. EWM ABAP Development, if applicable
19. TM ABAP Development, if applicable
20. APO ABAP Development, if applicable
21. Adobe Forms Development, if applicable
22. S/4HANA Latest ABAP Best Practices
23. SAP UI5 Fiori

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 7-12 years of relevant hands-on SAP ABAP development experience.
• Strong experience in ABAP development and troubleshooting.
• Experience working on S/4HANA environments.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end development lifecycle.
• Ability to independently handle requirements, solution design, development, testing, and delivery.
• Exposure to modern SAP technologies such as CDS, OData, HANA, UI5/Fiori, and modern ABAP.
• Experience in EWM, TM, or APO is an added advantage.
• Strong communication, ownership, and stakeholder-management skills.