SAP ABAP Technical Lead - Remote (EST/CST)

Belden Inc•Richmond, IN

1d•$110,000 - $155,000•Remote

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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. Important skills include facilitating resolution of design conflicts, partnering effectively with leadership at different levels to gain consensus, creating workable and realistic plans, and ensuring a smooth execution
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

Responsibilities

Responsible for the ABAP technical delivery of Belden’s on premise and Cloud ECC, S4 Hana and SAP SuccessFactors stack along with its various 3 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