Role & responsibilities

Position: Consultant SAP ABAP

Employment Type: Contract to Hire

Work Location: Chennai Office, WFO

Role Purpose

Lead the technical design, development, enhancement, integration, and support of SAP ABAP solutions across SAP ERP/S/4HANA environments. The role ensures scalable, high-quality developments by translating functional requirements into robust technical solutions while supporting implementations, upgrades, integrations, and post-go-live stabilization.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Development & Enhancements

Design, develop, enhance, and optimize SAP ABAP programs including Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, OData services, CDS Views, and workflows.

Deliverable: High-quality technical developments.

2. Technical Design & Integration

Prepare technical specifications, perform impact analysis, and develop integrations with SAP and third-party systems.

Deliverable: Technical design documents and integrated solutions.

3. Testing & Quality Assurance

Perform unit testing, support SIT/UAT, resolve defects, and ensure transport management.

Deliverable: Tested and validated developments.

4. Documentation & Governance

Prepare technical documentation, code documentation, transport logs, and comply with development standards.

Deliverable:



Complete technical documentation repository.

5. Issue Resolution & Support

Provide production support, troubleshoot ABAP issues, optimize performance, and resolve incidents.

Deliverable: Secure production support.

6. Go-Live & Hypercare Support

Support deployments, cutover activities, and post-go-live stabilization.

Deliverable: Successful production deployment.

Experience & Qualifications

Experience

4 to 6 years in SAP ABAP development with implementation experience.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related discipline.

Certification

SAP ABAP certification preferred but not mandatory.

Technical Competencies

- Strong hands-on expertise in SAP ABAP development
- Reports, ALV, SmartForms, Adobe Forms, Enhancements, BAPIs, BADIs, User Exits
- Interfaces (IDoc, RFC, BAPI, Web Services)
- CDS Views, OData, SAP Gateway, S/4HANA development
- Performance tuning and debugging
- Transport management and code reviews
- Added Advantage: Experience in SAP S/4HANA, Fiori, CDS, and RAP.

Behavioral Competencies
- Structured analytical thinking
- Strong stakeholder communication
- Collaborative and team-oriented approach
- Ownership mindset and solution orientation
- Documentation discipline

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