Senior SAP S/4HANA ABAP Lead (Landscape/Transport Management)

Location

Dallas, TX

Duration

6 months

Key Responsibilities

• Landscape Management: primary technical contact for ECC and S/4HANA landscape strategy, ensuring smooth, automated transport movement.
• Code Synchronization: retrospectives on code changes, identifying conflicts and retrofitting enhancements from N track into N+1 track using SAP Solution Manager tools like Revtrac.
• S/4HANA Development: design and develop custom solutions using CDS Views, AMDP, OData services, and Fiori, ensuring compliance with S/4HANA standards.
• Release Governance: manage complex transport dependencies (retrofitting) to ensure code deployed in production is retrofitted into S4 environment timely and accurately.
• Issue Resolution: analyze, document, and resolve technical issues arising from differences between the two environments, ensuring high-quality, stable code.
• Collaboration & Documentation: work with functional resources across various SAP modules to resolve object conflicts and document details for audit and historical references.

Required Technical Skills

• ABAP on HANA, including CDS views and AMDP
• S/4HANA Fiori, OData, Embedded Analytics
• Transport Organizer and Retrofit processes in Solution Manager
• System upgrade activities (pre checks, SUM execution, post-upgrade validation, SPAU/SPDD adjustments)
• OData services configuration and deployment via /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE
• Fiori application design and UI5 component development
• Gateway, Backend system, and Launchpad integration
• SICF services configuration and activation for OData and Fiori apps
• SOAP/Web services registration and configuration; integration with IDoc, CPI, SLT, external systems
• Rev-Trac PODS check error handling, release management, transport control compliance, root cause analysis for failed transports
• Vertex tax engine integration concepts; familiarity with SIC (Single Instance Configuration / System Integration Component) in Vertex context; support tax-related enhancements and troubleshooting

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 12–14 years of SAP ABAP experience, at least 5–6 years focusing on S/4HANA implementations.
• Experience managing N & N+1 development landscapes in large-scale, multi-track projects.
• Excellent communication skills to coordinate with multiple teams.