Sap Abap Consultant-Contract

Job Title: Lead / Principal SAP ABAP on HANA Consultant

Experience Level: 12+ Years

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

Seeking a seasoned Lead SAP ABAP on HANA Consultant with 12+ years of enterprise application development experience. The candidate will lead architecture, design, and development within SAP S/4HANA environments, driving code pushdown techniques using CDS Views, AMDP, and modern ABAP programming models. This role requires hands-on technical depth, architectural ownership, and the ability to mentor mid-to-senior developers while collaborating with cross-functional functional leads and enterprise architects.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Solution Design: Architect end-to-end technical solutions in SAP S/4HANA and ECC-to-S4 migration landscapes, aligning code pushdown principles with the SAP clean core paradigm.
• Core Data Services (CDS) Modeling: Design and implement complex VDM layers (Basic, Interface/Composite, Consumption views) using advanced CDS annotations, table functions, access controls (DCL), and associations.
• HANA Native Development: Develop optimized SQLScript, ABAP Managed Database Procedures (AMDP), and CDS Table Functions to maximize database-layer throughput.
• Modern SAP Development Models: Build and expose transactional/analytical services via RAP (ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model) or BOPF, publishing OData V2/V4 services for SAP Fiori/UI5 consumption.
• Performance Engineering & Optimization: Perform rigorous runtime analysis, execution trace, and code tuning using SQL Monitor (SQLM), Plan Visualizer, SAT, ST05, and ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC).
• Technical Leadership & Governance: Establish development standards, review code for scalability and security, oversee transport lifecycles, and guide development sprints.
• Integrations & Custom Development: Deliver high-complexity enhancements, user exits, BAdIs, BAPIs, Adobe Forms, and standard interface frameworks (REST, SOAP, IDoc, RFC, SAP Event Mesh).

Technical Qualifications

DomainRequired ExpertiseCore ABAP12+ years in ABAP/4, OO-ABAP, modern ABAP syntax (7.40+ / 7.50+), Modularization, Dynamic Programming, and BAdI enhancements.SAP HANA & Database6+ years with HANA in-memory architecture, SQLScript, AMDP procedures, Calculation Views, and pushdown techniques.CDS ViewsDeep expertise in CDS View Entities, VDM hierarchies, Virtual Elements, DCL authorization rules, and UI/Analytics annotations.Frameworks & UIABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), OData services creation/exposure, and SAP Gateway integration with SAP Fiori.Performance ToolsExpert usage of ATC, Code Inspector, ST05, SAT, SQLM, SWLT, and HANA Studio / Eclipse ADT.Conversion / UpgradesHands-on experience with S/4HANA brownfield conversions, SPAU/SPDD adjustments, and custom code remediation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proven track record across at least 2 full life-cycle S/4HANA implementation or migration projects.
• Experience with SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) development, CAP (Cloud Application Programming), or ABAP Cloud.
• Formal SAP certifications (e.g., SAP Certified Development Specialist ABAP for SAP HANA, SAP Certified Associate – Back-End Developer - ABAP Cloud).