SAP ABAP Technical Architect

Skill-SAP ABAP Technical Architect

Experience-12+ Years

Location-Hyderabad

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled ABAP Technical Architect to own the technical architecture, development standards, and governance for SAP custom development across ECC and S/4HANA landscapes. The role requires deep expertise in ABAP and modern SAP technical stacks (OOABAP, CDS views, Fiori/UI5, ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model), combined with strong leadership skills to guide development teams and ensure high-quality, performant solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and own the overall technical architecture for custom development (WRICEF) across SAP ECC and S/4HANA, ensuring alignment with SAP best practices and enterprise architecture standards.
• Lead design and code review governance for ABAP developments, enforcing coding standards, performance benchmarks, and reusability guidelines.
• Architect solutions using modern SAP technologies — CDS views, ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), OData services, Fiori/UI5 apps, and BTP extensions.
• Design and review integration objects (IDocs, BAPIs, RFCs, APIs, enhancements/BADIs, user exits) ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Partner with functional architects (OTC, SCM, RTR) to translate functional specifications into robust technical designs.
• Drive performance tuning and troubleshooting for complex ABAP programs, interfaces, and reports, particularly in high-volume transaction environments.
• Lead and mentor a team of ABAP developers, providing technical guidance, conducting design/code reviews, and ensuring delivery quality across the project lifecycle.
• Own technical design documentation, unit testing strategy, and technical cutover/hypercare planning for large-scale SAP programs.
• Support S/4HANA conversion projects with custom code remediation, ABAP readiness checks, and adoption of simplified data models.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 12+ years of SAP ABAP development experience, including at least 4-5 years in a technical architect or lead developer role.
• Strong expertise in classic and object-oriented ABAP (OOABAP), including RICEFW objects: reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms (Smart Forms/Adobe Forms), and workflows.
• Hands-on experience with S/4HANA technical stack: CDS views, ABAP RAP/OData services, AMDP, and Fiori/UI5 app development or extension.
• Experience with integration technologies — IDocs, BAPIs, RFCs, web services/APIs, and middleware (PI/PO or Integration Suite).
• Proven track record of performance tuning, code optimization, and troubleshooting in high-volume SAP environments.
• Experience leading custom code remediation and ABAP readiness assessments for S/4HANA conversion projects.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience managing or guiding development teams across onshore-offshore delivery models.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with functional architects and business stakeholders.

Preferred / Good to Have:

• SAP certification in ABAP with SAP NetWeaver / S/4HANA development.
• Experience with SAP BTP, Cloud Application Programming (CAP) model, or Fiori Elements.
• Exposure to DevOps/CI-CD practices for SAP (abapGit, gCTS, Transport Management).
• Experience delivering to clients across US and EU regions.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.