SAP Interface Developer

Location: US – Multiple Locations

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages day-to-day maintenance of applications & interfaces
• Develop, maintain and support interface scenarios
• Manage technical design and functional specifications for interface scenarios, identify user requirements, use critical thinking to analyze & suggest alternative designs
• Utilizes various methods and processes to determine requirements and design formal solutions in response to those requirements
• Develop test cases, conduct informal and formal testing and document test results appropriately
• Utilize technical expertise with various interfacing technologies, including IDOCs, BAPIs, ALE, EDI and applications such as XI, WebSphere DataStage TX (formerly known as Mercator), Gentran, MQ-Series, Seeberger, iWay etc.
• Provide essential knowledge transfer to junior consultants and provide ad hoc guidance
• Prepare status reports for project management and attend status meetings
• Provide guidance and expertise with SAP’s development and integration technologies including: ALE design and implementation; transport layer, environment planning, upgrades, and risk mitigation
• work with the Basis team and SAP on all aspects of system builds

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in computing related field
• 2-4 Years technical (hands-on) experience in SAP related interface technologies
• Experience with IDOCs, BAPIs, ALE, EDI & RFC’s
• ABAP development experience
• Excellent ability to problem solve and analyze complex issues
• Ability to work as a team player and also handle individual responsibilities
• Experience working in complex environments with defined documentation and development methodologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with SAP 4.6 or higher required.
• Very strong knowledge/expertise with SAP and ABAP
• Functional expertise in core SAP module, e.g. SD,MM or FICO, highly desirable
• SAP implementation and upgrade (desirable) experience
• Hands-on experience and technical proficiency in Object Oriented ABAP (OOPs) with expertise in RICEFW development
• Well-versed in analysis the performance and efficiency of programs and codes using the SAP tools SQL Trace & Runtime Analysis for Performance tuning
• Technical proficiency in use of OSS Notes
• Experience with defining and coding conversions and interfaces using LSMW, BAPI, IDOC, BDC, and call transaction update methods
• Hands-on experience and technical proficiency in User Exits (Field Exits, Menu Exits, Function Exits, Screen Exits, Conversion Exits, BADIs)

Additional Requirements:

• 100% travel to client sites may be required
• US citizens/permanent residents only