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The Senior Engineer, SAP Application Development, is a hands-on technical resource responsible for the quality, maintainability, security, and delivery of Project Elevate custom development. This role partners with business analysts, functional leads, architects, security, Basis, testing teams, and systems-integration partners to translate business requirements into clean-core, scalable solutions across SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nServe as a BFS technical owner for Project Elevate application development, providing hands-on engineering leadership from requirements and solution design through build, test, deployment, stabilization, and transition to support.\nReview functional specifications and translate approved requirements into complete technical designs, estimates, development tasks, unit-test plans, deployment dependencies, and support documentation.\nDesign, develop, enhance, and troubleshoot RICEFW objects, including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, workflows, Fiori applications, CDS views, OData services, APIs, and related SAP extensions.\nApply Project Elevate development standards, naming conventions, documentation templates, security requirements, and code-review checklists across BFS and vendor-delivered work.\nChampion SAP clean-core principles by prioritizing fit-to-standard, released APIs, zero modification, in-app extensibility, ABAP Cloud/on-stack extensibility, and side-by-side BTP solutions before classical extensions.\nDevelop and support solutions using SAP S/4HANA, ABAP, RAP, CDS, SAP Fiori/UI5, SAP Gateway/OData, SAP BTP, CAP, SAP Build, HANA Cloud, workflows, events, and API-based integration patterns as applicable.\nPerform or approve peer code reviews and quality checks using tools such as ABAP Test Cockpit, runtime analysis, SQL Monitor, SQL Performance Tuning Worklist, and HANA query-plan analysis; ensure defects, performance issues, security findings, and technical debt are resolved before release.\nOwn development quality for assigned objects and vendor-delivered components, including technical-specification approval, code-review outcomes, documentation completeness, test evidence, transport readiness, and adherence to BFS architecture and engineering policies.\nPartner with functional leads and business analysts early in solution discussions to evaluate standard capabilities, identify gaps, compare extensibility options, and recommend solutions that balance business value, maintainability, risk, cost, and upgrade compatibility.\nCollaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Integration, Security, Basis, Data, Testing, Release Management, and application owners to resolve cross-system dependencies and deliver integrated end-to-end business capabilities.\nWork with Security teams to incorporate authorization checks, secure coding, sensitive-data handling, workflow controls, segregation-of-duties considerations, and required role or authorization-object changes.\nCoordinate with Basis and platform teams on environments, connectivity, system performance, background jobs, transports, runtime capacity, monitoring, and technical issue resolution across development, quality, training, pre-production, and production landscapes.\nCreate and execute technical unit tests and support functional unit testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, performance testing, regression testing, defect triage, retesting, and release-readiness activities.\nPrepare solutions for controlled deployment through approved transport and change processes; support cutover, production validation, hypercare, root-cause analysis, and timely remediation of production defects.\nMaintain traceability and status in approved delivery tools, including requirements, technical designs, build tasks, defects, risks, dependencies, test evidence, approvals, and deployment milestones.\nReview vendor estimates, designs, code, test results, and delivery plans; hold systems-integration partners and contractors accountable for quality, schedule, knowledge transfer, and compliance with BFS standards.\nContribute to reusable engineering patterns, templates, accelerators, automation, technical roadmaps, and continuous improvements to the software-development lifecycle, DevSecOps practices, and release processes.\nCreate and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge-transfer materials; share best practices with BFS developers, analysts, support teams, and partners.\nProvide technical mentoring and guidance to other engineers and development partners while remaining accountable for individual delivery; perform hands-on coding for complex, high-risk, or business-critical work.\nCommunicate technical decisions, progress, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to project leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.\n\nSUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES\nThis job has no supervisory responsibilities.\n\nMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. \nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.\nFour or more years of SAP application-development experience, including hands-on ABAP development in SAP S/4HANA or SAP ERP environments.\nExperience delivering custom SAP objects through requirements, technical design, development, code review, testing, transport, deployment, and production support.\nWorking knowledge of SAP S/4HANA extensibility, ABAP, CDS, enhancements, workflows, interfaces, forms, OData services, and Fiori/UI5 development.\nExperience applying secure coding, performance optimization, source/version control, peer review, testing, and software-development lifecycle practices.\nExperience working with systems integrators, offshore development teams, vendors, and cross-functional enterprise delivery teams.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.\n\nCOMPETENCIES\nEvaluates Problems: Evaluates and analyzes different types of information objectively to identify appropriate solutions; writes fluently, establishing the key facts clearly and interprets numerical data effectively.\nTechnical Communication/ Presentation: Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate.\nAdjusting and Driving Change: Takes a positive approach to tackling work and embraces change; invites feedback relating to performance and deals constructively with criticism. Identifies the need for and drives change when required to achieve objectives.\nFocuses on Customers: Understands and anticipates customer needs and takes action to provide high-quality products and services to exceed expectations. \nDemonstrates Business Acumen: Demonstrates working knowledge of market, economic, legal, and regulatory environments and how they impact the business.\nAgile Best Practices: Understands how agility is leveraged in IT ways of working. Adopts agile best practices as appropriate throughout the assigned work lifecycle. Responds to feedback quickly based on comments of internal and external customers and needs of the market.\nBias for Action: Takes initiative and identifies what needs to be done and acts without waiting to be asked. Executes work in a timely manner. Suggests improvements to current ways of working.\n\nBFS COMPETENCIES\nBusiness and Financial Acumen\nDemonstrates depth of understanding for the P&L and financial analysis\nTeaches business and financial acumen to others.\nUnderstands KPIs and how BFS makes money. \nKnows the different business segments and how they relate to one another.\nUnderstands customer sales and engagement. \nDemonstrates functional and/or technical expertise. \nUnderstands complex issues and demonstrates problem solving skills.\nUnderstands how to maximize business results regardless of industry cycle.\nResults Driven\nHolds self and others accountable. \nCommunicates and sets clear goals with plans to deliver. \nManages competing priorities effectively.\nDemonstrates appropriate urgency. \nDrives to exceed expectations in alignment with our BFS SPICE values.\nEmbraces and follows best practices.\nDemonstrates self-starter, can-do attitude.\nStrategic Thinking and Decision Making\nLeverages resources and teams around them to solve problems and create mutually beneficial outcomes. \nDemonstrates willingness and courage to make tough decisions in a timely manner. \nBalances short-and-long term priorities \nDemonstrates proactive versus reactive thinking. \nAsks questions to identify root cause and analyze situations more accurately.\nServant Leadership\nDemonstrates humility by putting others first. \nBuilds trust-based relationships. \nLeads by example with kindness and respect. \nCollaborates well across all areas of the business. \nAdvocates for others\nActively listens to understand the meaning and intent of what the other person is communicating.\nDemonstrates authenticity and encourages others to do the same.\nEmotional Intelligence\nDemonstrates situational awareness – knows when and how to adjust leadership style in different situations. \nDemonstrates self-awareness – understands strengths and weaknesses. \nDemonstrates empathy – puts themselves in other’s shoes. \nAssumes positive intent.\nDevelops and Leads Others\nDrives alignment through clear communication of vision, goals, and expectations. \nInvests time on a regular basis in performance feedback and developmental conversations. \nFosters a respectful and inclusive environment.\nEmpowers, motivates, and inspires others.\nCoaches and mentor others for their development.\nGuides and persuades others to deliver positive outcomes.\nGrowth Mindset\nDemonstrates a growth mindset; takes appropriate risks, fails fast and forward, learns from mistakes. \nPerseveres and champions growth, even in the face of resistance, ambiguity, or possible failure. \nThinks like an owner with an entrepreneurial spirit. \nDemonstrates and encourages intellectual curiosity.\nContinuous learner; seeks opportunities and knowledge for personal and professional growth. \nSees possibilities over problems – actively seeks solutions.\nInnovation\nEncourages out-of-the box thinking to create new ways of doing things. \nContinuously seeks to improve and simplify pain points in the business. \nAnticipates, embraces, and leads change. \nDevelops and executes breakthrough strategies.\nIntegrity\nDoes the right thing even under challenging circumstances?\nCommunicates with honesty. \nConsistently treats others fairly and equitably. \nDemonstrates reliability and does what they say they will do. \nConducts tough conversations and delivers difficult messages with kindness and respect.\n\nWORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY \nThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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