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Title: Sr. SAP ABAP Consultant

Location: Columbia, SC

Duration: 12 Months

Job Description

Scope Of The Project:
WITHIN PROJECT SCHEDULES AND OTHER DEFINED DEADLINES, IN ADHERENCE TO SCEIS ARCHITECTURE, AND WORKING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SCEIS TECHNICAL TEAM LEAD, CANDIDATE WILL PROVIDE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS SOME ANALYSIS, SERVICES RELATED TO:
THE ABAP DEVELOPMENT, CONFIGURATION, TUNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF SAP ECC FI TREASURY FUNCTIONALITY TO INCLUDE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND DEBT MANAGEMENT
THE ANALYSIS, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING IMPLEMENTATION, DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORT OF SAP ABAP SOFTWARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SAP’S ECC FINANCE AREA.
MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TREASURY FUNCTIONALITY
THIS POSITION REQUIRES ANALYZING SYSTEM AND BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS, ABAP DEVELOPMENT AND CONFIGURATION, TESTING AND DATA PROCESSING STRATEGIES.
CANDIDATE MUST HAVE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF SAP’S ECC 6.0 FI FUNCTIONALITY, SPECIFICALLY WITH EXPERIENCE UTILIZING THIS SOFTWARE AND RELATED DEVELOPMENT TOOLS IN A PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION.
CANDIDATE MUST HAVE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF ABAP DEVELOPMENT, PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND TUNING.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
ALL WITHIN PROJECT SCHEDULES AND OTHER DEFINED DEADLINES:

Solution Architecting
PARTICIPATES WITH THE SCEIS ABAP DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES, PROCESSES, PROCEDURES AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ABAP DEVELOPMENT IN THE ECC FI TREASURY MODULE, TO INCLUDE INTEGRATION WITH THE STATE’S EXISTING SAP SOLUTION AND OTHER DISPARATE SYSTEMS AND DATA SOURCES.
DEVELOP ABAP CODE AS NEEDED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS BASED ON DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY THE CUSTOMER.
ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT OF TEST PLANS TO VALIDATE THE SOLUTIONS AND COMPONENTS ONCE IMPLEMENTED.
EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGING THE LATEST CAPABILITIES OF SAP COMPONENTS TO DEVELOP THE SOLUTION.

Development
WORK WITH IT AND BUSINESS TEAMS TO DEFINE, DESIGN, CONFIGURE, DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT ABAP SOLUTIONS USING THE SAP ABAP WORKBENCH AND ANALYSIS TOOLS.
LEVERAGE SAP SOFTWARE TO BUILD EFFECTIVE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE DATA SOLUTIONS FOR SCEIS AND THE STATE TREASURER’S OFFICE.
CREATE ABAP PROGRAMS TO SATISFY IDENTIFIED FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
DESIGN TEST PLANS AND CONDUCT UNIT, INTEGRATION AND USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING FOR THE ABOVE.
EXTRACT DATA FROM NON-TRADITIONAL RESOURCES SUCH AS SPREADSHEETS AND FLAT FILES.

Training
FORMALLY PROVIDE PROCESS AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER VIA PAIRED PROGRAMMING, PEER COACHING, WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT WORK.

General
PROVIDE EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS TO MANAGEMENT, PEERS AND USERS.
IDENTIFICATION AND ESCALATION OF ISSUES AND RISKS TO MANAGEMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

Required Skills (Rank In Order Of Importance):
10+ YEARS’ ABAP SOLUTION ARCHITECTING EXPERIENCE
10+ YEARS’ ABAP SOFTWARE ANALYSIS, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT
10+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE WITH ECC FI MODULE
10+ YEARS’ SAP WEB APPLICATION SERVER, EMPLOYING OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS, ABAP UNIT, SHARED MEMORY OBJECTS, USING ABAP OBJECTS TO REALIZE CUSTOM REPORT AND DIALOG PROGRAMS, ABAP WEBDYNPRO APPLICATIONS, BAP/FRC, AND THE SAP ENHANCEMENT FRAMEWORK USING ABAP WORKBENCH.
10+ YEARS’ PRACTICAL UPGRADE, OSS NOTES, SUPPORT PACKS AND TROUBLESHOOTING EXPERIENCE
5+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE WITH XI(PI-PROCESS INTEGRATOR) WITH KNOWLEDGE OF EDI AND ACH PROCESSES
5+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE WITH WEB AS
5+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE SAP PUBLIC SECTOR
EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS
EXCELLENT TEACHING/PEER REVIEW SKILLS
EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS

Preferred Skills (Rank In Order Of Importance):
PUBLIC SECTOR SAP ABAP DEVELOPMENT FOR RICE IN ECC 6.0, SRM, AND BW
MS OFFICE TOOLS (E.G. WORD, EXCEL, VISIO, PROJECT)
PM EXPERIENCE
FLUENT ENGLISH
BUSINESS ACUMEN

Required Education/Certifications:
BACHELORS IN IT, BUSINESS AND/OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE.

Skills

Category

Name

Required

Importance

Level

Last Used

Experience

ERP

ABAP software analysis, design, development

Yes

1

Expert

Currently Using

6 + Years

ERP

ABAP software installation and configuration experience

Yes

1

Expert

Currently Using

6 + Years

ERP

OSS notes

Yes

1

Expert

Currently Using

6 + Years

ERP

SAP - ECC FI

Yes

1

Expert

Currently Using

6 + Years

ERP

XI (PI-Process Integrator)

Yes

1

Expert

Currently Using

6 + Years