SAP ABAP Application Developer

The SAP ABAP team is responsible for designing developing enhancing and maintaining SAP technical solutions that support enterprise business processes. The team works closely with functional consultants business stakeholders and integration teams to deliver scalable high-quality SAP developments across various SAP modules.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design develop and maintain SAP ABAP solutions for business requirements.
• Build custom reports interfaces conversions enhancements forms and workflows.
• Support SAP implementation enhancement rollout and production support activities.
• Collaborate with functional consultants to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Ensure development follows SAP best practices coding standards and performance optimization.
• Participate in code reviews technical documentation testing and deployment.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely defect resolution.
• Support system upgrades migrations and S/4HANA transformation initiatives.

• Develop custom ABAP programs including:
  • Reports (Classical Interactive ALV)
  • Module Pool Programs
  • Interfaces
  • Enhancements
  • User Exits
  • Customer Exits
  • BAdIs
  • Enhancement Framework
• Develop SmartForms SAP Scripts Adobe Forms.
• Build and maintain RFCs BAPIs IDocs ALE interfaces Proxy/Web Services.
• Develop File-based interfaces using Application Server and Middleware.
• Develop CDS Views and AMDPs where applicable.
• Build OData Services using SAP Gateway.

• Prepare Technical Design Documents (TDDs).
• Estimate development effort.
• Review functional specifications and provide technical solutions.
• Ensure reusable and scalable development.

• Work closely with SAP Functional Consultants (FI MM SD PP WM etc.).
• Collaborate with Basis Security Integration and Infrastructure teams.
• Support SIT UAT and Production deployment activities.

• Perform code optimization and performance tuning.
• Conduct peer code reviews.
• Ensure compliance with SAP development standards.
• Maintain transport management and version control.

• Analyze production issues.
• Perform root cause analysis.
• Implement fixes and enhancements.
• Support release management activities.

• Strong ABAP Programming
• Object-Oriented ABAP (OOABAP)
• ALV Reports
• Module Pool Programming
• SmartForms
• SAP Scripts
• Adobe Forms
• Data Dictionary (DDIC)
• Function Modules
• BAPIs
• RFC
• IDocs
• ALE
• Enhancements
• BADIs
• User Exits
• Enhancement Framework

• Interfaces
• File Interfaces
• Web Services
• SOAP
• REST APIs
• OData Services
• SAP Gateway

Preferred experience in:

• CDS Views
• AMDP
• Code Pushdown concepts
• HANA Performance Optimization
• Eclipse ADT
• ABAP on HANA

• Technical Documentation
• Unit Testing
• Debugging
• Performance Tuning
• Transport Management
• Code Reviews
• Production Support

Experience supporting one or more SAP modules:

• Finance (FI)
• Controlling (CO)
• Materials Management (MM)
• Sales & Distribution (SD)
• Production Planning (PP)
• Warehouse Management / EWM
• Human Capital Management (HCM)
• Plant Maintenance (PM)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Stakeholder management
• Ability to work independently
• Team collaboration
• Agile/Scrum exposure
• Ability to manage multiple priorities

• 710 years of SAP ABAP development experience.
• Experience in at least one end-to-end SAP implementation.
• Experience in support enhancement and rollout projects.
• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA projects is highly preferred.
• Experience working in global delivery environments.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or related discipline.
• SAP ABAP Certification (preferred).
• SAP S/4HANA ABAP certification (preferred).

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits tailored to your location ensuring your financial security health and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements advanced technology and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues who inspire support and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey followed by access to our platform AI Learning Center LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities Asian Support Network Black Leadership Network Climate Action Network Hola! MSCI Pride & Allies Women in Tech and Womens Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do and we are inspired by our vision to power better decisions. Youll be part of an industry-leading network of creative curious and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself our clients and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data analytics and indexes supported by advanced technology set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners private-market sponsors and investors hedge funds wealth managers banks insurers and corporates.

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