SAP Technical Lead (ABAP, RICEFW, OData,FIORIUI5)

Location: Bangalore India

Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments institutions and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space cybersecurity and digital identity were driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.

Present in India since 1953 Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi Gurugram Bengaluru and Mumbai among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning Thales has been playing an essential role in Indias growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate SAP technical development across implementation enhancement upgrade migration integration maintenance and support activities.
• Provide technical leadership guidance and mentoring to ABAP developers and technical team members.
• Design scalable and maintainable SAP solutions in line with architecture development security and quality standards.
• Lead ABAP RICEFW development covering Reports Interfaces Conversions Enhancements Forms and Workflows.
• Review functional and technical specifications define technical approaches and solutions provide estimates and ensure delivery quality.
• Design develop and support OData services using SAP Gateway and ABAP for SAP UI5 Fiori and third-party integrations.
• Coordinate with SAP UI5/Fiori teams to ensure effective backend integration service consumption and issue resolution.
• Conduct design reviews code reviews performance optimization and adherence to SAP development standards.

Required Skills:

• Higher education qualification: minimum bachelors degree; a masters degree is preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience in SAP environments with significant experience in ABAP technical leadership.
• Strong expertise in SAP ABAP RICEFW OData SAP Gateway and backend integration.
• Good knowledge of SAP UI5/Fiori and frontend-backend integration concepts.
• Demonstrated leadership coordination stakeholder management and delivery ownership.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under complex scenarios.
• Excellent communication skills with business functional technical senior stakeholders and partners.
• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA RAP and BTP would be an advantage.
• Strong hands-on experience in SAP ABAP ABAP Objects debugging performance tuning and technical design.
• Extensive experience in ABAP RICEFW development and delivery.
• Strong knowledge of ABAP coding standards technical specifications code reviews and performance optimization.
• Strong experience in OData services using SAP Gateway and ABAP including modelling CRUD operations implementation and troubleshooting.
• Experience integrating OData services with SAP UI5 Fiori and third-party applications.
• Good knowledge of SAP UI5 concepts including MVC data binding OData consumption and frontend-backend communication.

At Thales were committed to fostering a workplace where respect trust collaboration and passion drive everything we do. Here youll feel empowered to bring your best self thrive in a supportive culture and love the work you do. Join us and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference for a safer greener and more inclusive world.