SAP Development Lead (ID#5406)

The company, a national IT consulting company, is seeking an SAP
Development Lead to support a large-scale SAP transformation
initiative for a major municipal client. This role will provide
technical leadership and oversight across SAP development activities
related to the organization’s transition from SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP
S/4HANA Cloud (Private Edition) under RISE with SAP. The successful
candidate will lead and govern SAP development initiatives spanning
SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Integration
Suite, SAP Fiori/UI5, and enterprise integrations, while ensuring
alignment with clean core principles, architectural standards,
security requirements, and industry best practices. The role will work
closely with system integrators, business stakeholders, and internal
IT teams to support process transformation initiatives across Finance,
Real Estate, Embedded Analytics, and enterprise modernization
programs.

Responsibilities:

* Providing technical leadership and guidance for SAP development
initiatives delivered by internal teams and system integrators.
* Acting as the lead technical advisor across SAP S/4HANA, SAP SaaS,
SAP BTP-based iPaaS and PaaS solutions.
* Defining, reviewing, and approving SAP solution designs,
development approaches, and technical architectures.
* Ensuring alignment with SAP best practices, clean core principles,
governance standards, security requirements, and long-term
maintainability objectives.
* Performing code reviews, validating technical designs, and
conducting quality assurance checks across SAP development
deliverables.
* Leading SAP custom code remediation and modernization activities
supporting SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives.
* Supporting migration activities involving SAP Process
Integration/Process Orchestration (PI/PO) to SAP Integration Suite and
NetWeaver Portal to SAP Fiori Launchpad modernization.
* Designing and supporting SAP integrations across SAP and non-SAP
platforms, including A2A, B2B, and hybrid integration solutions.
* Supporting development and optimization of ABAP CDS Views, REST
services, embedded analytics, RAP applications, and OData services.
* Leading SAP Fiori/UI5 configuration, development, deployment,
debugging, and extension activities across frontend and backend
layers.
* Providing technical oversight for SAP extensibility and in-app
extension development while minimizing core customizations.
* Collaborating with business and IT stakeholders to align SAP
solutions with transformation objectives, operational requirements,
and program priorities.
* Supporting Agile delivery practices, Azure DevOps coordination,
estimation activities, defect management, and development governance
processes.
* Providing technical mentorship, hands-on problem solving, and
delivery support throughout implementation and modernization
initiatives.

Requirements:

* 15+ years of hands-on SAP ABAP development experience including
ABAP OO, debugging, HANA-based performance optimization, SQL tuning,
code pushdown techniques, and runtime optimization of custom programs.
* 3+ years of SAP Development Lead experience including code reviews,
development governance, risk assessment and mitigation, enforcing
clean core principles, SAP and industry best practices, and hands-on
technical troubleshooting.
* 2+ years of experience with SAP S/4HANA on-premise and/or SAP
S/4HANA Private Cloud implementations including end-to-end
implementation or conversion projects, code remediation,
simplification items, and SPAU/SPDD upgrade activities.
* 5+ years of SAP integration experience with SAP and non-SAP systems
including SAP Integration Suite, A2A integrations, B2B integrations,
hybrid integrations, monitoring, and production support.
* Hands-on experience delivering RAP applications and services
including data modeling, OData exposure, and end-to-end application
delivery.
* 5+ years of experience with ABAP CDS Views including data modeling,
REST service development, CDS hierarchies, and embedded analytics
enablement.
* 2+ years of experience with SAP extensibility and in-app extension
development aligned to clean core principles.
* 4+ years of SAP Fiori/UI5 experience including configuration,
design, development, deployment, debugging, Fiori Elements, freestyle
UI5 development, and standard Fiori app extensions.
* Experience with delivery governance and quality assurance including
estimation, defect management, development standards, naming
conventions, reusable components, and code review practices.
* 3+ years of experience working within Agile delivery environments
using tools such as Azure DevOps.
* Strong understanding of SAP Finance and Controlling modules with
the ability to translate functional requirements into technical
solutions.
* Experience working with system integrators, business teams, and
enterprise stakeholders within large-scale SAP transformation
initiatives.
* 7+ years of experience designing, implementing, configuring,
packaging, and deploying custom SAP applications using ABAP
object-oriented design principles.
* A three-year university degree or college diploma in Computer
Information Systems or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
* Valid SAP certification required.
* Professional development or SAP-related training completed within
the last 3 years is considered an asset.

If you have the necessary expertise and able to work in Canada, please
submit your resume. While we thank all candidates in advance for their
application, only those shortlisted will be contacted.