Senior SAP ABAP Consultant, AI

Role Overview

• Analyse business processes, identify gaps, and recommend effective SAP technical solutions to support business objectives.
• Translate functional requirements into detailed technical specifications and solution designs.
• Design, develop, test, and support SAP ABAP solutions in line with SAP standards and development best practices.
• Deliver and support RICEFW objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows) within an SAP ECC environment.
• Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including technical designs, specifications, and support documentation.
• Perform code analysis, debugging, performance optimisation, and impact assessments for existing and new developments.
• Support SAP integrations with third-party applications and external systems using interfaces, web services, SAP Gateway OData services, and related technologies.
• Ensure all system changes are managed through established change control and governance processes.
• Provide technical and integration architecture guidance to SAP functional teams and project stakeholders.
• Accurately estimate development effort and contribute to project planning and delivery timelines.
• Lead small-scale technical initiatives and provide guidance and mentorship to junior analysts and developers.
• Facilitate workshops with business users and stakeholders to gather, validate, and refine technical requirements.
• Collaborate with internal and external development teams to review solutions, define technical standards, and ensure delivery quality.
• Support testing activities, including unit testing, smoke testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, knowledge sharing, and adherence to quality and compliance standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of hands-on SAP ABAP development experience within complex enterprise SAP environments.
• Strong experience delivering end-to-end SAP developments across multiple project lifecycles, including implementations, upgrades, migrations, rollouts, mergers, or divestitures.
• Proven expertise in SAP ABAP development, troubleshooting, debugging, and performance tuning.
• Strong experience delivering RICEFW developments.
• Hands-on experience with SAP technical components including:
• Function Modules
• Data Dictionary Objects
• BADIs and BAPIs
• User Exits
• CDS Views
• Smart Forms
• SAP Gateway OData Services
• Web Services
• Experience integrating SAP with third-party platforms and enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of secure ABAP coding standards and SAP development best practices.
• Ability to analyse existing (“AS-IS”) solutions and perform impact and risk assessments for future (“TO-BE”) designs.
• Experience creating technical documentation, test cases, and user support materials.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle, change management, and release processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting capabilities with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with a collaborative and customer-focused approach.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of working independently or as part of a wider team.

Benefits

• Sophos operates a remote-first working model
• Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
• Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
• Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
• Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
• Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
• Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
• Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing