SAP ABAP / S/4HANA TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Mercedes-Benz · India-Karnataka-Bangalore ·
- Category
- Solutions engineering
- Experience
- 8+ years
About MBRDI\:
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI), headquartered in Bengaluru with a satellite office in Pune, is the largest R&D center for Mercedes-Benz Group AG outside of Germany. Our mission is to drive innovation and excellence in automotive engineering, digitalization, and sustainable mobility solutions, shaping the future of mobility.
Position Overview\:
Hands-on SAP ABAP / S/4HANA Technical Consultant with 8+ years of experience in designing, developing, enhancing and supporting SAP solutions across traditional ABAP and modern S/4HANA technologies.
Strong expertise in RICEFW development, including Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflows, with solid experience in ABAP Objects, OData, CDS Views, RAP, Gateway and S/4HANA development.
Experienced in modern SAP extensibility and Clean Core principles, with exposure to SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP), SAP Event Mesh, SAP Workflow and BRF+.
Exposure to SAP Joule and AI-assisted development is an added advantage, particularly for code generation, explanation, modernization, testing and developer productivity.
Strong problem-solving skills with a hands-on development mindset, capable of analyzing complex requirements, building POCs, troubleshooting production issues, and collaborating with functional, architecture, integration and business teams.
SAP ABAP\: ABAP Programming, ABAP Objects, Modern ABAP 7.4+, OO ABAP, ALV, Background Jobs, Debugging, Performance Optimization, Open SQL, ATC, Code Inspector
RICEFW\: Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, Workflows; RFC, BAPI, IDoc, Proxy, OData, REST/SOAP, BDC, LSMW, BAdI, User/Customer Exits, Smart Forms, SAPscript, Adobe Forms
S/4HANA\: Code Pushdown, Modern Open SQL, CDS, AMDP, HANA-aware ABAP, Released APIs, Extensibility, Custom Code Migration
CDS Views\: CDS View Entities, Basic/Composite/Consumption Views, Associations, Annotations, Parameters, Authorization, Analytical CDS, Metadata Extensions
OData / Gateway\: OData V2/V4 concepts, SEGW, Entity Types/Sets, Associations, Navigation, CRUD, Deep Insert,
$filter/$expand/$select, Gateway troubleshooting
RAP\: Managed/Unmanaged RAP, Behavior Definition/Implementation/Projection, Service Definition/Binding, Draft, Validations, Determinations, Actions, Feature Control, Authorization, EML, OData V4
SAP BTP\: BTP Architecture, Subaccounts, Destinations, Connectivity, Cloud Connector, HANA Cloud, Integration Suite, BAS, Work Zone, Cloud Foundry
SAP CAP\: CAP architecture, CDS modeling, Services, Entities, Associations, Actions, Events, Node.js/Java concepts, OData, HANA Cloud, BTP deployment
Clean Core\: In-App/Developer/Side-by-Side Extensibility, Released APIs/CDS, BAdIs, ATC, Custom Code Management, avoiding modifications
AI / Joule\: SAP Joule exposure, AI-assisted coding, code explanation/optimization, legacy ABAP modernization, developer productivity
Integration / Rules\: SAP Event Mesh, event-driven architecture, SAP Workflow, BRF+, business events, asynchronous integration
Tools\: ADT, Eclipse, SAP GUI, BAS, Gateway Client, ST22, SM37, SLG1, SAT, ST05, SCI, ATC, Git/GitHub
Job Decription
· Develop and maintain SAP ABAP solutions for S/4HANA environments.
· Analyze business requirements and convert them into scalable technical solutions.
· Develop RICEFW objects including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, and workflows.
· Develop reusable ABAP classes, function modules, reports, APIs, and enhancement implementations.
· Design and develop CDS Views and OData services for S/4HANA and Fiori applications.
· Design and develop applications using RAP and Fiori Elements.
· Analyze legacy custom code and identify modernization opportunities.
· Implement solutions following SAP Clean Core principles using released APIs, CDS Views, BAdIs and extension points.
· Develop POCs using RAP, CAP and SAP BTP.
· Support integration scenarios using APIs, RFC, IDoc, OData and event-based integration.
· Troubleshoot performance and production issues using debugging and performance analysis tools.
· Perform ATC analysis and resolve code quality and S/4HANA readiness findings.
· Participate in technical design, estimation, code reviews, testing, deployment and production support.
· Collaborate with functional consultants, solution architects, integration teams and business stakeholders.
Candidate should demonstrate the ability to evaluate a requirement and select the appropriate SAP extensibility approach\:
Requirement
Preferred Approach
Simple UI adaptation
Key User Extensibility
S/4HANA business logic extension
Developer Extensibility
Released BAdI available
BAdI
Standard API available
Released API
New transactional application
RAP
Cloud-native extension
CAP / BTP
Event-based integration
Event Mesh
Business rules
BRF+
Legacy custom code
Refactor / Modernize
External extension
Side-by-Side Extension
Area
Expected Level
Priority
SAP ABAP
Expert
Mandatory
RICEFW
Expert
Mandatory
ABAP Objects
Expert
Mandatory
S/4HANA
Advanced
Mandatory
CDS Views
Advanced
Mandatory
OData
Advanced
Mandatory
RAP
Advanced
Mandatory
Fiori Backend
Advanced
Preferred
SAP Clean Core
Working
Preferred
SAP BTP
Working
Preferred
CAP
Working
Preferred
SAP Joule
Basic–Working
Added Advantage
Event Mesh
Basic–Working
Added Advantage
Workflow
Working
Preferred
BRF+
Working
Preferred
Hands-on Development
Expert
Mandatory
Professional / Behavioral Skills
· Analytical and problem-solving mindset
· Strong communication and collaboration
· Ability to work independently in Agile environments
· Customer-focused approach and technical ownership
· Continuous learning and willingness to adopt new SAP technologies
· Ability to mentor junior developers
· Willingness to perform hands-on development, debugging, testing and POCs