Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled SAP ABAP Consultant with deep experience across ECC and S/4HANA environments and can work as a SAP SME for validating client Tech Specs for moving data from SAP to a data lake ( primarily written for SAP data sources ). The ideal candidate will be proficient in custom development, Z-table data extraction, and validating detailed technical documentation that maps extracted data to business logic. This role requires strong analytical capabilities, cross-functional collaboration, and strong client communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand technical specifications that are written by ABAP developer on ABAP programs in ECC and S/4HANA systems.
• Analyze technical specifications that are written to reverse engineer the custom Z-tables across modules (FI, MM, SD, HR, etc.).
• Collaborate with functional teams to understand business logic and data dependencies.
• Prepare comprehensive technical documentation including:

oData extraction logic

oField-level mappings

oBusiness rule interpretation

oSource-to-target lineage

• Responsible to review the technical specification document and ask the right clarifications such that data engineers could then use the technical specification to develop data lake ETL routines.

Required Skills & Experience

Core ABAP (ECC & S/4HANA) experience to review and validate technical specifications:

• Classical & OO ABAP programming experience
• ALV Reports (Classical and OO)
• BDC, BAPI, RFC, SmartForms, Adobe Forms
• User Exits, Customer Exits, BADIs
• Function Modules, Modularization, Macros

Advanced ABAP (S/4HANA-centric) experience to review and validate technical specifications:

• CDS Views (Basic & Composite)
• AMDP (ABAP Managed Database Procedures)
• OData Services and Fiori integration
• ABAP RESTful Programming Model (RAP)
• Core Data Services annotations
• Business Object Processing Framework (BOPF)

Data Handling & Extraction experience to review and validate technical specifications:

• Z-table extraction with joins, filters, delta logic
• Performance tuning of SELECT statements
• Open SQL and Native SQL usage
• Data dictionary object creation (Z tables, views, domains, data elements)
• Handling clustered and pooled tables (ECC legacy)

Documentation & Technical Design

• Technical Specification Document (TSD) preparation, review and validation
• Field-level mapping and source-to-target lineage
• Business logic annotation and transformation rules
• Functional-to-technical traceability

Preferred Qualifications

• 8-10 years of SAP ABAP experience with at least 3 years in S/4HANA.
• Experience in ECC to S/4HANA development & migration projects.
• Good understanding of FI, CO, SD, MM, PP & SRM processes and modules.
• Exposure to BI/ BW is an added advantage