Location: Remote
Duration: 3-month contract
Hours: Full-time
Work Arrangement: Remote
Compensation: $61.70–$68.55 per hour
Employment Type: W2 (not open to C2C, 1099, or visa sponsorship)
Our client is seeking a highly experienced SAP ABAP technical leader to define enterprise architecture standards and guide complex SAP modernization initiatives. This role will lead SAP S/4HANA transformations, SAP BTP extensions, integrations, custom development, and technical governance while collaborating with business, functional, and enterprise architecture teams.
Define SAP technical architecture, development standards, and governance frameworks.
Lead SAP S/4HANA transformation, upgrade, migration, conversion, and modernization initiatives.
Provide architectural direction for custom development, integrations, cloud extensions, and clean-core strategies.
Design complex SAP solutions using OO ABAP, ABAP on HANA, CDS Views, AMDP, RAP, OData, Fiori, and UI5.
Review and approve solution architecture documents, technical designs, development strategies, and code-quality standards.
Architect SAP BTP side-by-side and in-app extensibility solutions.
Design integrations between SAP and non-SAP applications using APIs, REST, SOAP, EDI, IDocs, RFCs, and event-driven technologies.
Drive code optimization, performance tuning, technical risk assessments, and performance-improvement plans.
Lead design reviews, code reviews, architecture governance sessions, and technical delivery planning.
Mentor global SAP development teams and provide effort estimates, risk management, and delivery oversight.
Collaborate with executive stakeholders, system integrators, vendors, functional teams, and enterprise architecture groups.
Develop migration strategies, integration architecture designs, technical standards, and governance documentation.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 20 years of SAP ABAP development and technical architecture experience.
Extensive experience leading enterprise SAP transformation programs.
Advanced knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, ABAP on HANA, OO ABAP, CDS Views, AMDP, and RAP Framework.
Hands-on experience with SAP BTP, SAP Fiori/UI5, OData Services, workflows, and BRF+.
Strong experience with SAP Integration Suite, REST/SOAP APIs, IDocs, ALE, RFCs, and BAPIs.
Experience supporting S/4HANA greenfield, brownfield, upgrade, migration, and conversion programs.
Knowledge of SAP Clean Core principles and extensibility strategies.
Experience with SAP Cloud ALM and SAP Activate methodology.
Functional exposure to SAP MM, SD, PP, WM/EWM, LE, FI/CO, and TM.
Demonstrated experience leading global SAP development teams.
Experience managing technical governance, delivery planning, risk assessment, and stakeholder communication.
SAP ABAP, SAP BTP, or SAP S/4HANA certification.
SAP Ariba experience.
Experience managing teams of 15–50 SAP consultants.
Experience participating in Architecture Review Boards.
Executive stakeholder-management experience.
Vendor and systems-integrator management experience.
Program governance and enterprise delivery leadership experience.