SAP ABAP Programmer - .

Job Description

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for an SAP ABAP Programmer based in Brussels 2 days a week, remainder remote for a 3-4 Year contract.

Main Responsibilities:

* Collaborates with business/functional analysts to produce software solutions.
* Provides input into the design of enhancements and roll outs, offering advice and providing feedback.
* Analysis of user / functional requirements. Drafting documentation (technical and functional). Translating functional requirements into technical specifications, including documentation for the support team. Prepares detailed technical specifications for development activities including enhancement, interfaces, workflows, forms, reports and data management.
* Workforce estimations.
* Programming IT software (IT development). Develops quality code and its associated documentation adhering to team and departmental development standards.
* Customization.
* Prototyping of IT systems, modules and components. Customization.
* Tests code (unit testing and integration testing) to ensure it produces the desirable results and performs debugging when necessary. Validation of solutions.
* Assisting with the evaluation and testing of products delivered by external system suppliers so as to ensure their compliance with the project specifications and required methodology if any.
* Provides support including analysis, development, testing, tracking and resolution.
* Assisting the support team with the training of system users.
* Participation in meetings with the end users.
* Troubleshooting, debugging, diagnosis, user support. Assisting the support team with the training of system users.
* Participation in meetings with the end users.

Knowledge and Skills:

* Expert knowledge of Linear programming (scripting) and of Object-Oriented programming concepts and paradigms (encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphysm).
* Expert Knowledge of one of the fundamental programming languages available in SAP HANA XS Advanced runtime: ABAP, HTML5, Node.js (JavaScript), Java, C#, C++, Python etc
* Expert Knowledge of Event-driven programming, and of MVC (or MVVM+Binding) programming
* Expert at commenting code concisely yet comprehensively.
* Working Knowledge of relational database management systems (RDBMS), Structured Query language (SQL).
* Expert Knowledge of Debugging and testing, including stress testing of your own code.
* Good ability to draft technical documentation.
* Good ability to work with non-monolithic large-scale corporate systems.
* Working knowledge of architecture models, including Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Message Oriented Middleware (MOM).
* Working knowledge of interroperability concepts: messaging, service bus, queuing.
* Expert knowledge of Web Services (REST & underlying concepts such as idempotence, including oData).
* Expert Knowledge of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).
* Working knowledge of a source control systems: Git or Subversion (SVN)
* Working knowledge of a code collaboration tool such as Gerrit.
* Good knowledge of software modelling (e.g. UML, BPMN, entity-relationship diagrams).
* Knowledge of a software development methodologies (e.g. SAP Activate, RUP, AGILE, SCRUM, SAP ASAP).
* Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, capability to communicate clearly and appropriately both spoken and in writing in English. French or German optional but welcome.
* Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application developments.

Specific Knowledge and Skills:

* Expertise in traditional SAP ERP development, integration and test tools like ABAP, ABAP Objects, ABAP WorkBench, ABAP performance tuning, Dynpro, SQL Trace, RFC, iDoc/ALE, BAPI, SAP Workflow, testing with eCATT and within Solution Manager.
* Expertise in non-traditional SAP development, integration and test tools like SAP NetWeaver, SAP Web AS, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP J2EE, Java Web DynPro, WSDL, Web services.
* SOA expertise with the SAP SOA solution (SAP Composition Environment), SAP PI, and with Web.
* Expertise with SAP Fiori and SAP S4/HANA.
* Expertise in the Structured Query Language (SQL) and PL-SQL language (complex queries, stored procedures and triggers).
* ABAP and Fiori/UI5 development
* REST and SOAP API’s, Webservices
* Backend-Front-end integration
* SAP NW Gateway in FIORI context.

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources Ltd
COLCHESTER, Essex, United Kingdom
Phone: 01206212101