Software Engineering Professional

Job Description

Recruiter: Mounika Nagabhiru

Hiring Manager: Aditya Kumar Das

Career Grade: E

External Closing Date: 22nd May, 2026

About the role

We are looking for a Senior SAP ABAP Consultant who can work independently and take complete ownership of ABAP RICEFW objects in a complex, integrated SAP landscape. The ideal candidate will have strong hands on ABAP expertise, deep understanding of SD, FI, and MM/SRM modules, and solid experience in integrations using OData, APIs, PI/PO, and SAP BTP.
Experience with S/4HANA ABAP, CDS views, performance optimization, and SAP change management processes is highly desirable.

What you’ll be doing

ABAP Development & Delivery
• Independently design, develop, and deliver ABAP RICEFW objects:
o Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows
• Develop and enhance solutions using classical and object oriented ABAP.
• Own full development lifecycle from requirement analysis to build, testing, and deployment.

Functional Collaboration (SD / FI / MM / SRM)
• Work closely with functional consultants across SD, FI, and MM/SRM to understand business processes and technical requirements.
• Possess strong awareness of SAP standard tables, data models, and document flow related to logistics and finance.
• Support impact analysis and estimation for functional changes.

Integration & Interfaces
• Design and develop integrations using:
o OData services
o REST/SOAP APIs
o PI/PO and middleware based interfaces
o SAP BTP integration services
• Troubleshoot and resolve cross system issues in complex integration landscapes.

S/4HANA & Modern ABAP
• Develop solutions aligned with S/4HANA ABAP principles and clean core concepts.
• Build and optimize CDS Views, including analytical and transactional scenarios.
• Adapt legacy ABAP objects for S/4HANA simplifications and performance improvements.

System Maintenance & Optimization
• Perform SAP Note analysis and implementation.
• Handle system upgrade and support activities including SPAU and SPDD adjustments.
• Conduct ABAP performance tuning using SQL optimization, code inspector, and runtime analysis tools.

Testing, Transport & Release Management
• Support unit testing, IST, and UAT, including defect resolution.
• Follow disciplined version management and transport management practices.
• Work with ChaRM (Change Request Management) for controlled change delivery across landscapes.

Documentation & Governance
• Produce and maintain high quality technical documentation:
o Technical specifications
o Interface design documents
o Code and configuration documentation
• Ensure compliance with development standards, naming conventions, and audit requirements.

Essential Skills / Experience

Technical Exposure:
• 6–8+ years of strong, hands on SAP ABAP development experience.
• Proven expertise in RICEFW objects across large SAP landscapes.
• Strong experience with:
o OData services and APIs
o PI/PO and BTP integrations
o Performance optimization
o SPAU / SPDD and SAP Notes

Functional Exposure:
• Hands on ABAP experience supporting SD, FI, and MM/SRM modules.
• Strong understanding of SAP tables, data structures, and document flows.

S/4HANA Experience:
• Exposure to or hands on experience with:
o S/4HANA ABAP development
o CDS Views
o Code remediation and optimization for S/4 migrations

Delivery & Collaboration:
• Ability to work independently and take end to end ownership of technical deliverables.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with functional, integration, and basis teams.
• Strong documentation and governance mindset.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Experience supporting ECC to S/4HANA migration programs.
• Exposure to SAP Clean Core and extensibility strategies.
• SAP ABAP or S/4HANA certifications.

Our Package

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.