Senior Staff Software Engineer, SAP (ABAP)

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

The Engineering team at NBCUniversal is seeking a talented & passionate Senior Staff Software Engineer, SAP (ABAP). This engineer will provide state-of-art engineering and architectural support for the SAP Financial, Procurement and Subledger systems maintenance and enhancements, including integration to other systems. You will also be able to lead and mentor other engineering teams while simultaneously delivering high-quality S/4 HANA clean core solutions through technical development that meets overall business requirements. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Act as a primary point of contact for SAP development strategy, architecture, and governance of application development and engineering related activities 
• Work with product and other engineering teams to architect, design and evaluate different technical design options for custom development options within SAP keeping in mind SAP's clean core framework and NBCU best practices 
• Provide estimation for technical work effort when required 
• Design, develop, and manage complex technical project plans for project and support operations 
• Take a lead role in maintaining and enforcing ABAP naming, coding and development standards, and providing architecture and design guidance to the functional teams keeping in mind SAP's Clean Core Framework utilizing tools like ATC, CCM and others 
• Lead and manage SAP SOH to S/4 HANA migration of NBCU's custom codebase 
• Work closely with Product Teams, Change Management, Testing and other Engineering teams like BASIS and BTP Integration to identify opportunities for improvements or cost savings 
• Mentor and train Application development and other engineering team members to perform daily duties 

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering or related discipline with an information technology focus, or an equivalent combination of education and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.  
• Experience as an Architect/Senior consultant in more than 6 projects.  
• 10+ years of hands-on SAP experience.  
• Knowledge in various SAP modules and Integration development working on large-scale SAP S/4 transformations 
• Experience in transformation projects e.g., from SAP ECC to S/4 HANA (S/4 Conversions, green field, brown field, blue field etc.) 

 ECC Development Experience 

• Confirmed ability using BADI’s, BAPI’s, LSMW, ALE, RFC calls, IDOC, BDC, business objects, classes and methods, Adobe Forms, SmartForms, SAPScripts, Data Dictionary, ALV 
• ABAP debugging skills, workflow experience 

  S/4 HANA Development Experience 

• Knowledge of OData using CDS and AMDP, Workflow experience, including support and debugging 
• Knowledge and awareness of SAP Clean Core principles including use of released API's, in app extensibility options and key user extensibility 
• Knowledge of 3-Tier extensibility model and SAP RAP and CAP Programming Models  
• Experience in migrating custom code base from ECC or SoH systems onto a S/4 HANA platform applying both Technical remediation and Clean Core frameworks 
• Implementation knowledge