Sr Expert ABAP & Technical Release Mgmt

Job description

Your Tasks Provide ABAP Technical Leadership by driving best practices in modern ABAP development (ABAP OO, RESTful ABAP, CDS, performance optimization) and acting as a technical authority across the SAP landscape. Define, maintain, and enforce development standards including coding guidelines, reusable frameworks, and development patterns to ensure consistency, scalability, and maintainability. Act as a technical sparring partner for ABAP development teams, supporting complex technical designs, implementations, and problem resolution. Lead code quality initiatives by governing ATC checks, custom code analysis, and remediation activities to continuously improve technical quality. Own and optimize the ABAP development workflow in Bitbucket, including branching strategies, pull request models, and code review practices. Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for ABAP development, ensuring seamless integration between SAP systems and external DevOps tooling. Continuously improve automation, testing, and deployment processes to increase delivery efficiency, reliability, and transparency. Own and enforce quality and security governance, including CVA (Code Vulnerability Analyzer) checks and other mandatory security validations within the development lifecycle. Define, implement, and monitor quality gates within CI/CD pipelines to ensure all developments meet security, compliance, and quality standards before release. Collaborate closely with security and architecture teams to identify, assess, and mitigate technical and security risks early in the development cycle. Your Skills Education:Master degree in Software Engineering /Business relevant professional education in IT&C studies, reflected by a Master degree. / Additional education and training in IT field Relevant professionla experience > 9 years Excellent hands‑on knowledge of ABAP development, including ABAP OO, ABAP on HANA / AMDP, and RESTful ABAP (RAP), applied in complex SAP environments. Excellent knowledge of modern SAP development paradigms, including CDS views, OData services, and performance optimization techniques. Proven experience designing, setting up, and operating CI/CD pipelines for SAP / ABAP development in enterprise landscapes. Excellent understanding of Git‑based development workflows, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and collaborative development models (e.g. Bitbucket or similar platforms). Strong experience with CI/CD and automation tooling, such as Bitbucket Pipelines, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or comparable solutions. Excellent knowledge of code quality and security practices, including the use of ATC, SCI, and Code Vulnerability Analyzer (CVA). Very good understanding of SAP system architecture and the end‑to‑end development lifecycle, from design and build to testing and release. Strong knowledge of SAP integration patterns and API‑based communication within complex, integrated SAP landscapes. Excellent understanding of DevOps principles and agile delivery models, applied pragmatically in SAP development contexts. Proven experience defining and maintaining branching strategies and code integration flows, ensuring scalable, stable, and reliable delivery processes. Ability to translate development practices into automated, repeatable, and scalable delivery processes, balancing quality, speed, and risk. Ability to work effectively across functions and contribute constructively with developers, architects, DevOps, and security teams. Fluent English skills (spoken and written).