SAP ABAP Developer

Position Overview (Summary/Objective):

We are seeking a SAP ABAP Developer to handle day to day development issues in a best practices aligned manner.  This person will be responsible for the day to day troubleshooting of issues in SAP.  You will need to understand business process and how it is handled in SAP, while managing the communication of effort and ultimately the development of business requests.  Manage configuration items with the understanding of how they affect the environment and ultimate output.  Follow a proper enterprise SDLC to achieve consistency and reliability.

Responsibilities:

In this position, you will be responsible for:

• Recommending, building, and establishing processes and procedures to maintain the ERP across all locations.
• Ensuring that processes within the ERP follow CMMC guidelines and do not expose Arka
• Manage SAP maintenance and releases following best practices
• Ensure backups of critical data are monitored and healthy at all times
• Manage configuration
• Work closely with functional teams to understand their requirements.
• Translate functional requirements into technical specifications.
• Design, code, test and implement SAP modules and applications
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues during development, implementation and operation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related subject or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

3-5 years of demonstrated hands-on experience with SAP including:

• ABAP development
• Configuration and release management in an enterprise SAP environment.
• Operating in a software development life cycle customized for SAP and best practices aligned
• Incident queue management and troubleshooting
• Experience in SAP modules including FI, CO, FSCM
• Demonstrated ability to convert designs/requirements into ABAP code
• Full cycle implementation is preferred

Understanding of and experience with ERP related activities such as:

• Working with cross functional teams to understand their requirements and build a document which translates those requirements into development items.
• Maintain a development schedule and communicate priorities
• Report building and delivery including presentation to the consumer (dept.)
• Government reporting requirements
• GRC Role assignment and development
• Onboarding and offboarding \ maintaining users in the system
• Possesses and applies experience and knowledge of different development options to evaluate multiple alternatives and determine the optimal technical solution
• Understands and employs proper data modeling techniques when developing new data structures to support applications.
• Displays an understanding of debugging techniques. Debugs code in technical area of expertise for functional and performance issues.

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Location:

The position is located onsite at our facility in Danbury, CT. Located in beautiful Fairfield County, Danbury offers a diverse economy, wonderful parks, cultural attractions, an impressive mix of private and public educational institutions and a vibrant arts scene. Our facility is nestled among a remarkable selection of communities to call home all with varying price points to fit many different budgets. We’re close to New York City, Boston, and other major cities – great for day trips and weekend getaways. Our lovely seasons along with award-winning institutions, colleges, cultural events, and a genuine sense of community brings a diverse population to the beautiful state of Connecticut!

What We Offer:

• Comprehensive medical/vision/dental insurance packages.
• Company contributions to qualified HSA accounts.
• 401k retirement plan with industry leading company contributions.
• 3 weeks of vacation accrual per year plus time off for sick leave and unscheduled life events.
• 13 paid holidays.
• Continuing education benefit up to $25,000/year for approved programs.
• Annual bonus program based on company and employee performance.
• Company paid life insurance, AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term disability insurance.
• 4 weeks paid Parental Leave.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).

EHS/Environmental Requirements:

This job operates in a professional office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to use hands to keyboard, communicate, listen to, and interpret instructions and remain stationary for extended periods of the time. This would require the ability to move around the campus and occasionally move/lift items weighing up to 24 lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

 Applicants are invited to apply for a reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the job. To apply, send a request to staffing@arka.org or contact 203-797-5000 and press 2 for Human Resources.

ITC & Security Clearance Requirements:

Due to contract requirements, US citizenship is required. Additionally, if you are a dual citizen (a citizen of the US and another country), the Company must obtain approval for you to have access to the information required for this position. You will not be able to begin employment until such approval is obtained and this may take several months.

No visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Employment with any of the ARKA Group companies in the US is contingent upon satisfactory completion of several pre-employment requirements to include a credit check, background check and drug screen.

ARKA Group L.P. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class