SAP ABAP RAP Architect

Position: SAP ABAP RAP Architect
Location: Remote, USA 

Mandatory Skills: SAP ABAP & RAP
Aerospace Domain will be preferred -

SAP S/4HANA ABAP and RAP Technical Architect with extensive experience in designing, developing, and leading enterprise-scale SAP digital transformation programs. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in ABAP on HANA, RAP (RESTful ABAP Programming Model), CDS Views, OData Services, Fiori/UI5, BTP Extensions, Clean Core principles, and S/4HANA extensibility frameworks.
The candidate will provide technical leadership, define architecture standards, mentor development teams, and drive SAP innovation initiatives across complex global implementations.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Solution Design
Lead end-to-end technical architecture for SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, brownfield, and greenfield transformation programs.
Define SAP development strategy aligned with SAP Clean Core and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
Design scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise solutions leveraging:
ABAP on HANA
RAP (Managed and Unmanaged Scenarios)
CDS View Modeling
Fiori Elements
OData V4 Services
SAP Gateway
Event-Based Architectures
Establish development frameworks, coding standards, governance models, and technical best practices.
SAP RAP Development Leadership

Architect and develop RAP-based transactional applications.
Design:
CDS Data Models
Behavior Definitions
Behavior Implementations
Service Definitions
Service Bindings
Draft-enabled applications
Implement advanced RAP capabilities:
Determinations
Validations
Actions
Side Effects
Authorization Controls
Custom Business Objects
Deep Insert Operations
Drive migration from classical programming models to RAP architecture.