[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Tata Consultancy Services jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/tata-consultancy-services/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Tata Consultancy Services · Houston, TX # SAP ABAP Lead Houston, TX Manager or lead $38,000 - $160,000 Last seen on Tata Consultancy Services’s official careers site on August 1, 2026; it may have closed since. [Apply on Tata Consultancy Services’s careers site →](https://ibegin.tcsapps.com/candidate/jobs/420603J) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Tata Consultancy Services](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/tata-consultancy-services/) / SAP ABAP Lead ## Job description ### Must Have Technical/Functional Skills SAP ABAP / S/4HANA Technical Leadership - 20+ years of SAP technical experience with strong hands-on expertise in SAP ABAP development, technical design, and delivery leadership. - Extensive experience across SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA implementation, rollout, upgrade, migration, enhancement, and support programs. - Expertise in Core ABAP, Object-Oriented ABAP, Data Dictionary, ALV, Module Pool, Smart Forms, SAP Scripts, Adobe Forms, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, and Workflow. - Strong experience with RICEFW objects, CDS Views, AMDP, OData Services, SAP Gateway, BADIs, User Exits, Enhancement Framework, implicit/explicit enhancements, and performance tuning. Integration, Migration & Delivery - Strong hands-on experience with IDocs, ALE, RFC, BAPI, ABAP Proxy, Web Services, APIs, file-based interfaces, and middleware integration scenarios. - Experience in S/4HANA custom code remediation, ATC checks, SPAU/SPDD activities, technical migration, retrofit, and clean core-aligned development. - Ability to convert functional specifications into scalable technical designs and guide teams through development, unit testing, integration testing, defect resolution, and deployment. - Strong understanding of SAP modules including SD, MM, FI/CO, PP, WM/EWM, QM, and integration touchpoints. Certifications (Preferred) - SAP Certified Development Associate – ABAP with SAP NetWeaver / SAP S/4HANA - SAP ABAP on HANA / SAP Fiori / SAP Gateway / S/4HANA technical certification preferred Roles & Responsibilities: - Lead end-to-end SAP ABAP technical delivery across SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA programs. - Own technical solution design, development standards, estimation, delivery planning, code quality, and technical governance. - Lead and mentor ABAP developers, conduct code reviews, resolve technical blockers, and ensure adherence to SAP best practices. - Design and deliver complex RICEFW objects including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, workflows, APIs, CDS views, AMDP, and OData services. - Collaborate with functional, basis, integration, security, QA, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions. - Drive performance optimization, defect resolution, production support, transport management, technical documentation, and release readiness. - Support S/4HANA transformation activities including custom code remediation, ATC findings, simplification impact analysis, SPAU/SPDD support, and clean core alignment. - Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills. - Proven experience leading large SAP technical teams across onsite, offshore, and cross-functional delivery models. - Excellent technical leadership, mentoring, estimation, planning, prioritization, and delivery governance skills. - Ability to work with senior client stakeholders, functional leads, architects, and project leadership to drive technical decisions. - Strong analytical, troubleshooting, risk management, and decision-making abilities. - Experience working in consulting or professional services environments preferred. ### Salary Range $38,000 - $160,000 a year #LI-CM2