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# SAP S/4HANA ABAP and RAP Technical Architect

- **Company:** RapidIT, Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP), Open Data Protocol, SAP (Applications), SAP HANA, SAP Development, SAP Business Technology Platform, Sap Business Objects, Sap Fiori, SAP S/4HANA, Restful APIs
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c9cc4962-4907-402c-bf43-0a5739eadb28

## About the Role

We are seeking an accomplished 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.

## Description

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