IT SAP Technical Developer III

Dairy Farmers of America; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Dairy Farmers of America is seeking an IT SAP Technical Developer III to design, develop, and support SAP technical solutions within their S/4HANA environment. This hands-on role requires strong ABAP development skills and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in SAP ABAP development, focusing on integration and technical support. Strong problem-solving and communication skills are essential, along with a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SAP ABAP development experience in SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA.
• Strong experience with integration and interface development including IDocs.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve production issues.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support SAP technical solutions for S/4HANA.
• Collaborate with teams to translate functional requirements.
• Optimize ABAP programs for performance and scalability.

Skills

SAP ABAP development

Integration development

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)

ABAP Development Tools (ADT)

Job description

The IT SAP Technical Developer III is a hands‑on role responsible for designing, developing, and supporting SAP technical solutions within Dairy Farmers of America's SAP S/4HANA environment with a primary focus on SAP ABAP development, EDI/IDoc integration and technical support.

This position collaborates with functional analysts, business stakeholders, end users, and cross‑functional IT teams to translate business and functional requirements into secure, reliable, and supportable SAP technical solutions aligned with DFA development, security, clean‑core, governance, and change control standards.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, develop, document, test, implement, and support SAP technical solutions across SAP S/4HANA modules in collaboration with Shared Applications team members.
• Translate functional requirements into technical designs, development estimates, and scalable solutions.
• Develop and enhance reports, interfaces, enhancements, forms, workflows, classes, CDS views, OData services, Fiori/SAPUI5 applications, and related SAP development components.
• Design, develop and provide technical support for IDoc interfaces, including inbound and outbound processing, extensions, mappings, and error handling.
• Support integration and interface development, including IDocs, ALE, BAPIs, RFCs, batch interfaces, and file‑based integrations.
• Troubleshoot and debug IDoc processing issues, interface failures, and data inconsistencies.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective and preventative solutions for recurring interface issues.
• Monitor IDoc processing and interface queues; proactively identify and resolve issues to ensure data integrity and system reliability.
• Optimize ABAP programs and interface processing for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Apply clean‑core principles by using approved extensibility approaches, released APIs, enhancement techniques, and governance practices that reduce upgrade risk and technical debt.
• Leverage approved AI‑enabled development tools to accelerate coding, testing, documentation and troubleshooting while adhering to security and quality standards.
• Follow DFA development, governance, security, project management, and change control standards.
• The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but are not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related equivalent experience
• 5+ years of SAP ABAP development experience in an SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA environment
• Strong experience with ABAP development including reports, enhancements, BADIs, forms, workflows, classes, module pools, and object‑oriented programming techniques
• Strong experience with integration and interface development, including IDocs, ALE, BAPIs, RFCs, APIs, OData services, and web services
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving production issues related to interfaces and data processing
• Experience supporting ABAP development across SAP modules, including SD, FICO, MM, PP, WM, HCM, and related modules
• Experience with modern SAP technologies, including SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Build, CDS views, SAP Fiori/UI5, ABAP Development Tools (ADT), SAP HANA, ABAP Cloud concepts, and side‑by‑side extensibility preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong technical knowledge of SAP architecture, development, and integration concepts
• Ability to design and deliver reliable, supportable SAP technical solutions based on business and functional requirements
• Strong problem‑solving, troubleshooting, and analytical skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills across business and technical audiences
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet project and support deadlines
• Strong understanding of IDoc processing, message control, and ALE distribution models
• Ability to analyze data issues and interface failures and determine root cause
• Strong work ethic with the ability to collaborate with cross‑functional teams, share knowledge, and accomplish team goals
• Ability to work on‑call rotation
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans