Principal ABAP Developer

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and dependable electricity to over 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation's cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!
Position Specific Description
NextEra Energy INC. a leading utility company, is looking for a Principal ABAP Technical candidate who can work on small to medium projects independently. This role involves heavy interaction a team of business representatives or liaisons for requirement gathering, prioritize work, develop enhancements to the existing system, coordinate testing, and perform change management / training and design. Employee will provide technical direction on projects to department or project participants. Maintains thorough knowledge of new development and/or technology pertaining to project(s) and recommends changes for improvement. Position usually requires six to eight years of experience and an advanced degree, or the equivalent and in-depth knowledge in area of specialty.

• 6+ years SAP ABAP experience developing RICEFW objects
• Candidate must have strong ABAP/SAP Development Implementation experience working with several modules
• Hands-on experience in ABAP development with good understanding of SAP's technical architecture
• Experience and strong knowledge in ABAP Webdynpro
• Develop, test, and implement programs, including reports, interfaces, and data conversions
• -Hands-on proficiency in all facets of ABAP development required, including but not limited to:
• Reports: ALV, Standard and Interactive
• Interfaces: RFC, BAPI, BDC and IDOC
• Forms: Adobe forms, SMARTFORM and SAPScript
• Workflows both Financial and Supply chain
• Enhancements: User Exits, BADI, Enhancement Framework, Dialog Programming and Data Dictionary Objects (Tables, Views, Data Elements, Domains, Search Helps)
• Experience using ABAP debugger and troubleshooting
• Strong hands on experience with Object Oriented paradigm and experience with Object Oriented design
• Experience with developing Fiori apps and OData services
• Close communication with functional teams /designers, understand the requirements from provided functional designs and transform these requirements into the technical designs
• Work closely with clients, management and team members to ensure delivery of proposed solutions and support for development of business possibilities
• Follow established methodologies during system development and ensure systems adhere to the standards and procedures established by IT department.
• Excellent knowledge of database design and transaction processing
• Strong analytical, problem solving, solution design and programming skills
• Experience in writing interfaces between SAP and legacy systems, including data migration, data validation, and data conversion
• Hands-on SAP ABAP code optimization techniques

Job Overview
This position assesses, designs, develops, integrates and troubleshoots technology to support business processes. Employees provide technical or functional guidance to project or work teams, as needed within specific or multiple disciplines. This position is accountable for ensuring the reliability, performance, security, and continuity of IT systems, as well as ensuring that excellent technical support services are provided.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Analyzes, designs, develops, tests, debugs, implements, maintains, integrates, customizes, and enhances existing or new systems
• Applies appropriate Agile or development methodologies, system development lifecycles, tools, and technology to manage development activities
• Automates the handoff of code releases from development to operations (DevOps)
• Participates in the change management and service ticket management processes including receiving, resolution monitoring, and ensuring customer satisfaction
• Leads projects when needed and builds strong working understanding of the solution being delivered
• Ensures user satisfaction by providing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and timely resolution of more complex problems
• Designs, develops, and tests experimental application work to test new ideas with bounded cost and time frames
• Ensures that applications processes are conducted in line with corporate social responsibility, security, compliance, environmental, and technical policies and applicable standards and legislation
• Acts as liaison with regulatory agencies, vendors, and contractors on matters relating to computer systems as required
• Defines metrics and monitors Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for systems being developed
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 6+ years
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's - Information Systems
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Information Technology
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
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Nearest Major Market: Palm Beach
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami