Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
Reports To: Manager, IT Development
Job Profile: Developer III
Job Track: Professional
Job Family: IT
Group/Division: Corporate
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with revenues of $44.5 billion and 125,000 employees around the globe. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. We help our customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory productivity. Our four premier brands - Life Technologies, Thermo Scientific, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services - offer an unmatched combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and comprehensive support.
All our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
If you share our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer and a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
Position Summary
The SAP ABAP Developer is responsible for analyzing user requirements, procedures, and system challenges to automate business processes and enhance existing SAP solutions. This role provides technical expertise in system design, development methodologies, tools, and standards used across the IT and business landscape.
As a key member of the SAP Core Team, the developer will support the business community by delivering high-quality ABAP technical solutions for both new projects and production support, spanning all major SAP functional areas.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and enhance ABAP programs including Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows (RICEFW)
- Build and support integrations using RFC, BAPI, IDoc, Proxies, and OData services
- Implement enhancements using User Exits, Customer Exits, BAdIs, and Implicit/Explicit enhancements
- Analyze business requirements and prepare Technical Design Specifications (TDS)
- Provide effort estimates, impact analysis, technical solution options, and production support including incident analysis and root cause resolution
- Perform unit testing and support SIT/UAT cycles
- Ensure adherence to development standards, performance optimization, and secure coding practices
- Conduct peer code reviews and ensure audit and security compliance
- Manage transport requests and releases using Solution Manager
- Collaborate closely with functional teams (FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, QM, WM/EWM, etc.) to understand business requirements, translate them into technical designs, and deliver end-to-end SAP solutions
- Coordinate with Basis and Security teams for roles, authorizations, and system changes
- Support deployments, cutovers, and hyper care activities
- Analyze system performance and resolve technical issues to ensure high availability and stable SAP operations
- Manage and resolve incidents and service requests via the ticketing system and Solution Manager, including prioritization, tracking, and communication to the requestor (could be key-user, my team, other TMO groups)
- Support and execute archiving in line with technical and business requirements.
- Design, develop, and maintain web services, certificates, and RFC interfaces for secure and reliable system integration.
- Support the planning, testing, and deployment of SAP support packages, including impact analysis and documentation.
- Execute system copies and maintain test environments to support development, testing, and system readiness.
- User administration Knowledge
- Backup for creating and changing authorization roles
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field
- 6-9 years of strong hands-on experience in SAP ABAP (ECC and S/4HANA)
- Relevant technical certifications a plus
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong expertise in one or more major development platforms (Java/.NET/Python/JavaScript)
- Advanced knowledge of cloud platforms and services (AWS/Azure)
- Proficiency in database technologies and SQL
- Experience with modern development frameworks and tools (React, Angular, Spring Boot)
- Strong understanding of API design and microservices architecture
- Expertise in DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong ownership and delivery focus
- Strong experience in RICEFW development
- Experience with integration technologies (IDoc, RFC, BAPI, Web Services, OData)
- Strong debugging and performance tuning skills
- Experience guiding and supporting team members' professional development
- Experience with version control systems and project management tools
- Knowledge of software security best practices
- Participation in on-call support rotation as needed
- Strong documentation and technical writing skills
- Ability to work independently while contributing to team objectives
Good-to-Have Skills
- ABAP on HANA, CDS Views, AMDP, Fiori/UI5 basics
- Exposure to S/4HANA simplifications and modern extensibility
- German Language
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
- 6-9 years hands-on experience in SAP ABAP (ECC and S/4HANA)
- Strong expertise in Java, .NET, Python, or JavaScript
- Advanced knowledge of cloud platforms and services (AWS or Azure)
- Proficiency in database technologies and SQL
- Experience with modern development frameworks and tools (React, Angular, Spring Boot)
- Strong understanding of API design and microservices architecture
- Expertise in DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience in RICEFW development (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, Workflows)
- Experience with integration technologies (IDoc, RFC, BAPI, Web Services, OData)
- Strong debugging and performance tuning skills
- Experience preparing Technical Design Specifications (TDS) and effort estimates
- Experience with unit testing and supporting SIT/UAT cycles
- Experience managing transports and releases using Solution Manager
- Experience with version control systems and project management tools
- Knowledge of software security best practices and audit/security compliance
- Participation in on-call support rotation as needed
- Strong documentation and technical writing skills
- Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams; strong stakeholder management
- Experience guiding and supporting team members' professional development
- User administration knowledge; backup for creating/changing authorization roles
- Relevant technical certifications
- ABAP on HANA, CDS Views, AMDP, Fiori/UI5 basics
- Exposure to S/4HANA simplifications and modern extensibility
- German language
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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