Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments, institutions, and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.
Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business, while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate SAP technical development across implementation, enhancement, upgrade, migration, integration, maintenance, and support activities.
- Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to ABAP developers and technical team members.
- Design scalable and maintainable SAP solutions in line with architecture, development, security, and quality standards.
- Lead ABAP RICEFW development covering Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows.
- Review functional and technical specifications, define technical approaches and solutions, provide estimates, and ensure delivery quality.
- Design, develop, and support OData services using SAP Gateway and ABAP for SAP UI5, Fiori, and third-party integrations.
- Coordinate with SAP UI5/Fiori teams to ensure effective backend integration, service consumption, and issue resolution.
- Conduct design reviews, code reviews, performance optimization, and adherence to SAP development standards.
Required Skills:
- Higher education qualification: minimum bachelor's degree; a master's degree is preferred.
- At least 10 years of experience in SAP environments, with significant experience in ABAP technical leadership.
- Strong expertise in SAP ABAP, RICEFW, OData, SAP Gateway, and backend integration.
- Good knowledge of SAP UI5/Fiori and frontend-backend integration concepts.
- Demonstrated leadership, coordination, stakeholder management, and delivery ownership.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under complex scenarios.
- Excellent communication skills with business, functional, technical, senior stakeholders, and partners.
- Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, RAP, and BTP would be an advantage.
- Strong hands-on experience in SAP ABAP, ABAP Objects, debugging, performance tuning, and technical design.
- Extensive experience in ABAP RICEFW development and delivery.
- Strong knowledge of ABAP coding standards, technical specifications, code reviews, and performance optimization.
- Strong experience in OData services using SAP Gateway and ABAP, including modelling, CRUD operations, implementation, and troubleshooting.
- Experience integrating OData services with SAP UI5, Fiori, and third-party applications.
- Good knowledge of SAP UI5 concepts including MVC, data binding, OData consumption, and frontend-backend communication.
At Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. Join us, and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference – for a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or higher education qualification
- At least 10 years of experience in SAP environments
- Significant experience in ABAP technical leadership
- Strong expertise in SAP ABAP, RICEFW, OData, SAP Gateway, and backend integration
- Good knowledge of SAP UI5/Fiori and frontend-backend integration concepts
- Leadership, coordination, stakeholder management, and delivery ownership experience
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under complex scenarios
- Excellent communication skills with business, functional, technical, senior stakeholders, and partners
- Hands-on experience in SAP ABAP, ABAP Objects, debugging, performance tuning, and technical design
- Extensive experience in ABAP RICEFW development and delivery
- Strong knowledge of ABAP coding standards, technical specifications, code reviews, and performance optimization
- Strong experience developing, modeling, implementing, troubleshooting, and supporting OData services using SAP Gateway and ABAP
- Experience integrating OData services with SAP UI5, Fiori, and third-party applications
- Good knowledge of SAP UI5 concepts, including MVC, data binding, OData consumption, and frontend-backend communication
- Master's degree
- Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, RAP, and BTP
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
Thales Insights
What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
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