Expert IT SAP Project System Functional Analyst

Requisition ID # 155542

Job Category: Information Technology

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate effectively to deliver high quality technology solutions. The SAP Project Portfolio and Management organization provides SAP IT services to various line of businesses. The organization is responsible for strategic technology planning, roadmap development, solution design, solution delivery and solution support.

Position Summary

This person will be working on SAP Project System on projects, enhancements, and application support related work. It is expected that this person is well versed with all phases of the system development life cycle (SDLC), including business process analysis, systems analysis, business process blueprinting, development, testing, cut-over preparation, end user training, and go-live activities as well as post go-live system and end user support.

This position works closely with IT Architects, Functional Analysts, Testers, and business subject matter experts to design, develop/maintain the SAP PPM, PS and MM objects. Candidate must be highly motivated and take initiative to work with other members on application issues openly, directly, and respectfully.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $122,000

Bay Area Maximum: $194,000

Qualifications

Minimum:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience

7 years of job related experience in IT-Information Technology

5 years of experience implementing or supporting an ERP system (ERP - e.g. SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle)

5 years experience in business analysis

Desired:

Hands on experience with SAP HANA, and Business Suite on HANA

Advanced Degree

Experience in Agile Project Management

SAP PPM, PM, and MM Module experience

Oracle Primavera P6 experience

8+ years of experience designing interfaces from SAP to non-SAP external systems

A solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structure, algorithms, and software design

Experience in configuration of SAP Gateway Services

Experience designing SAP interfaces from/to non-SAP external systems

Ability to work with complex interfaces.

Hands on experience with Enhancement Concepts like: Classical Enhancements (User Exits, Customer Exits, Screen Exits, Menu Exits, Field Exits, BADIs) and Enhancement Framework Concepts (Implicit Enhancements, Explicit Enhancements, Enhancement Spots, Enhancement Sections)

Experience in HANA and S4 Hana tool sets

Experience in SAPUI5, SAP Fiori and Knowledge in SAP Netweaver Gateway consuming OData and CDS services

Experience with data transfer and interfacing tools such as BDC, ALE, BAPI, EDI, RFC, PI, SAP Connector

SAP Certified Professional Certifications in PPM and/or Project Systems

Expert knowledge of the Application Project Development Lifecycle

Skill and experience leading solution design and development on multiple SAP PS implementation projects

Experience in system integration

Hands-on configuration experience and solid technical understanding of PS objects and portal application

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

Solid understanding of deliverables in project management, software enhancement development, compliance, operational/disaster recovery, operations and maintenance

Work with architects, clients, and peers to provide strategic guidance within the overall SAP technology roadmap and promote standard SAP solutions and best practices.

Provide expert consulting to satisfy short-term and long-term business needs.

Taking the leadership of a project and/or initiative

Rapidly perform business processes analysis needed for the projects or enhancements.

Effectively coordinate the work on analysis and requirements for several projects

Provide expert consulting in information technology to the client and peers to identify and satisfy the business and company needs, while help anticipate potential problem and issues.

Evaluate and document solution alternatives to business problems.

Qualify (or define) business requirements for projects and enhancements.

Facilitate, influence, and build agreements on IT requirements and deliverables for multiple business clients.

Performs system functionality gap analysis and provides RICEFW inventory for assigned projects.

Cost estimating for RICEFW or enhancements.

Analyze end-to-end complex business processes, create solutions, and documenting functional designs needs development, testing and support.

Translate business requirements to technical requirements for the development team.

Assisting with data conversion/migration, testing, training, and cutover activities

Provide knowledge transfer/training to other team members.

Full Time