SAP Sr Software Engineer

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you’re empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.

This position will be located in: Fargo, ND or Remote

Application Deadline: Posted Until Filled

Please note that the position may be filled before or after the listed application deadline. Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active.

Pay Range: $103,832.56 - $150,000.84 annually

*Individual compensation is determined based on several factors, including job-related skills and qualifications, education, relevant experience, work location, internal equity considerations, and the overall responsibilities of the position.

Job Summary

Supports the day-to-day operations of the IT Applications Department by providing development, maintenance, and support of SAP applications. Collaborates with team members and other departments to develop, maintain, review, analyze, modify and support business applications change requests including configuration, enhancements, upgrades and testing to support our integrated business processes. Collaborates and advises with Applications team members in areas assigned on project needs to understand requirements, development, and estimate solutions in an organized manner.  Conducts and participates in technical walk-throughs and identifies and resolves application issues. 

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Works with and collaborates with team members and the ERP Center of Excellence to determine how technology can best be used to enable or enhance business processes.
• Adheres to Border States Electric SDLC best practice guidelines, standards and application change management procedures.
• Performs impact, systems and feasibility analyses when designing and developing business requests.
• Conducts technical walk-throughs with team members.
• Creates technical documentation to describe program development, logic and coding.
• Researches and recommends new solutions to enhance the value of business systems.
• Diagnoses performance issues and debug integrated software solutions. 
• Determines standards, best practices and procedures for Applications Team.
• Takes lead role on large project implementations working with contractors (both on and offsite) and ensures assigned duties are being performed.
• Researches and recommends potential vendor solutions, provides formal recommendations to IT and Business Management.
• Proactively puts forth recommendations to address forecasted risks and changing technology environment related to job duties.
• Stays informed of evolving technology trends, best-in-class processes and innovations. 
• Works with technologies like REST, SOAP, JSON, XML, XSLT, XSD, Odata, etc., to design, map, configure, develop and test SAP integrated solutions using SAP Cloud Platform Integration toolsets.
• Enhances SAP standard functionality leveraging standard enhancement framework – user exits, BADI’s, Enhancements (Implicit and explicit). 
• Develops and customizes existing processes using ABAP and other SAP development tools and technologies which will include: IDOC’s, dialog programming, userexits, ALV, BAPI’s, BADI’s, enhancements, RFC’s, reports (Classical and Interactive) SapScript, Smartforms, and Data Dictionary.
• Works with the SAP Mobile Platform to support, maintain, and enhance our hybrid mobile applications for signature capture.

Non-essential Functions

• Communicates best practices across area of responsibility and participates in continuous improvement of IT processes.
• Provides advanced support with assisting the IT Helpdesk.
• Performs off-hours support as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or other designate.

Qualifications

• 4 Year STEM Degree or equivalent experience. 
• Minimum 5+ years of SAP development work experience. 
• Good working knowledge of PC, Windows, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint), Internet, and Outlook. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of software development best practices for the entire SDLC, including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes, testing, and maintenance.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in ABAP programming. 
• Experience designing and maintaining Core Data Services (CDS) views and Odata services.
• Advanced understanding of relational databases and client-server concepts and commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Advanced knowledge of optimization concepts.
• Advanced knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts and design.

Preferred

• Experience with SOAP and REST based services, and API design.
• Experience with SAP Cloud Platform and services including Cloud Platform Integration, API Management, Mobile Services, Intelligent Robotic Process Automation, WebIDE or Business Application Studio, etc
• Experience creating side-by-side extensions on SCP and in-app extensions on S4HANA. 
• Development experience across multiple functional areas (MM, LE, FI, HR, SD). 
• Test driven development and agile development methodologies. 
• Advanced knowledge with HTML5, CSS & JavaScript.
• ABAP Restful application programming experience.
• Experience with SAP Fiori and SAPUI5. 

Skills and Abilities

• Communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences (technical and non-technical), and in a wide range of settings (e.g., one-on-one, small group, in person, conference calls and via e-mail). 
• Excellent interpersonal skills; effective team player.
• Good organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities, commitments, and projects.
• Ability to work effectively independently and in a collaborative, team environment to achieve goals.
• Ability to work seamlessly with others across geographical, functional and cultural boundaries.
• Consistently demonstrates an eagerness to meet challenges with a self-starting attitude.
• Actively participate in team meetings and group discussions.
• Ability to handle multiple project assignments concurrently.
• Ability to work under pressure to resolve time sensitive issues.
• Willingness and ability to share knowledge and experience with others on the team.
• Excellent customer service skills include being competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged.

Physical Requirements

Frequency at which you would carry/lift in a typical day:
Occasionally 0 – 33% Frequently 34 – 66% Continuously: 67 – 100%

• Lift from Waist:
  • < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
  • 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
  • 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
  • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
  • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
  • 100+ lbs. - Not at all
• Lift from Floor:
  • < than 10 lbs. - Frequently
  • 10 to 25 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
  • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
  • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
  • 100+ lbs. - Not at all
• Carried for Distance:
  • < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
  • 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
  • 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
  • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
  • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
  • 100+ lbs. - Not at all

Physical Activity

Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:

• Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) - Continuously
• Standing (for sustained periods of time) - Frequently
• Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) - Frequently
• Bending/stooping (downward and forward) - Occasionally
• Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all
• Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Occasionally
• Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Frequently
• Crouching/squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally
• Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally
• Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Occasionally
• Repetitive motion (substantial movement (motions) or the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) - Continuously
• Pivoting (movement in any direction with one foot, keeping the other in contact with the floor) - Occasionally
• Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally
• Grasping (Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously
• Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working with primarily fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously
• Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Frequently
• Driving (the control and operation of a motor vehicle) - Occasionally
• Desk work (work usually performed at a desk) - Continuously
• Use of a computer - Continuously
• Use of a telephone - Occasionally
• Hearing (Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) - Frequently
• Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions) - Not at all
• Travel (travel needed to perform job duties) - Occasional

Additional Information

This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer’s discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Our History

Border States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry with approximately 130 locations in 31 states. Our employee-owners are second to none in delivering top-notch customer service and in demonstrating extra-ordinary people skills. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States providing products and services to the construction, industrial and utility industries. Border States has a competitive benefit package and is a 100 percent employee-owned company. Employee-ownership is a significant part of our culture and our success stems from the dedication of our employee-owners. We practice open-book management and our employee-owners are empowered with clearly defined levels of authority to be innovative and decisive, allowing us to respond quickly to the needs of customers. Employee-owners understand their roles in the success of the company and care about customers’ needs, which drives our focus on adding value to everything we do. We recognize that not all customers are the same and each has specific requirements. Our employee-owners understand these diverse needs and have the commitment, resourcefulness and flexibility to outperform all others.

Values
As a Border States employee-owner, you’re responsible for living our mission, service philosophy and service standards.

Our Purpose
We believe unstoppable businesses shouldn't go it alone. We are owners - of relationships, of outcomes, of every moment these unstoppable businesses need to deliver.

Service Philosophy
We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.

Service Standards
Border States employee-owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged .

Your career
Join an experienced team at one of the largest electrical distributors in the United States. What are you waiting for?

Border States has a competitive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
FSA & HSA
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Disability Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Holidays
Paid Volunteer Time
Personal Leave time and more!
Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.

Equal Opportunity For All

It’s not just the law.  It’s something  we’ve believed in since our founding.  We value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.

Drug Free/Smoke Free workplace

Employment may be contingent on the offered candidate successfully passing one or more of the following pre-employment screenings:

• Criminal background check (required for all positions)
• Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check (required for positions involving driving)
• Drug testing

The MVR check and drug testing vary by role and will be communicated to the offered candidate during the onboarding process and as applicable.