Job Title: SAP ABAP PI/PO DevOps Engineer
Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Circa £55,000 dependent on experience
What you'll be doing
* Designing, configuration and development and supporting the customised and standard PI/PO integrations, Odata services and integration components (PI adapter Engine, IDOC, JDBC, SOAP) and their integration with the end-to-end solution
* Designing, developing, and implementing customised and standard ABAP, User Exit, BADIs and integration components
* Design and develop integration solutions using SAP PI/PO, Configure and customize SAP PI/PO as per the technical requirements, in collaboration with architects and engineers, creating and maintaining technical documentation for all integration solutions
* Accountable for the quality of the design, assessment of risk, and delivery of the components
* An active contributor in the DevOps team, supporting the application, resolving incidents/problems, reducing technical debt and developing new features to help enable the business through ERP
* Working with peers, business stakeholders and Product Leads by helping refine the requirements and translating them into Fiori and ABAP functional and technical designs
Your skills and experiences
Essential
* Development and customisation of PI/PO integrations within SAP ECC 6 & S4 HANA
* Experienced with ABAP development within SAP ECC 6 & S4 HANA
* Working knowledge of the following; OOP ABAP, SAP UI5, SAP Gateway, OData services, Core Data Services (CDS)
* Experience in supporting users, defining new features and functionality, and implementing change
Desirable
* Fluent in process frameworks like ITIL, Prince2 and Agile and have a good understanding of an efficient Software Development Lifecycle
* Relevant IT degree or business degree such as Computer Science or similar
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The SAP DevOps team
The SAP DevOps team sits within the Finance Portfolio team supporting a range of applications used by the business to support finance operations. The DevOps team is divided into three squads, one of which is focuses on supporting Shared Services SAP. We operate using Agile principles and manage work in two weekly sprints in 13 week PI cycles. We support BAU as well as delivery of changes requested by the business, which are triaged and refined by the Product Leads within our wider Finance team. We follow principles of continuous improvement and look for opportunities to refine processes and drive down incident problems through process improvements and RCA where possible. Our aim is to deliver maximum value to the business.
Why BAE Systems
This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc .) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 26th February 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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