Lead Software Engineer - SAP Time & Payroll (Information Technology)
Please note, this is a hybrid position requiring 8 days per month on-site in Lakeland, FL.
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Join the SAP HR Time and Payroll team! As a Lead Software Engineer, you will partner with functional analysts, developers, QA engineers, and multiple HR business areas to deliver solutions supporting critical HR functionality. Responsibilities include end user support, system analysis, requirements gathering, project leadership, and building relationships with our business partners. The most suitable hire for this position will be a highly analytical candidate with problem solving, mentoring, writing, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with management, peers, technology vendors, and business partners.
Job Responsibilities:
- Participate on cross-functional project teams with an emphasis in Human Resources to design, develop and implement SAP applications.
- Provide direct support to business areas and other Technology teams in all aspects of the SAP application, including afterhours support on an as needed basis
- Gather and document business requirements for new functionality and application enhancements.
- Translate requirements into system design and reporting capabilities.
- Collaborate with Development and Infrastructure teams to create, maintain and test application functionality to ensure implementations are successful.
- Create, modify, and execute test plans, test cases and other SAP testing deliverables.
- Configure SAP to implement solutions in the Human Resources area (with a focus on Time and Payroll)
- Complete project management activities, including development of project plans, monitoring project performance, and development of implementation plans.
- Validate the deployment of SAP system changes into a production environment.
- Provide support and subject matter expertise on business rules and processes to technical lead, test lead and other team members during all phases of projects.
- Support of integration points within SAP as well as interfaces between SAP and other systems
- Assist with resolution of SAP incidents and problems.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related analytical field or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 4+ years of experience with SAP's (ERP) system, specifically the Human Resource (HR) modules, with a focus on Time and Payroll
- 4+ years of experience creating, reading, and understanding system requirements and design deliverables with a focus on Time and Payroll
- Understanding of relational database design and querying concepts
- Basic understanding of Software Development Lifecycles
- 4+ years of experience understanding software applications and translating business requirements into functional configuration requirements.
- 4+ years of experience with testing environments, test execution and following testing standards
- 4+ years of experience analyzing, researching, and reporting on SAP HR data, with a focus on Time and Payroll
- 6+ years of experience with SAP's (ERP) system, specifically the Human Resource (HR) modules, with a focus on Time and Payroll
- Experience with SAP query tools and standard time and payroll reports
- Experience supporting, maintaining, and testing Time Evaluation and payroll calculation schemas.
- Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost
- An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Group health, dental and vision plans
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria
- Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits - Jobs (publix.com)
