Senior SAP Tester - Functional/Integration Testing

Job Description Senior SAP Tester / SAP Testing Lead:Role Overview:We are looking for an experienced Senior SAP Tester / SAP Testing Lead with 10+ years of experience in SAP testing and quality assurance, preferably with strong exposure to Oil & Gas / Energy industry SAP implementations.The candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing testing activities across the SAP implementation lifecycle, ensuring that business processes, integrations, data, and end-to-end scenarios are thoroughly validated before go-live.Key Responsibilities:1. SAP Testing Strategy & Planning:- Develop and execute the overall SAP Testing Strategy and Test Plan for the implementation.- Define testing scope, approach, timelines, resources, test environments, and entry/exit criteria.- Establish testing standards, processes, templates, and quality gates.- Coordinate testing activities across multiple SAP modules and business functions.- Track testing progress, defects, risks, dependencies, and overall test readiness.- Provide regular testing status reports to project leadership and stakeholders.2. SAP Functional & Integration Testing:- Lead and coordinate testing across relevant SAP modules, including SAP Finance (FI/CO), MM, SD, PP, QM, PM/EAM, PS, and EWM.- Testing covers Unit Testing, SIT, End-to-End Testing, Regression Testing, UAT, Performance Testing, Security testing, and Go-Live validation.3. Oil & Gas Testing Experience:- Strong understanding of Oil & Gas business processes is preferred, including P2P, O2C, R2R, Maintenance, and Asset Management.- Exposure to Upstream, Midstream, Downstream, Refining, Petrochemical, LNG, or Oilfield Services environments will be an advantage.4. Test Management:- Develop detailed test scenarios, test cases, test scripts, and expected results.- Manage test execution, defect lifecycle, and conduct defect triage meetings.- Perform root-cause analysis for critical and recurring defects.5. SAP Implementation Responsibilities:- Work closely with SAP functional teams during Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Hypercare phases.- Validate integrations, support data migration testing, and define Go-Live readiness criteria.6. Test Automation & Tools:- Experience with SAP testing tools such as SAP Cloud ALM, Solution Manager, Jira, ALM/Quality Center, Tricentis Tosca, UFT, and Selenium.- Experience in SAP test automation is highly desirable.7. SAP S/4HANA Experience:- Strong experience in SAP S/4HANA implementation, Fiori applications, and SAP Activate methodology.8. Reporting & Governance:- Prepare testing dashboards, track KPIs (test case execution, pass/fail, defect density), and maintain audit trails.Required Experience & Skills:- 10+ years of experience in SAP testing / QA, with substantial experience in large-scale SAP implementations.- Experience as SAP Test Lead / Test Manager.- At least one or more full-cycle SAP implementation experience.- Strong SIT, UAT, E2E, and regression testing experience.- Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills.Preferred Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related discipline.- ISTQB certification is preferred.- SAP S/4HANA certification is an advantage.- Oil & Gas / Energy industry experience strongly preferred.Location:Vadodara, India OR Lagos, Nigeria.The role may require collaboration with global project teams and business stakeholders across different locations and time zones. (ref:hirist.tech)