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Title: Business Warehouse Engineer
Duration: 12 Months
Location: 100% Remote (7:00 AM 5:00 PM PST)
Position Overview
A leading organization is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Business Warehouse (BW) Engineer to support and enhance its SAP analytics and data warehousing environment.
The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SAP BW on HANA, SAP BPC, SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Web Intelligence (Webi), ABAP, SAP Datasphere, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning, along with experience in next-generation SAP cloud technologies.
Under minimal supervision, the BW Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust data models, migrations, and analytics solutions to enable advanced reporting and business insights.
Key Responsibilities
< data-start="964" data-end="1015">Migration Path Analysis and Recommendation</>Analyze existing SAP BW on HANA codebase and architecture to recommend optimal migration strategies to SAP S/4HANA or SAP Datasphere.
Assess feasibility, risks, and operational impacts to ensure smooth transitions.
Design and deliver HANA calculated views tailored to detailed user requirements for reporting and analytics.
Optimize views for performance, scalability, and alignment with business needs.
Develop, maintain, and optimize SAP BW and HANA data objects and models for SAC Planning, Actuals, Labor, and Unit Cost reporting.
Provide ongoing support, ensuring data accuracy and availability.
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather business and technical requirements.
Conduct impact analyses to identify and mitigate migration-related risks.
Produce comprehensive documentation including process flows, technical specs, and configuration guides.
Facilitate knowledge transfer sessions for internal teams to ensure sustainability and support.
Create and maintain metadata artifacts (data models, dictionaries, glossaries) aligned with enterprise data governance standards.
Design and implement automated monitoring and alerting mechanisms for data flow and code performance tracking.
Migrate existing BW data flows from legacy (3.X) to current (7.5) standards with minimal downtime.
Assess current BW 7.5 environment to identify candidates for migration to SAP Datasphere or S/4 Real-Time Analytics.
Evaluate technical and business impacts and provide recommendations.
Mandatory Requirements
Minimum 5 years of experience delivering:
Data architecture and engineering solutions on SAP BW on HANA.
ABAP programming deliverables.
BPC reports and datasets for analytics and reporting.
HANA calculated views designed for use with Power BI.
HANA calculated views in CCS, Work Management, Supply Chain, and Finance modules.
Performance improvements and technical debt reduction through code optimization.
Migration initiatives from BW on HANA to SAP Datasphere.
Minimum 3 years of experience in:
Utilizing ODP (Operational Data Provisioning) for efficient data loading.
Configuring and managing SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT) for real-time replication.
Designing and developing embedded analytics reports in SAP Fiori/S/4HANA for real-time insights.
Creating and optimizing S/4HANA CDS (Core Data Services) views for analytics.
Desirable Qualifications
Experience implementing robust security and authorization controls for CDS views and embedded analytics.
Proficiency in designing S/4HANA CDS views optimized for analytics.
Familiarity with SAP Datasphere for cross-landscape data modeling and management.
Ability to provide recommendations for data architecture, standards, and policies supporting long-term SAP ecosystem viability (S/4HANA, SAC, Datasphere, Databricks).
Experience working in Agile/SCRUM environments.
Proficiency with Power BI visualizations built from HANA calculated views.