BI Architect

Overview

Job Description

The Business Intelligence (BI) Architect must be experienced in designing, developing and implementing complex Business Intelligence solutions. This person is a member of the team that partners with business to understand their challenges & translate them into requirements. The BI Architect will ensure the creation of production solutions which address quality, performance, availability, scalability, and integrity. This person must be self-motivated and results-oriented with strong data warehouse and business intelligence architecture skills.

• Implement SAP BW/BI strategy and best practices for global BI solution
• Creation, maintenance and implementation of BI solutions utilizing SAP BW/BI
• Active role in data architecture, tools, processes, project assessment and development process design
• Provide technical overviews and tool demonstrations to BI Power Users, Key Business users and SAP Functional owners
• Diagnose and resolve application bottlenecks and performance issues via performance tuning/optimization
• Diagnose and resolve production support issues
• Work closely with Key Business users to understand their challenges and translate them into requirements
• Collaborate with SAP Functional owners to ensure the creation of production solutions which address business needs
• Organize, create and maintain critical technical and functional documentation for solutions, including technical specifications, test plans and training materials

• BA/BS degree and 10+ years of experience in Information Technology
• Experience (5+ years) with data integration and BI/reporting tools
• Extensive Knowledge of SAP BW 7.5 and SAP BI in Modeling, Reporting BEX Analyzer, Query Designer, System Administration, Table Storage Maintenance, Security
• Experience with Business Objects Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) a plus
• 3-5 years with hands on ETL tools, data staging techniques, metadata tools, and data base designs
• Knowledge of SAP functional areas including:
  Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Finance and Controlling, and Inventory
• Experience with SAP S4 HANA a plus
• Proactive, great attention to detail, results-oriented problem solver
• Ability to deal with long term goals along with immediate performance concerns
• Strong leadership with the ability to motivate and teach engineers
• Strong communication skills and the ability to translate highly complex technical issues to non-technical audience
• Ability to work well with others
• Configuration
• Must be trustworthy and handle work of a confidential nature