Lead Data Engineer – SAP Integration & Databricks (Lead II - Data Engineering)

Location: Leeds- Hybrid working model

Contract Type: Fixed term employment /Contract inside IR35

Duration: Initial8 weeks with possible extensions

We are undertaking a pilot to migrate three analytics data integrations from SAP Data Intelligence (SAP DI) to SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC) in a production environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of a pilot migration from SAP Data Intelligence (SAP DI) to SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC).
• Assess existing SAP DI data pipelines, integrations, and dependencies to define migration approaches.
• Design, build, test, and deploy three production analytics integrations within SAP BDC.
• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, analytics teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
• Establish best practices, reusable patterns, and technical standards for future SAP BDC implementations.
• Ensure data quality, performance, security, and operational requirements are maintained throughout the migration.
• Conduct technical impact assessments and identify risks, issues, and mitigation plans.
• Support integration with SAP and non-SAP source systems where required.
• Produce technical documentation, architecture artefacts, and implementation recommendations following completion of the pilot.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience delivering data engineering and integration solutions within SAP environments.
• Experience working with SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC), SAP Datasphere, or closely related SAP data platforms.
• Proven experience delivering data migration, platform modernisation, or cloud transformation projects.
• Strong knowledge of data integration, ETL/ELT, data modelling, and analytics data pipelines.
• Experience working with SAP source systems, including a good understanding of SAP ERP and SAP data structures.
• Ability to lead technical design workshops and engage effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Databricks experience essential

Desirable

• Experience delivering proof-of-concepts, pilots, or technology evaluations.
• Experience with cloud-native data platforms and modern analytics ecosystems.
• Understanding of governance, security, and operational considerations within enterprise data platforms.

If interested, please apply for an immediate discussion with Talent Acquisition team

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