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Sr SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Architect
Vantage Point Consulting
Location not stated
Remote
Senior
1 month ago
- SAP
- SAP S/4HANA
- Data Modeling
- ETL
1 month ago
- Overview:
- We are seeking a Senior SAP BW Modernization Consultant to support a customer embarking on a BW modernization initiative as part of a larger SAP S/4HANA transformation. The project includes modernizing the customer's SAP BW landscape and aligning it with SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) and the future-state analytics architecture.
- The customer has already provided an Intent to Work, and the engagement is entering a pre-contract scoping phase. During this period, the consultant will work with both the customer and project stakeholders to validate scope, perform discovery, assess the existing BW environment, and support data mapping workshops. These activities will form the basis of the final Statement of Work and implementation plan.
- Following contract execution, the consultant will transition into a full-time implementation role, leading the technical modernization of the BW environment.
- Estimated Project Duration:
- Up to 4 weeks for scoping activities (~2 -4 hours),
- 6-9 Months for the project (full time)
- Start Date:
- Scoping: Week of August 17 th
- Project: TBD
- Onsite/Remote:
- Remote, but there may an onsite requirement for key milestones.
- High Level Activities:
- Inventory existing SAP BW objects and technical landscape
- Assess InfoProviders, DataSources, Transformations, DTPs, Process Chains, Queries, and Authorizations
- Evaluate custom developments and enhancements
- Review current reporting architecture and downstream dependencies
- Identify obsolete or unused BW content
- Assess data quality and modernization opportunities
- Facilitate data mapping workshops
- Develop BW modernization strategy and migration roadmap
- Define target architecture aligned with SAP Business Data Cloud
- Prioritize reporting assets and migration waves
- Recommend modernization approach for BW objects
- Identify technical risks and mitigation strategies
- Modernize BW objects and data models
- Redesign data acquisition and transformation processes
- Optimize data flows and performance
- Update and modernize process chains
- Refactor or replace legacy objects where appropriate
- Support migration of reporting assets
- Assist with integration into SAP Business Data Cloud and related analytics platforms
- Support unit, system, and user acceptance testing
- Validate migrated reports and data accuracy
- Resolve defects and performance issues
- Support production readiness activities
- Produce technical documentation
- Document modernization decisions and architecture
- Create operational support documentation
- Conduct knowledge transfer sessions with customer administrators and support teams
- Requirements:
- 10+ years of SAP BW implementation and architecture experience
- Extensive experience with SAP BW 7.x and BW/4HANA modernization projects
- Experience migrating legacy SAP BW environments to modern SAP analytics architectures
- Strong understanding of SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Datasphere, or similar cloud-based data platforms
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA reporting and analytics integration
- Experience performing BW assessments and modernization planning
- Strong data modeling and ETL expertise
- Experience optimizing BW performance and process chains
- Excellent customer-facing consulting and workshop facilitation skills
Sr SAP Business Warehouse (BW) Architect · Vantage Point Consulting