Sap Bi Solution Architect - Cape Town
Salary Negotiable
Cape Town, Western Cape
Cape Town,
Western Cape
more than 14 days ago
19-05-2015 4:02:47 PM
16-06-2015 4:02:47 PM
PBT Group has a requirement for a SAP BI Solutions Architect to join our Business Intelligence Team in Johannesburg.
Duties:- Design and Develop BI solution to suit clients’ needs
- Implement standard business content where applicable to solution requirements
- Utilise client specific requirements to develop a layered solution
- Develop custom extractors to fill gap where standard business content is not sufficient
- Optimisation of reports, extractions and solutions
- Project management
- Leading a small team of BO developers
- Accept overall responsibility for the technical design of the data warehouse / BI Solution, including the technical infrastructure, performance considerations, storage repository selections and organisation, data schemas and security constraints required to support the data warehouse system.
- Be involved in taking key technology decisions at various stages in the project.
- Work in close collaboration with Developers to ensure that the different parts of a solution are integrated and appropriate technology choices are made.
- Work with Business Analysts and clients to ensure that the system evolves to meet emerging business requirements.
- Work with Project Manager to assist with planning activities and that tasks are allocated in a way that reduces dependencies between different streams of work.
- Provide the overall cohesiveness to ensure that all the components of the envisaged solution will fit together.
- Use your communication skills to ensure that everyone in the team understands where the solution is heading and the roadmap to get there.
- Provide technical, business and delivery consultative leadership for a specific competency area at the pre- and/or post sales level. Assist with the scoping of proposals that address current and evolving client requirements.
- Maintain a high degree of technical readiness, in order to be successfully prepared to support the delivery of client requirements using the latest technologies.
- Coordinate and conduct the delivery of high-level complex solutions and maintain overall responsibility for the development of best-practice standards, policies and procedures.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Solid experience as a Solutions Architect on SAP BI
- A sound knowledge of and experience with the systems components making up the entire Business Intelligence system architecture.
- System design and architecture experience is essential.
- Strong analysis, design and implementation skills.
- Experience in data warehouse / BI solution performance analysis, tuning and administration is required.
- Expert-level technical knowledge in one or more areas of technology.
- Excellent communication and client interfacing skills.
- Skill in representing different architectural views of a system using diagramming and other tools.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to conceptualise solutions.
- The ability and confidence to stand out as a technology leader in the organisation.
- The ability to work independently as well as in conjunction with a team.
- At least 6 - 8 years’ experience in projects that vary in size, technology and domain.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING:
- Relevant data warehouse architecture and infrastructure training is essential.
- B.Sc. or related degree is advantageous.