Alphosoft - Washington, DC
posted about 2 months ago
The SAP Business Objects Developer with Tableau position is a critical role that involves working closely with business intelligence tools to design, develop, and maintain complex reports and universes. This position requires participation in Agile methodologies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives. The developer will be responsible for estimating the Level of Effort (LOE) for backlog items and managing multiple tasks while adhering to project schedules. The role involves performing data analysis and profiling against source systems and data warehouses, as well as defining and preparing solutions for Operations & Maintenance (O&M) changes to existing reports and universes. The developer will extensively utilize back-end functions, procedures, tables, and views required by the Business Objects universes, employing various Business Objects functionalities such as Queries, Slice and Dice, Drill down, and applying filters. Testing solutions to validate requirements is also a key responsibility, which includes developing unit test plans and scripts based on business and system requirements. Collaboration is essential in this role, as the developer will coordinate and demo prototype reviews, ensuring that solutions meet requirements and fine-tuning report deliverables. The position also involves preparing training manuals and providing support to business users to enhance their understanding of the Business Intelligence 4.2 environment and the usage of Web Intelligence reports and BI Launch pad tools. Performance tuning for Universes and Reports, troubleshooting problems, and maintaining Business Objects Universes and documentation are additional responsibilities that the developer will undertake.