Senior SAP BDC Developer

Why this role exists:

The SAP BDC Developer designs, builds, and optimizes enterprise data models and pipelines using SAP Datasphere (BDC) and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). This role integrates SAP and non-SAP data sources to enable trusted, real-time analytics. This role acts as a specialist owner of the semantic layer and data pipelines, enabling business decision-making aligned to the enterprise data strategy.

Where you will make a difference:

In this role you will:

Data Engineering & Analytics Delivery:

• Build scalable and reusable data models in SAP Datasphere to support enterprise reporting and analytics.
• Develop SAC dashboards, planning models, and reports aligned to business KPIs.
• Maintain and optimise data pipelines to ensure near real-time data availability where required.
• Integrate diverse data sources, including S/4HANA, Salesforce, and Snowflake, into a unified semantic layer.
• Achieve key performance indicators related to data accuracy, query performance, and sprint commitments.

Governance, Quality & Compliance:

• Ensure high data quality and accuracy by aligning all builds to enterprise data governance standards.
• Maintain documentation and vendor engagement in compliance with applicable laws and policies.
• Ensure requirements and documentation comply with established governance and security standards.
• Perform post-deployment validation to minimise defects and ensure reporting reliability.

Safety & Personal Leadership:

• Demonstrate a strong sense of personal accountability for data accuracy and reporting quality.
• Identify and report site hazards or incidents to support a safe working environment for everyone.

Who you will be working with:

• Internal Technical Teams: SAP BTP Administrator, Integration Developers, SAP Developers, Data Governance, and Integration Teams.
• Internal Business Partners: Process Analysts, Functional Analysts, and Business Stakeholders.
• External Partners: SAP and Development Partners

What success looks like:

• Data Integrity: Achieving 98% data accuracy and a 99.5% load success rate.
• Performance: Optimizing queries to execute within 35 seconds with 95% compliant models.
• Delivery Reliability: Meeting 90% of sprint commitments with 5% post-release defects.
• Business Value: Driving 75% dashboard adoption and a 30% reduction in manual reporting processes.

How you will lead:

Individual Contributor:

• Lives our Officeworks values and behaviours
• Proactively contributes to a safe working environment, escalates appropriately if there are unsafe conditions or inappropriate behaviour
• Operates in line with applicable Officeworks company policies and Code of Conduct
• Demonstrates a strong sense of personal accountability and curiosity to learn and develop

Qualifications and work experience:

Essential:

• Education: Degree in I.T., Data Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 8 years of experience in SAP data engineering, specifically including Datasphere/BDC and SAC.
• Specialist Skills: Expertise in data modelling, warehousing, SQL, and HANA.
• Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of SAC reporting/planning and SAP data structures.
• Technology Proficiency: SAP Datasphere, SAC, SQL, CPI, Snowflake, S/4HANA, BTP, and CI/CD Toolchains.