Business Objects Developer

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Business Objects Report Developer and Administrator with over 7 years of hands-on experience in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform to design, develop, implement, and maintain enterprise reporting solutions. This role works closely with business stakeholders, data teams, and analytics teams to deliver high-quality reporting and analytics solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement SAP BusinessObjects reporting solutions that support business reporting and analytical needs.

• Develop and maintain Web Intelligence (WebI) reports using multiple data sources, variables, formulas, hyperlinks, data merging, and report distribution.

• Build dashboards using Xcelsius and integrate with Live Office when required.

• Implement report scheduling, bursting, sharing, and distribution for end users.

• Participate in requirements gathering sessions with business stakeholders and analysts.

• Translate business needs into technical reporting solutions aligned with BI standards and best practices.

• Collaborate with functional users, analysts, and technical teams to determine reporting and analytics implementation strategies.

• Design, develop, and maintain SAP BO Universes using Information Design Tool (IDT).

• Develop semantic layers that simplify complex database structures for business users.

• Ensure universes support efficient ad-hoc querying and optimized reporting performance.

• Manage universe versioning, deployment, and lifecycle management.

• Support the implementation of reporting databases and data marts based on business data models.

• Work with data engineering teams to ensure data quality, consistency, and performance optimization.

• Administer the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform and manage day-to-day operations.

• Configure and manage Central Management Console (CMC).

• Manage user access, roles, groups, and security settings.

• Implement row-level and object-level security.

• Maintain scheduling, publication, and report distribution services.

• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for BusinessObjects components.

• Troubleshoot report failures, data issues, and performance bottlenecks.

• Optimize reports, queries, and universes for performance.

• Monitor system health and support deployments, upgrades, and patches.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience working with SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform.

• Experience supporting the full report development lifecycle including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and production deployment.

• Technical Skills: SAP BusinessObjects Tools (Web Intelligence, IDT, Universe Design, CMC), Xcelsius Dashboards and Live Office, Report scheduling and publication management, BI development, semantic layer development, and performance tuning, Data modeling and reporting data marts, Strong SQL and experience with data warehouses, Analytical & Problem-Solving Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into technical reporting solutions, Experience troubleshooting data inconsistencies, report failures, and performance issues.

• Soft Skills: Strong communication and collaboration skills, Ability to work with cross-functional teams including business users, analysts, and data engineers, Strong documentation and reporting standards adherence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting healthcare reporting and analytics.

• Experience with BI governance and reporting standards.

• Exposure to data warehousing and ETL processes.

• Knowledge of BI security and access governance.

• Flexible Working Arrangements: Remote Work.