Business Warehouse Developer III

Company:        Patterson Companies, Inc.

Location:           St. Paul, MN

Position:          Business Warehouse Developer III

Education:       Bachelor’s Degree

Experience:     Requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, management information sciences, engineering, or related field. Requires 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience, which must include 5 years of experience with BW/SAP HANA.

Number of openings: 1

Duties and Responsibilities of Job: Patterson Companies, Inc., St. Paul, MN, is seeking a Business Warehouse Developer III. Responsible for delivering the BW data strategy and the construction, delivery, and maintenance approach of the data architecture within Business Intelligence at Patterson Companies, which includes driving the SAP BW and Hana strategy, standards and process; accountable for establishing and maintenance of appropriate source control around BW development and the establishment and the maintenance of appropriate recovery points within the execution of all BW related jobs; providing a high level of technical support to both internal and external clients; providing expertise in SAP BW and Hana technologies; mapping data source to destination; working successfully to integrate large vendor solutions; and mentoring other developers on best practices and approaches within Patterson Companies’ technical organization. Specific duties include: Lead in the design, build, verification, implementation and maintenance of the SAP Business Warehouse, Hana, Data Services ETL code / jobs based on business needs. Lead in the technical integration efforts for SAP products such as SAP Analytics - SAP BW on HANA, SAP BOBJ & SAP BPC etc. Responsible for the long-term BW/Reporting strategy supporting both internal and external user communities. Lead the design and development of SAP BW integration with modules such as OTC, FICO, CRM, MM/Inventory, PP, Vistex and GTS. Accountable to establish the standards and processes around providing support for SAP Business Warehouse tools, their jobs and the scheduling tools. Participate on architectural governance team(s) and processes to guide and sanction critical architectural decisions. Drive the life cycle of the SAP Business Warehouse & Hana solutions by enabling smooth upgrades and/or installation and support of new capabilities. Prepare project and system related documentation consistent with standards and procedures outlined in the data architecture approach including data quality, BW security and availability requirements. Review new applications for their ability to be integrated into the existing environment – specifically around data to data integration. Coordinate support efforts in updating jobs, performance tuning, optimization, establishing metrics and IS initiatives with impact on data. Lead the capacity planning function to properly identify needed hardware, software, ETL configuration / architecture to support application / business needs. Collaborate with Business Intelligence Analysts, Application Developers, Quality Assurance, and Report Developers. This position reports to Patterson Companies, Inc.'s office in St. Paul, Minnesota, but may work remotely from Minnesota.

Applicants may apply online at:  pattersoncompanies.com