Z2_Azure Data Engineer
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Job Description
BI FSL 2.0 Transformation & Solution Architecture
- Lead the end-to-end architecture and execution of BI FSL 2.0 transformation from SAP BW/BW4HANA to neXtollo/Azure Databricks.
- Translate existing SAP BW data models, transformations, process chains, extractors, and reporting logic into scalable Databricks Lakehouse patterns.
- Define the target-state data architecture covering ingestion, bronze/silver/gold layers, semantic consumption, Power BI integration, and reusable data products.
- Design SAP-to-Azure extraction and integration patterns using relevant approaches such as ODP, SLT, BW Bridge, APIs, CDC, or custom ETL frameworks.
- Drive fit-gap analysis between existing SAP BW capabilities and future-state neXtollo architecture.
- Establish architecture standards, design principles, reusable engineering patterns, and governance guidelines for the transformation program.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, SAP functional teams, platform teams, data engineers, Power BI teams, and program leadership to ensure aligned execution.
Azure Data Engineering, DevOps & Platform Engineering
- Design, build, and optimize enterprise-scale data pipelines using Azure Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake, Azure Data Factory, and ADLS Gen2.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for notebooks, workflows, data pipelines, infrastructure, configuration, and deployment across development, test, and production environments.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and environment setup using Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform or equivalent Azure-native tooling.
- Define release management, branching strategy, code review process, deployment gates, rollback approach, and environment promotion standards.
- Implement observability, monitoring, alerting, logging, data quality checks, reconciliation, and operational dashboards for production-grade data platforms.
- Embed DevSecOps practices including secure secret handling, service principals, managed identities, RBAC, Key Vault integration, policy compliance, and audit readiness.
- Troubleshoot migration defects, pipeline failures, data mismatches, performance bottlenecks, and production issues with structured root cause analysis.
Leadership & Delivery Ownership
- Provide technical leadership to data engineers, developers, analysts, and external partners throughout the migration lifecycle.
- Own architecture decisions and ensure alignment with enterprise cloud, security, data governance, and platform standards.
- Support roadmap planning, sprint execution, dependency management, technical risk mitigation, and delivery governance.
- Create solution documents, architecture decision records, migration playbooks, runbooks, and design review material for leadership and engineering teams.
- Act as a bridge between business outcomes and technical implementation, ensuring the platform enables reliable, faster, and future-ready analytics.
Required Technical Skills
Azure, Databricks & Lakehouse Architecture
- Azure Databricks and Databricks Workflows
- Delta Lake, Medallion Architecture, and Lakehouse design
- Azure Data Factory or equivalent orchestration tools
- Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and cloud object storage patterns
- Azure SQL Database, Synapse Serverless SQL, or Databricks SQL
- Unity Catalog, data lineage, access control, and data product governance
- Azure Key Vault, Managed Identity, Service Principals, and secure connectivity
- Power BI consumption patterns and semantic layer enablement
SAP BW/BW4HANA Migration & Integration
- Strong understanding of SAP BW/BW4HANA concepts, data models, InfoProviders, transformations, process chains, and reporting dependencies.
- Experience translating SAP BW logic into modern cloud data engineering patterns on Databricks.
- Knowledge of SAP data extraction approaches such as ODP, SLT, CDS Views, RFC/API-based extraction, BW Bridge, or third-party replication tools.
- Ability to assess migration complexity, data lineage, reconciliation needs, and functional equivalence between legacy and target platforms.
- Exposure to SAP functional domains in logistics, supply chain, warehouse, transportation, or aftersales analytics is highly preferred.
Data Technologies
- Python
- PySpark
- SQL/T-SQL
- Spark
- Delta Lake
- Data Modeling
- ETL/ELT Design
- Data Warehousing Concepts
- Performance Tuning