SAP Business Objects Developer

Role : Business Objects Developer
Location : Washington, D.C (3 days onsite )
Responsibilities:
Participate in Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum meetings, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives, and other Agile activities
Estimate Level of Effort (LOE) for backlog items
Demonstrate ability to manage multiple tasks and adhere to project schedules
Perform data analysis and data profiling against source systems and data warehouse
Define and prepare solutions for O&M changes to existing reports and universes and deployment of new reports and universes
Extensively use back end functions, procedures, tables, views required by the business objects universes, used BO functionality like Queries, Slice and Dice, Drill down, @Function, Variables, Breaks, Sorting, alerter, applying of filters, Formulae etc.
Test solutions to validate whether requirements have been met; develop unit test plans, unit test scripts, and test conditions based on the business and system requirements
Coordinate and demo prototype reviews and validate that solutions meet requirements and review/fine tune report deliverables; collaborate with Client Subject Matter Experts (SME) s to develop and implement the solution and assist with deployment activities
Prepare training manuals and support to business users to promote understanding of Business Intelligence 4.2 environment and usage of Business Intelligence 4.2 Web Intelligence reports, and BI Launch pad tools and features
Conduct performance tuning for Universes and Reports
Assist the team with troubleshooting problems and developing recommendations/solutions
Update/Maintain Business Objects Universes
Update/Maintain Business Objects Universe design specification documentation
Assist business analysts and testers during system testing as necessary
Qualifications:
Bachelor's with 10+ years (or commensurate experience) preferred majors and minors include Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Information Management and Technology

Required Skills and Experience
8+ years of experience designing complex BI 4.2 Universes
8+ years of experience creating advanced complex reports in BI 4.2
Proven experience with Business Objects Universe Design Tool (UDT)
Proven experience with Business Objects Information Design Tool (IDT)
Proven experience converting Universes from UDT to IDT
Tableau experience
Ability to apply strong technical knowledge of features and functions of Business intelligence tools
Strong SQL data analysis skills
Excellent understanding of the software development life cycle
Possess strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
Must have excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to work hybrid schedule as outlined above

Preferred Skills and Experience
ETL/Tableau experience high desired
Proven experience with Business Objects Information Design Tool (IDT)
Proven experience converting Universes from UDT to IDT
Ability to apply strong technical knowledge of features and functions of Business intelligence tools
Strong SQL data analysis skills
Excellent understanding of the software development life cycle
Possess strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
Must have excellent written and oral communication skills