Platform Engineer (SAP BW and Data Platforms)

Job Summary

The Platform Engineer (SAP BW & Data Platform) is responsible for the engineering, administration, modernization, and operational excellence of the World Bank Groups enterprise analytics and data platforms.

The role supports SAP BW on HANA, Business Objects, SAP data integration technologies, Azure-based data platforms, and enterprise reporting solutions. The Platform Engineer collaborates with product owners, architects, data engineers, business stakeholders, and infrastructure teams to ensure platform reliability, performance, scalability, security, governance, and continuous improvement.

The position contributes to the evolution of enterprise analytics capabilities through automation, modernization initiatives, cloud adoption, DevOps practices, observability, and platform engineering principles, enabling trusted and timely business insights across financial and operational domains.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimize SAP BW on HANA environments.
• Manage platform upgrades, patches, transport, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Support business-critical financial and operational reporting processes.
• Ensure platform availability, resiliency, scalability, and operational stability.
• Support BW upgrade, modernization and migration initiatives, including cloud and next-generation analytics platforms.
• Perform professional-level analysis and platform engineering activities across data and analytics platforms.
• Solve moderately complex platforms, integration, performance, and operational challenges.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define solutions and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing within the platform engineering and analytics delivery teams.
• Apply practical expertise across data platforms, analytics architecture, cloud technologies, integration, security, and operational support.
• Manage SAP BW, SAP ECC, SAP BODS, and related enterprise data integrations.
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and issue remediation activities.
• Collaborate with upstream and downstream application teams to ensure reliable data movement and processing.
• Monitor platform health, data loads, and integration performance.
• Support Business Objects, Power BI, Bex, Analysis for Office and enterprise reporting solutions.
• Ensure reporting platform performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Partner with business stakeholders to enable trusted, timely, and scalable reporting capabilities.
• Ensure compliance with World Bank security, audit, data governance, and operational risk requirements.
• Support security reviews, vulnerability remediation, and platform hardening activities.
• Participate in audit response and compliance remediation efforts.
• Maintain appropriate controls for access management, data protection, and system integrity.
• Participate in SAFe Agile ceremonies including PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, Scrum Masters, and Engineering teams to prioritize platform improvements.
• Contribute to backlog refinement and technical roadmap planning.
• Support continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.

Qualifications

• Masters degree with 5 years of relevant experience or Bachelors degree with at least 8 years of relevant experience in enterprise data platforms, SAP BW, data engineering, analytics platforms, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale analytics, reporting, and data platforms.
• Experience with SAP BW on HANA administration, development support, and platform operations.
• Experience with enterprise data integration, analytics modernization, and cloud data platform technologies.

Core Skills and Capabilities

• Strong expertise in SAP BW on HANA, SAP BODS, data platform engineering, data warehousing, analytics, integration, and enterprise reporting, complemented by hands-on experience with Azure Databricks and cloud-based data platforms.
• Skilled in platform operations, DevOps, database management, security, governance, monitoring, and modern data architecture practices to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure enterprise analytics solutions.
• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, communication, and Agile delivery skills, with the ability to effectively manage stakeholders, influence decisions, and foster collaboration across cross-functional teams to achieve business and technology objectives.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), SAP BW, Databricks Data Engineer Certification, TOGAF Certification

Competencies

• Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
• Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
• Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

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