Data Engineer

Work location: Pune, India

Let me tell you about the role

The SAP BusinessObjects (BO) Data Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise reporting and analytics solutions using SAP BusinessObjects technologies. This role focuses on building and optimizing semantic layers, reports, and dashboards that enable reliable, scalable, and governed access to enterprise data. The engineer works closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, and platform teams to ensure data accuracy, performance, and compliance, supporting data-driven decision-making across bp.

What you will deliver

• Design, develop, and maintain SAP BusinessObjects universes (UNX), reports, and dashboards aligned to business requirements.
• Develop and optimize Web Intelligence (WebI), Crystal Reports, and other BO artifacts for performance, scalability, and usability.
• Build and maintain semantic data models that abstract complex source systems into consumable business views.
• Partner with data engineering and platform teams to integrate SAP BO with enterprise data platforms and source systems.
• Ensure data quality, validation, and reconciliation across reports and dashboards.
• Apply reporting and analytics best practices, including version control, documentation, testing, and release management.
• Support production reporting environments, including incident resolution, performance tuning, and root-cause analysis.
• Ensure reporting solutions comply with security, privacy, and data governance standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of reporting standards, reusable assets, and developer efficiency.

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications)

Essential

• Hands-on experience developing SAP BusinessObjects solutions in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience with SAP BusinessObjects tools including Web Intelligence, Universes (UNX), and Central Management Console (CMC).
• Strong SQL skills with experience querying relational databases and optimizing query performance.
• Experience designing semantic layers and data models to support enterprise reporting and analytics.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts, including facts, dimensions, and star schemas.
• Experience supporting production reporting platforms with SLAs and operational support models.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Continuous learning and improvement mindset.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Desired

• Experience integrating SAP BusinessObjects with SAP BW, SAP HANA, or enterprise data platforms.
• Exposure to data governance, metadata management, and reporting standards in regulated environments.
• Experience with migration or modernization of legacy reporting platforms.
• No prior experience in the energy industry is required.

About bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

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