SAP BODS Consultant

Job Title: SAP BODS Consultant

Location: Remote (preferred Bengaluru)

Shift: US shift preferred; UK shift will work with 12 hours US overlap (as per project)

About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned SAP BODS (SAP Data Services) Consultant to design, develop, optimize, and support enterprise-grade ETL/ELT solutions. The ideal candidate has strong data integration experience across SAP and non-SAP sources, deep knowledge of data quality and profiling, and proven delivery in migration to S/4HANA/BW/4HANA or cloud data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• ETL/ELT Development: Design and build data extraction, transformation, and loading jobs in SAP BODS, ensuring data quality and reliability.
• Data Integration: Connect SAP (ECC/S/4HANA, BW/BW4, HANA) and nonSAP sources (SQL, Oracle, flat files, APIs).
• Data Quality: Implement profiling, validation, cleansing, and match/merge using Information Steward.
• Data Migration: Support/lead S/4HANA migrations, legacy conversions, delta loads (ODP/SLT).
• Performance Optimization: Improve job speed, memory use, parallelization, and overall ETL performance.
• Job Monitoring: Schedule, monitor, troubleshoot ETL jobs via Management Console or external schedulers (ControlM/Redwood).
• Documentation: Maintain mapping documents, design specs, data dictionaries, and runbooks.
• Collaboration: Work with functional teams and SMEs to convert business needs into data solutions.
• Support: Provide L2/L3 support, rootcause analysis, and production issue resolution.
• DevOps: Use Git, branching, and deployment/transport processes (preferred).

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years SAP BODS experience (Designer, Repositories, Job Server, Management Console).
• Strong Data Quality skills (Information Steward, cleansing, match/merge).
• Solid SAP integration experience: ECC/S4, BW/BW4, HANA, ODP/SLT, IDoc/BAPI understanding.
• Advanced SQL skills across HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server with tuning experience.
• Knowledge of data modeling (star/snowflake, SCD, CDC, ABC controls).
• Experience with scheduling tools (ControlM/Redwood/Autosys) and incident management (ServiceNow/Jira).
• Familiarity with Agile, CI/CD basics, testing practices, and code reviews.
• Strong communication, requirements gathering, and stakeholder management skills.

Education: BE/B.Tech/MCA or equivalent in Computer Science/Information System