SAP BW HANA - Architect

EPAM Systems; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking an experienced SAP BW Technical Architect in Chennai, India. The role involves driving the transition from an incumbent vendor and leading SAP BW delivery, requiring strong expertise in SAP BW, transition management skills, and the ability to stabilize and optimize data platforms. Responsibilities include managing the SAP BW landscape, ensuring data quality, and mentoring team members. Candidates must possess deep knowledge of BW on HANA/BW4HANA and excellent stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in SAP BW with strong hands-on expertise.
• Proven experience in transition from incumbent vendors.
• Deep knowledge of BW on HANA / BW4HANA.

Responsibilities

• Lead transition and knowledge transfer from incumbent team.
• Own SAP BW landscape including design, development, and support.
• Define optimization and modernization roadmap.
• Ensure data quality, performance tuning, and system stability.
• Mentor team members and build a high-performing delivery team.

Skills

Experience in SAP BW

Transition management

Stakeholder management

Data modeling and performance optimization

Job description

We are seeking an experienced SAP BW Technical Architect to drive the transition from an incumbent vendor and lead end-to-end SAP BW delivery. The role requires strong technical expertise, transition management capabilities, and the ability to stabilize and optimize existing data platforms while enabling future‑ready architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead transition and knowledge transfer from incumbent team, ensuring minimal business disruption


• Own SAP BW landscape (BW on HANA/BW4HANA) including design, development and support


• Assess current architecture and define optimization / modernization roadmap


• Ensure data quality, performance tuning and system stability


• Collaborate with business, functional and cross-technology teams (ETL, reporting, analytics)


• Establish best practices, coding standards and governance


• Drive incident resolution, root cause analysis and continuous improvement


• Mentor team members and build a high‑performing delivery team

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in SAP BW with strong hands‑on expertise


• Proven experience in transition / KT from incumbent vendors


• Deep knowledge of BW on HANA / BW4HANA, data modeling and performance optimization


• Familiarity with SAP ecosystem (e.g., SAP HANA, SAP BO or SAC)


• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills


• Capability to operate in a fast‑paced, client‑facing environment