Sr. Data Engineer, Analyst BW/Hana (Engineering Ops)

About the role

Although we're an apparel and footwear-focused company, technology is central to everything we do . Columbia Sportswear's Digital Technology (CDT) group enables an IT infrastructure across four global brands, a global supply chain, and 500+ geographically dispersed stores . These teams support in-store, mobile, and data platforms to enhance customer interface and service in an ever-evolving industry. The Business Systems Analyst - SAP & Cloud Analytics is a critical member of Columbia Sportswear's Data & Analytics organization, supporting enterprise analytics across SAP and modern cloud platforms. This role works in close partnership with the Senior Data Engineer - BW and collaborates routinely with the Commercial , Supply Chain Databricks engineering team to deliver scalable, high‑impact analytics solutions. The BSA plays a central role in continuous improvement, production support, and requirements analysis for widely used SAP‑based analytics assets, while also contributing to the evolution of analytics on Azure Databricks and Power BI. Acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and multiple engineering teams, this role ensures that work is well‑understood, prioritized, and delivers incremental business value. This position is well‑suited for a technically inclined analyst or former developer who enjoys working across platforms, coordinating delivery, and growing into modern cloud‑based analytics while leveraging strong SAP ecosystem knowledge. HOW YOU'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE Continuous Improvement & Production Support Partner closely with the Sr. Data Engineer - BW to deliver incremental enhancements to highly utilized SAP BW reporting and analytics assets Triage, analyze, and manage incoming support tickets and enhancement requests, focusing on root cause understanding and business impact Help ensure stability, usability, and performance of enterprise analytics used by Finance, Commercial, and Supply Chain teams Identify improvement opportunities that incrementally increase value without disrupting core reporting SAP Analytics & Domain Expertise Serve as a SAP analytics knowledge resource for the broader data engineering organization, including engineers primarily working in Databricks Explain SAP ECC / BW data structures, hierarchies, metrics, and business logic to support downstream data modeling and analytics Provide functional and data level context to help teams correctly interpret and use SAP sourced data in cloud platforms Contribute to documentation and shared understanding of critical SAP datasets and analytics behavior Cloud & Modern Analytics Collaboration Work directly with the Commercial , Supply Chain Databricks engineering team to clarify requirements, validate data, and align SAP sourced analytics with cloud delivery patterns Support analytics initiatives that span SAP BW, Databricks, and Power BI, ensuring consistency and clarity across platforms Partner with engineers and analysts to enable trusted Power BI semantic models and datasets sourced from both SAP and cloud environments Grow hands-on familiarity with Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and Power BI, contributing to analysis, validation, and backlog readiness Requirements & Stakeholder Coordination Engage with business stakeholders to gather, refine, and document analytics requirements, including metrics, logic, filters, and data validation needs Translate business requests into clear, actionable requirements suitable for BW, Databricks, or Power BI delivery Coordinate work across SAP BW engineers, cloud data engineers, and analytics teams to ensure expectations and delivery timelines are aligned Communicate status, risks, and outcomes clearly to both technical and non ‑ technical audiences YOU ARE Comfortable operating across SAP and modern cloud analytics platforms Organized and proactive at managing work intake and prioritization Confident communication with engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders Motivated to grow into modern analytics delivery while leveraging deep SAP knowledge YOU HAVE Bachelor's degree in Information Systems , Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience Experience working in or supporting SAP analytics environments (SAP BW, BW on HANA, or SAP ECC reporting) Strong understanding of enterprise reporting concepts, metrics, and data quality considerations Experience triaging issues, analyzing production data problems, and supporting widely used analytics assets Proven ability to gather, document, and communicate business and technical requirements Experience collaborating with data engineers or BI teams in an Agile or iterative delivery environment Strong written and verbal communication skills PREFERRED / NICE TO HAVE Prior experience as a developer, data engineer, or BI engineer Familiarity with Commercial , Supply Chain analytics domains Exposure to Databricks, cloud data platforms, or Azure analytics

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