PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible for ensuring adherence to development best practices and standards of associate application developers and application developers within their work stream. Responsible for working with junior developers with code reviews, design reviews, and unit test plan reviews. Obtains Technical Designs and Unit Test plan reviews from other Programming Staff and may perform Test Designs and Unit Test plan reviews of other developers;. Develops Unit Test Plans to test programs and ensures that standards and policies are adhered to. Authors Technical Designs (TDs) that define how a functional design will be technically enabled. This includes designing and building software applications from the ground up as well as the customization, extension, and implementation of third party software products. The position requires both technical understanding of the BW/BI development process and solutions and strong business communication skills. Working under minimal direction and exercising considerable latitude, provides technical expertise in developing business solutions. **PLEASE NOTE - candidates must be local or semi-local (w/in 100 mls or so) and preferably able to work as a W2 consultant of Experis w/out sponsorship SKILLS 7+ years experience in SAP BW/BI 7 years experience integrating data from multiple disparate systems. 7+ years experience in BI Applications 7+ years experience in Multi-dimensional databases Experience with Business Objects Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. Problem solving skills. Ability to work in a team environment. Troubleshooting skills. Ability to influence others to achieve results. Strong technical aptitude. Possesses strong product/technology/industry knowledge. Leadership Skills