SAP BI Upgrade Lead

Role: SAP BI Upgrade Lead

Location: Any CGI

Exp:8+ Years

Your future duties and responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced SAP Business Intelligence (BI) professional to lead and execute the SAP BI Data Services platform upgrade from version 4.3 to the 2025 release across multiple business towers. The ideal candidate will possess deep technical expertise in SAP BI/Data Services, strong upgrade and migration experience, and the ability to coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure a seamless transition with minimal business disruption.

Lead the end-to-end upgrade of SAP Business Intelligence Data Services from version 4.3 to SAP BI 2025 across multiple business towers.

Assess existing BI/Data Services landscapes, integrations, and dependencies to develop comprehensive upgrade plans.

Execute upgrade activities, including installation, configuration, migration, validation, and post-upgrade support.

Perform impact analysis and identify risks associated with the upgrade process.

Coordinate with infrastructure, database, application, and business teams to ensure successful implementation.

Validate system performance, functionality, security, and data integrity following the upgrade.

Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues encountered during planning, execution, and post-deployment phases.

Develop and maintain technical documentation, upgrade procedures, and knowledge transfer materials.

Ensure adherence to organizational standards, governance, and best practices throughout the project lifecycle.

Provide status updates and recommendations to project leadership and stakeholders.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

Deep SAP Business Intelligence and SAP Data Services expertise

8+ years of SAP BI experience

Proven experience in SAP BI/Data Services upgrades and migrations

Strong understanding of SAP BI 4.3 and BI 2025 architecture

Experience with ETL, repository migration, and performance tuning

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

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