Packaged/SaaS Application Engineer

Job Description:

• Good understanding of the budgeting & forecasting process.
• Quick learner and able to understand implemented system functionality.
• Perform impact analysis and resolve production defects.
• Manage daily operation chores/nightly data refresh in the IBM PA project and share observations if any.
• Fix data load failure, errors and warnings.
• Variance analysis/ data validation on monthly or quarterly close.
• Ensure data archival, restore and backup procedure.
• Upgrade and apply patches for IBM PA application (on premise IBM PA on GCC Cloud).
• Experience in cutover activities and well verse in executing the steps.
• Experience in deployment activities post fixes and enhancement.
• Work closely with infrastructure team for any environment issues, security, and concerns.

Requirements:

• Minimum 3-4 years of relevant experience.

Top 3 Must have skills / Primary skills:

• IBM Planning Analytics / TM1 Cognos.
• Good knowledge in Finance budgeting processes.
• Experience in application support and development work.

Technical Skills:

• Fundamental concepts: Cube, Dimension, element and hierarchy.
• Rules and feeders.
• TI Process.
• Data Type (numeric, string, consolidation).
• PAW, PAX, Pafe, TM1 web.

PAW:

• Creating and managing cubes, dimensions, hierarchies, and subsets directly from PAW.
• Defining relationships, attributes, and aliases.
• Writing and testing rules within PAW’s rule editor.
• Building and executing TI (TurboIntegrator) processes.
• Managing feeders efficiently.

UI/UX:

• Designing intuitive PAW books and sheets.
• Using widgets, tabs, selectors, and quick reports.
• Best practices for layout, formatting, and usability.

Security:

• Object security (cube, dimension, element, process, chore).
• Cell-level security rules and application security.

Admin:

• Backup and recovery of PAW books and assets.
• Deployment and upgrade.

Others:

• Python Scripting (Good to have).
• Advance TI & Rule debugging.
• Conditional Rule.
• Feeder optimization.
• Debugging feeders.