*Job Title:* Business Objects Administrator *Location:* Rockville, MD
*F2F Must* *Overview:* MY client firm that is seeking an experienced Business Objects Administrator. *Responsibilities:* · Assist the Technical Lead in monitoring system performance and availability · Fine tune the system (BI & Weblogic) for optimum performance eg: sizing and dedicating WEBI services to centers running complex reports · Participate in design, installation, and configuration of the system for new implementations, upgrades and maintenance · Install and upgrade BI servers on *UNIX platform* with new version of Business Objects software and maintaining patch levels on all environments · Assist the Technical Lead in resolution of system problems, help determine a course of action, and then implement the approved approach · Attend ERIC tickets assigned by the Technical Lead in the Business Objects queue; troubleshoot (if any) issues with reports (technical support to users) · Promote management of reports/universes from one environment to another (e.g., Dev > Test > Pre-Prod > Prod) · Responsible for the overall health of the system; be able to troubleshoot and resolve issues with all BO services; assist with problem management activities such as root cause analysis. · Work with DBAs to monitor and troubleshoot performance issues. i.e query run time etc.; Review with PM weekly query run time report from DBAs · Ensure all schedules are running successfully and set up alerts to be notified when schedules fail · Work with the UNIX administrator to setup and maintain BI services startup scripts on all environments · Assist the Technical Lead in setting up and maintaining security of the system for all groups, users and folders for each center · Work with the Technical Lead to define, implement, and monitor operational measures for improving BI program quality, throughput, and solution delivery and architecture/infrastructure effectiveness · Provide PM with weekly audit reports for all BI users’ logins, permission changes and usage report by center · Test the availability of all universe connections to respective databases especially after patches and upgrades · Assist the Technical Lead in meeting with BI users to understand how they are using Business Objects and discuss performance and support issues · Configure universe connections, adding, maintaining, and deleting user accounts · Assist the Technical Lead in validation of hardware setup, impact analysis, performing application installation, configuration and security; Conduct work load analysis on production environment · Conduct regular BI repository maintenance, to include weekly restart of production services and on other environments as necessary. *Qualifications:* · *Minimum three years’ experience installing Business Objects on UNIX platform * · Experience with the entire Business Objects (BO) XI 3.1 or later Application Suite · Experience with Business Objects XI 3.1 or later in a Data Mart or Data Warehouse environment · Experience managing and sizing Business Object application servers, delivering and supporting quality, high-performance business systems · Experience working with end users to design universes that meet the needs of the business and creates quality and consistency of reporting across multiple areas · Experience developing complex Web-Intelligence reports in BO XI 3.1 or later using multiple data-providers and complex formatting. Reports require creating/merging multiple report objects and data providers and employing nested sections, breaks, filters, prompts, variables, contexts, etc. · Working knowledge of Windows and UNIX operating systems · Excellent troubleshooting and good customer service skills · Ability to comprehend complex technical and logical concepts and adapt quickly to changes · Ability to maintain own workflow and meet deadlines to best meet departmental and organizational goals · Ability to respond to frequent demands of multiple internal customers · Strong communication and interpersonal skills · Analytical, problem solving and quantitative skills. *Education/Experience:* · Bachelors degree in Information Systems or related field · 2-5 years relevant experience with the product · SAP Business Objects Certification (desirable). -- * Thanks + Regards,* *George,* *Recruitment & Business Development | Maisa Solutions* *Phone: 408-457-0571/347 812-4828, * *[email protected]* <[email protected]> <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/george-l/63/557/59b> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP BASIS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-basis. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
