*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, * *geo...@maisasolutions.com* <geo...@maisasolutions.com> <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 sap-basis+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sap-basis@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sap-basis. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
