BO XI Senior Administrator

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We have a Fortune 500 organization in the North Suburbs of Chicago, IL. They have an immediate need for a BO XI Administrator for a 6+ month contract opening.

***Please send all resumes/applications to Trisha at tblake@brooksource.com.***

BO XI Administrator

Client is looking for a Senior-level Business Objects Administrator to come in and help support an large enterprise initiative to migrate from BO XI R2 to version 3.1.
Client has 200 users currently on version 3.1 but has over 1500 more users to migrate to.

Candidate MUST have hands on migration experience with BO XI R2 (ideally to 3.1). Experience with Unix Platforms is a MUST!

SkillS Required****************************************** *************************
* Have at least 2 years of hands-on experience with BO XI (R2/3.1) Administration in a customized BO XI security environment on the UNIX platform (Solaris/AIX).

* Solid understanding of BO multi-tier environment (Client, Client-Server, and Server Application, Processing, Data Structure and Flow) and their role in BO XI architecture.

* Executed at least one large scale BO XI (R2/3.1) migration project being involved in all aspects of the migration including user and object migration, dependencies, maintenance, technical support, security and troubleshooting processes.

* Solid experience in using BO XI Import/Migration Wizard tool.

* Solid understanding and experience in working with BO multi-server group infrastructure and BO XI project migration across multiple environments.

* Proven design and build of user security group and folder structure with respect to its inheritance behavior and business security requirements.

* Experience in Universe Design, WebI/DeskI/Crystal report building, publishing to InfoView and using Scheduler.

* Good understanding and involvement in troubleshooting of different database connectivity to the BO application server.

* Worked with Web Infrastructure (Firewalls, Web Server and Application Server): understanding of port assignment configuration and their functional role in the BO application.

* Solid understanding of browser (IE) role in BO architecture and configuration.

* Hands-on UNIX experience (Solaris/Aix). Nice to see experience in BO XI R2/3.1 installation, applying patches, configuration and parameters tuning.

* Experience with database (Oracle, Teradata), understanding Data Warehousing concepts, database connectivity and strong SQL/PLSQL.

* Good verbal, communication and written skills.

* Understanding good customer service and relationship.

* Must be able to work in a team oriented environment and report deliverables in a timely manner.

Experience level********************************************* ********************

* Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field.

* At least 2-4 years system support and troubleshoot.

* 2-4 years BO System administration experience. Broad knowledge of clients-server application administration concepts, practices and procedure.

* Min. 2 years database/Data Warehousing experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

* Strong analytical skills to identify and resolve problems.

* Additional knowledge of SQL and programming skills PL/SQL, Java, .NET will be considered strength.