SAP BI 4.0 Administrator

Job Description
Job Description & Expectations

• Be a self starter on a team of highly qualified and knowledgable employees and consultants who have years of SAP BOBJ experience and need you to assist them in the move to BI 4.0.
• The Business Objects Administrator will be responsible for the implementation and support of Business Objects Suite of tools
• Mentor and provide expertise to team members when it comes to the differences in the BI 4.0 environment when compared with the XI3.1 environment.
• Provide support for SAP Business Objects Suite – Includes installation, configuration, monitoring and upgrade management.
• · Provide expertise in undocumented challenges with BI 4.0 configuration and content migrations (Crystal, WEBI, Universes and Dashboards)
• Assist in the setting up of a new BI 4.0 Environment.
• Contribute to client satisfaction by providing timely and responsive value added business solutions and work products.
• Business requirements analyst. Analyze and evaluate requests for new or modified reporting access needs to determine feasibility, cost and time required, compatibility with current system.

Required Skills
• Business Objects Administration in BI 4.0 and XI3.1
• Technical Architecture Design with Business Objects

Required Experience
• Demonstrated success in building, implementing and supporting BI enterprise
• Demonstrated proficiency using BI tools (Business Objects Suite 4.0, Business Objects Suite XI R3.1).
• Experience upgrading BusinessObjects XI 3.1 to BI 4.0
• Knowledge and Experience in sizing BI 4.0.
• Experience as a Business Objects administrator in an organization with at least 500 users
• Experience in a technical advisory and implementation role with at least one major release upgrade of Business Objects.
• Experience in a technical advisory and implementation role for a Business Objects upgrade in which an upgraded system is to be run in parallel with legacy system for an extended period of time.

Preferred Skills & Experience
• Installing BI 4.0 in a virtualized enivironment, a plus.
• Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with team, management, customers and vendors
• Experience with Tomcat (preferred) or other java web application server.
• Understanding of connectivity to various data sources such as BW, Oracle and SQL Server is a plus.
• Experience with Crystal Reports, Universes, Webi, SAP Dashboards and Oracle a plus

Additional Information
Start date – ASAP.
6m contract