Job Description

BUSINESS OBJECTS TECHNICAL ADMINISTRATOR / DEVELOPER JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain the ERP Business Objects technical environment to be able to provide reports migration support to users of the ERP (CGI InfoAdvantage) Deski and Webi reports
• Migration of Deski reports, universes, users along with security settings from development or testing environment to production environment following Change Management processes
• Work with Business Objects components - Designer, BI Launchpad, CMC, CCM, Web Rich Client, Web Services, IDT, Dashboards, etc.
• Create new data structures and universes, Web Intelligence (Webi) ad-hoc and canned reports, dashboards with multiple hyperlinks to various reports
• Design and develop universes supporting multiple levels of hierarchies for drill down and drill across reports
• Create and maintain Business Objects security groups, folders and categories to ensure only authorized personnel can access universes

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Educational background preferably in the fields of Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• Must have extensive Business Objects administration experience and hands-on knowledge of the Business Objects stack of products including installation, troubleshooting, upgrade, configuration, and maintenance
• Must have experience supporting business intelligence report developers and designers using Business Objects client tools and data services
• Must have proven experience in using the BO Universe Design Tool (UDT) and/or the Information Design Tool (IDT)
• Must have good understanding of universe concepts such as contexts, aliases, aggregate awareness, navigation paths, filters, business layer views, performance tuning strategies and techniques to resolve traps, universe linking, and integration of data
• Must have reports development background using WEBI and WEBI Rich client
• Proficiency in developing, troubleshooting complex SQL Queries and stored procedures and optimize if required
• Experience with Oracle database and other relational databases
• Must have excellent technical writing and documentation skills