Business Objects Administrator

On behalf of our client in the Life Science industry, Harvey Nash is looking for a Business Objects Administrator for a 6 + month project in Switzerland.

You are responsible for
- Keeping the Business Objects environments up and running
- Configuration of Business Objects components/Servers according to best practices
- Permanent review and sizing of the platform
- Engineering of new Business Objects major versions (server and client) as well as patches
- Planning and coordination of platform life cycle with projects running on the platform
- Tuning of all components of the Business Objects platform
- Working with application teams/vendors for troubleshooting
- Support of developers and project teams in process related and technical topics
- Following proper quality assurance procedures
- Daily monitoring Servers/systems and respond quickly to alerts (triggered by monitoring routines or projects)
- Migrating content between multiple Business Objects environments (Content promotions)

Requirements

- Several years of relevant work experience installing, maintaining and monitoring Business Objects server systems in a clustered environment
- In depth understanding of Business Objects architecture
- Experience with Business Objects administration and security processes (Windows)
- Experience with all aspects of CMC, CMS and CCM administration, including troubleshooting and tuning
- Experience on Business Objects Integration with Active Directory, SAP and Single sign on (ie Siteminder)
- Experience in managing Tomcat web-tier application
- Experience with migrating reports, universes, Dashboards etc. using UMT and LifeCyle Manager
- Ability to troubleshoot all kind of problems with Business Objects software such as Explorer, Web Intelligence, Universes, Crystal Reports
- Preferred Certification: SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform
- Mastering of Business Objects Developer Tools like WebIntelligence, Dashboard, Crystal Reports, BO Explorer, Universe Designer, Information Design Tool and Lumira
- SAP Business Warehouse experience is welcome

Are you available immediately, have experience working within a Life Science company? Please send your complete CV (Word documents preferred)