Tableau Server Administrator

For a 1 year project with our customer in Basel, we are looking ASAP for a

Tableau Server Administrator

The core task of the IDW (Integrated Data Warehouse) team is to provide stable and performing BI platforms to more than 150 reporting projects worldwide.

Tasks:

- Review the setup of the current Tableau system and configure the Tableau components/Servers according to best practices
- Responsible for keeping the Tableau environments up and running and performance tuning and sizing of the platform
- Refine and enhance the technical architecture to keep pace with changing business demands and new Tableau software releases
- Provide guidance insight on data visualization and Tableau dashboard design best practices
- Working with application teams/vendors for troubleshooting
- Support of developers and project teams in process related and technical topics
- Follow proper quality assurance procedures
- Daily monitoring Servers/systems and respond quickly to alerts (triggered by monitoring routines or projects)
- Investigate the impact of new software components and recommend actions taking the impact on the whole system into account.
- Evaluation of hardware, operating systems, standard packages, communication applications and universal applications.
- Installation, generation, modification, integration, testing and release of new operating, universal and standard software (Release management)
- Investigation and correction of system level problems.
- Definition and/or creation of system security policies, checklists, change and problem management procedures as well as procedures for backup and data security.
- Improvement of installation and handover processes. Update of system documentation and system guidelines.
- Support and direct the system developers and system users in system technical questions.
- Creation of procedures, escalation processes and rules for handling exceptional situations (Recovery/Restart).
- Carry out complex reconstruction and recovery processes (Recovery/Restart)
- Develop concepts for tuning or performance management and identification and removal of error states on hardware, software and communication components

Requirements:

- depth understanding of Tableau architecture
- 2+ years of Tableau Administrator Experience
- Deployment of Tableau Server in clustered environment and performing upgrades
- Implementation of Proactive Tableau Environment Health Checks
- Experience with Tableau application performance monitoring, capacity planning
- Experience with Active Directory Integration/Synchronization with Tableau
- Able to assist Developers and troubleshoot Tableau reports, dashboards, etc.
- Understanding of semantic layers

The following skills would be a plus:
- SAP Business Objects experience
- SAP Business Warehouse experience
- Experience of Oracle

Are you interested in this position? Then we are looking forward to receiving your application.