Business Objects Architect/developer/administrator Resume
SUMMARY
- Consultant wif 10+ years experience of Business Objects design, development, architecture and implementation.
- Technology professional wif a track record of integrating Business Objects solutions wif user/system requirements.
- Industry experience in finance, technology, manufacturing, telecom, entertainment, energy and real estate.
- In depth Knowledge of Business Objects internal components
- In depth knowledge of BOXI and its most current features
- Strong experience wif BOXI webi environment
- Strong Business Objects testing background
- Knowledge of data warehousing concepts
- Ability to communicate effectively to large end user communities
- Experience performing administration of business objects environments
- Over 5 years Universe and Report design experience
- Experienced at client facing and gathering user requirements
- Experience in teh application of Best practices and formal methodologies
- Experience in analysis, development, documentation, testing, and implementation
- Experience providing in - house support activities for internal & external customers
- Experience in analyzing user requirements and developing BO implementations
- Experience Installing server based software on Windows or Linux
- Experience configuring web and application servers
- Experience delivering formalized training and mentoring customers
- Experience developing KPI’s building dashboards and scorecards
- Experienced wif creating specifications to complex IT systems
- Knowledge of back office and trading operations
- Team Leadership and project leadership experience
- Experience managing trouble shooting and resolving system faults wifin BO
- Strong organizational skills, ability to co-ordinate across different groups
- Business Objects Certified Professional
- Design and Technical architecture skills
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Version XIR2
- Version XIR3
- Version 6.5
- Central management console
- Data Integrator
- Performance manager
- Dashboard manager
- Webintelligence
- Xelcius
- Designer
- Supervisor
- Broadcast agent
- Live Office
- Voyager
- Desktop Intelligence
- Configuration manager
- Security manager
- Migration wizard
- SDK
- Administration console
- Windows
- Microsoft IIS
- Apache Server
- Websphere
- Weblogic
- Linux
- Unix
- Oracle
- SQL Server
- Siebel
- HP Load Runner
- Quicktest Pro
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Business Objects Architect/Developer/Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Install and deploy XIR3 server, desktop and administration products
- Mentoring and hands on guidance of development teams
- Development of Universes & Reports
- Created scheduled tasks and batch processes
- Deployed Development, Staging, QA, and production environments
- Designed technical architecture for BO infrastructure
- Hands on XIR3 effort, implementation and delivery of each phase of migration
- Participated in business and technical meetings
- Administered BO environment
- Analyze user requirements and integrate wif BO implementations
- Delivered training and ongoing user support
- Liaise wif business users and technical teams as required
- Designed developed and maintain legacy business objects deployment
- Delivered technical designs and developer specifications
- Provided all round expertise on Business Objects capabilities
- Executed BO, performance and security issues
- Configured AD on windows platform
- Setup and configured clustered fault tolerant server environment
- Created Migration procedures to move content across environments
- Established Backup and recovery procedures
- Executed performance and capacity planning tests for full BO deployment
- Maintained and updated upgrades service patches and hot fixes on BO installation
- Created folders, managed content and controlled security wifin BO environment
- Managed data connections and resolved complex user issues
- Coordination wif helpdesk teams, business groups and management as to best fit solutions based on predicted usage patterns
Confidential
Business Objects Architect/Developer/Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Install and deploy XIR3 server, desktop and administration products
- Mentoring and hands on guidance of development teams
- Development of Universes Reports and Xcelcius Dashboard
- Created scheduled tasks and batch processes
- Deployed Development, Staging, QA, and production environments
- Designed technical architecture for BO infrastructure
- Hands on XIR3 effort, implementation and delivery of each phase of migration
- Participated in business and technical meetings
- Administered BO environment using Central Management Console
- Analyze user requirements and integrate wif BO implementations
- Delivered training and ongoing user support
- Liaise wif business users and technical teams as required
- Designed developed and maintain legacy business objects deployment
- Delivered technical designs and developer specifications
- Provided all round expertise on Business Objects capabilities
- Executed BO, performance and security issues
- Configured AD on windows platform
- Setup and configured clustered fault tolerant server environment
- Created Migration procedures to move content across environments
- Established Backup and recovery procedures
- Executed performance and capacity planning tests for full BO deployment
- Maintained and updated upgrades service patches and hot fixes on BO installation
- Created folders, managed content and controlled security wifin BO environment
- Managed data connections and resolved complex user issues
- Coordination wif helpdesk teams, business groups and management as to best fit solutions based on predicted usage patterns
Confidential
Senior Architect Business Objects Architect
Responsibilities:
- Development and support of BO Dashboard Manager for retirement and corporate pension plan division
- Delivery of Performance manager and crystal xelcius (workgroup) to sales and wealth management team
- Training of users and developers on PM DM and webintelligence
- Participated in business and technical meetings
- Delivered workshop training and development events
- Liaised wif business users and technical teams as required
- Designed developed and maintained entire business objects deployment
- Delivered technical designs and developer specifications
Confidential
Consultant Business Objects (Implementation Specialist)
Responsibilities:
- Providing external IT division wif understanding and guidelines around EPO Profitability application
- Creation of support and administration material along wif product training of transition team
- Provide Recommendations for stabilization and architectural deployment of EPO application
- Investigate BO implementation, performance and security issues
Confidential
Business Objects Architect/Developer
Responsibilities:
- Install and deploy XIR2 along wif data integrator
- Development of Universes and Reports
- Design and development of data Extracts for reporting environment
- Creation and implementation Scheduled ETL processes using BODI platform
- Investigate BO implementation, performance and security issues
- XIR2 Installation and upgrade from 6.5 for potential rollout to 1500 plus user base
- Administered BO environment using Central Management Console
Confidential
Business Objects Architect/Developer/Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Install and deploy XIR2 dashboard manager
- Install and deploy XIR2 Performance manager
- Development of Universes and Reports
- Development of Metrics, dimensions and KPI’s
- Deployed Development, Staging, QA, and production environments
- Designed technical architecture for BO dashboard application
- XIR2 Installation and upgrade from 6.5 for potential rollout to 1500 plus user base
- Coordinate business and technical meetings
- Administered BO environment using Central Management Console
- Develop dashboards and scorecards along wif scheduling of analytics
- Analyze user requirements and integrate wif BO implementations
Confidential
Business Objects Architect/Developer/Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Install and deploy XIR2 server, desktop and administration products
- Mentoring and hands on guidance of development teams
- Upgraded Universes Reports and custom applications
- Upgrade and migrate scheduled tasks and batch processes
- Deployed Development, Staging, QA, and production environments
- Designed technical architecture for BO infrastructure
- Hands on XIR2 migration effort, implementation and delivery of each phase of migration
- Participated in business and technical meetings
- Administered BO environment using Central Management Console
- Analyze user requirements and integrate wif BO implementations
- Delivered training and ongoing user support
- Liaise wif business users and technical teams as required
- Designed developed and maintain legacy business objects deployment
- Delivered technical designs and developer specifications
- Provided all round expertise on Business Objects 6.5 and XIR2
- Executed BO migration, implementation, performance and security issues
- Executed Migration of BO.6.5 to BO XIR2 on windows and Linux platform
- Setup and configured clustered fault tolerant server environment
- Created Migration procedures to move 6.5 content to XIR2
- Established Backup and recovery procedures
- Executed performance and capacity planning tests for full BO deployment
- Maintained and updated upgrades service patches and hot fixes on BO installation
- Created folders, managed content and controlled security wifin BO environment
- Managed data connections and resolved complex user issues
- Coordination wif offshore teams, business groups and management as to best fit solutions based on predicted usage patterns
Confidential
Business Objects Architect
Responsibilities:
- Design, re-architecture and performance tuning of custom 6.5 environment
- Creation and delivery of best practices guide lines for current deployment
- Implementation of performance tuning
- Load testing environment to identify bottlenecks
- Deployed recommended changes across Dev, Staging, QA, and production environments
- Designed technical architecture for BO webintelligence environment
- Coordinated business and technical meetings
- Administered BO environment using CMC and Administrator
- Analyzed repositories universes user reports and other system metrics
- Reviewed custom SDK application provided recommended changes to process flow
- Analyze user requirements and integrate wif BO implementations
Confidential
Business Objects Developer
Responsibilities:
- Reviewed and redesigned custom application bridge (currently in version 6.5) using XIR2 SDK
- Developed and implemented code (overseeing senior developers) for custom java application
- Training of Developers on code conversion requirements for future custom applications
Confidential
Business Objects Developer
Responsibilities:
- Tuning of application, reports, data and delivery method on current BO platform (version 5.7)
- Scoping and recommendations for XIR2 Migration requirements for delivery to over 125 client sites
- Performed health check across business units and identified all existing bottlenecks and provided solutions
Confidential
Business Objects Team Lead
Responsibilities:
- Mentoring and hands on guidance of development team for delivery of Business Objects Reporting solution
- Lead Project management, and deployment recommendations across various business groups
- Coordination Communication and handoff of various project phases to pilot and subsequent users
- Installed and deployed BO XIR2
- Setup and configured clustered fault tolerant clustered environment
- Administered BO environment using Central Management Console
- Managed Re-write of microstrategy reports
- Deployed Development, Staging, QA, and production environments
- Managed development of universes and reports (team of 7 direct reports)
- Executed performance and capacity planning tests for full BO deployment
Confidential
Business Objects Architect\Developer
Responsibilities:
- Business Objects Best practices, capacity planning, upgrade and migration
- Project management, Technical review, Business objects XI Architectural Design and deployment
- Implementation of advanced report scheduling and webi portal to over 5000 users
Confidential
Business Objects Architect
Responsibilities:
- Architect and design of business objects deployment for internal and external user access.
- Universe and report creation to support national rollout of engine specifications reporting system
- Integration of webintelligence wif plumbtree portal across a secure intranet and extranet deployment