OBIEE/ODI Administrator : Rockville, MD (Day-1 Fully Onsite)

OBIEE/ODI Administrator

Location: Rockville, MD (Day-1 Fully Onsite)

Duration: 12+ month contract with possibility to extension

This individual may be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Installation and configuration of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and ODI 12c environments;
• Creation of users and roles in multiple environments;
• Administration of the RDP presentation layer;
• Maintaining existing and future OBIEE/ODI 12c environments;
• Applying patches to fix bugs, add new functionality and features, schedule maintenance, and installing of maintenance releases;
• Installing, upgrading and configuring OBIEE tools;
• Proficiency in the use of repository variables;
• Supporting ETL and data warehousing applications and tools. (Informatica/DAC and ODI)
• Understanding of Weblogic and Fusion middleware administration;
• Installation, configuration and administration of BI Publisher;
• Monitoring using Oracle Enterprise Manager;
• Experience in Single Sign-on integration;
• Administration of data level security and object level security;
• Integration of tools to Identity Management application, specifically, Active Directory;
• Customization of OBIEE skins and styles;
• Coordination with cross infrastructure teams such as Database Administrators, Identity Management team and Server team;
• Creating schedules and cutover plans for major upgrades and complex patches;
• Cloning of instances for test environments and disaster recovery;
• Creation of e-mail distribution groups using Active Directory tools;
• Working knowledge of Oracle eBusiness system administration;
• Understanding of design, installation, configuration, and administration of OBIEE in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure;
• Participate in design and staff meetings. The administrator will be required to attend regularly scheduled team and planning meetings;
• Staying abreast of the standards and best practices of OBIEE administration, reporting/dashboards, and data analytics;
• Perform as the lead in troubleshooting and analyzing production OBIEE administration issues, including documentation of the root cause and any configuration changes required to resolve;
• Lead efforts for new implementations, enhancements and production support;
• Create service requests with Oracle and work with developers, DBAs and Oracle to resolution;
• Coordinate any production migrations of administrative configurations ensuring proper audit protocols are followed;
• Review patch releases and make recommendations on any system enhancements;
• Develop desk procedures and documentation.

Skills/Experience preferred includes:

• Requires both functional and technical understanding of Oracle OBIEE;
• Six years administration of OBIEE in a complex environment;
• Two full upgrades of OBIEE as an administration lead;
• Experience in development of project timelines, plans, requirements, scope, and issue documentation;
• Experience in collaborating with business owners to gather and document the requirements and functional specifications;
• Skilled in data analysis, design and redesign and configuration of production modules;
• Experience working in an ERP environment that is highly integrated with multiple modules;
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills;
• Experience in business process redesign;
• Experience in conducting analysis to determine any impacts to system configurations as a result of patches or upgrades;
• Experience working in a local government environment.

Additionally, to be successful the candidate(s) will:

• Work well in a changing environment and maintain a strong positive perspective;
• Display a strong organizational commitment and interpersonal skills;
• Display teamwork within a process driven environment;
• Effectively partner and collaborate with end users and business owners who may have varied skill levels.

8 + Years of Overall IT Experience.