Senior SAP BO/BI Platform Administrator

Compunnel Inc.; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking an experienced SAP BO/BI Administrator in Greensboro, NC. In this role, you will manage the lifecycle of the SAP BusinessObjects/Business Intelligence platform, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery readiness. Responsibilities include installation, configuration, monitoring, and performance tuning of BI services. Ideal candidates should have over 12 years of experience in the field, with strong technical expertise in SAP BO/BI 4.3 and disaster recovery planning. Excellent communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in SAP BO/BI administration.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP BO/BI 4.3 and readiness for BI 2025.
• Expertise in CMC, BI Launchpad, server clustering, scheduling, promotions, and security.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, patch, and upgrade BO/BI servers.
• Provision users and groups with granular permissions.
• Monitor services, jobs, and instances for platform stability.

Skills

SAP BO/BI administration

SQL optimization

Disaster Recovery planning

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

SAP BO/BI 4.3

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

We are seeking an experienced SAP BO/BI Administrator to own the lifecycle management of the SAP BusinessObjects/Business Intelligence platform.

This role involves installation, configuration, patching, security, monitoring, and ensuring high availability and disaster recovery readiness.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with development teams and business stakeholders to maintain reliable and performant BI services.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Administration: Install, configure, patch, and upgrade BO/BI servers; manage server groups, nodes, clusters; administer CMC and BI Launchpad; enforce platform security and folder/project structures.
• User & Content Management: Provision users and groups; set granular permissions; manage universes, connections (DSN/TNS), and schedules; promote content across Dev/QA/Prod environments with proper approvals.
• Operations & Performance: Monitor services, jobs, and instances; analyze logs; tune platform and database connections for throughput and stability; support OS/DB patch windows.
• Disaster Recovery (DR): Design and maintain DR runbooks; define and validate RPO/RTO; implement backup/restore of CMS DB & Input/Output FRS; configure failover/failback; lead DR drills and audit readiness.
• Migration & Regression: Lead content migrations, including large-scale waves; manage inventory, movement, and regression validation.
• Cross-Platform Collaboration: Work with Windows/Linux admins and DB teams; coordinate release/change windows; communicate outages and status updates clearly to stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum 12+ years in SAP BO/BI administration.
• Technical Expertise:
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP BO/BI 4.3 (SPs) and readiness for BI 2025.
• Expertise in CMC, BI Launchpad, server clustering, scheduling, promotions, and security.
• Proficiency in writing and optimizing complex SQL (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL/MySQL).
• Understanding of views, stored procedures, query tuning, and connection pooling.
• DR & HA: Practical experience creating DR plans, backups, recovery procedures, and executing DR tests.
• OS & Infrastructure: Working knowledge of Windows and Linux server administration for BO services.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and incident management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Tableau or Power BI administration (licensing, site/workspace setup, access governance).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.