Skills:
Expert in Actuate report development and java development using web-services.
Experience with Actuate RSSE, Archiving extension, Logging Consolidator, KPIs, Information Console customization, and automated deployments.
Expert in administering Tomcat and J2EE web development.
Business Objects/Cognos exposure is a plus
Description:
Own the engineering of the MSSB Shared Actuate & Business Objects plants. Interface with the engineers that own associated services such LDAP, databases, web servers, windows administration, and network, etc..
Work with the operations teams to providing run books, operating procedures & processes, and planning activities.
Provide tier-3 support upon escalation.
Work with application development teams to onboard them, perform upfront design reviews & guidance, perform subsequent code reviews, and troubleshoot application problems.
Plan major upgrade activities. Monitor patch release notes, summarize relevant fixes, and plan patch upgrade activities.
Continuously improve performance and efficiency by implementing application monitoring, periodic system health reports, and identifying improvement opportunities. Perform periodic system health reports and identify issues and opportunities.
Build automation to improve operations efficiency & quality such as automating deployments and tooling to simplify troubleshooting and routine administrative activities.
Oversee development of test suite to regression test environments after changes to assess before/after performance and functional impact.
Directly develop SDK applications for deploying, archiving, authenticating, monitoring, administering, and testing.
Ticket all engineering driven changes, write test plans, and verify successful implementation.
Able to write specifications and provide supervision to offshore/vendor resources.
Train or mentor others as appropriate on specific area of systems expertise; assist in development of training materials and/or conduct training.