Oracle Hyperion Technical Administrator

Role & responsibilities

Oracle Hyperion Technical Administrator - On-Premises

Role Title: Oracle Hyperion Technical Administrator

Platform: On-Premises Oracle Hyperion / EPM

Experience Level: Senior Technical Administrator / Technical Consultant

Role Summary

The Oracle Hyperion Technical Administrator will be responsible for administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, patching, monitoring, and technical support of on-premises Oracle Hyperion / EPM environments. The role is focused on infrastructure, middleware, application services, security, integrations, backups, performance, and day-to-day technical operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer on-premises Oracle Hyperion / EPM environments.

• Manage Hyperion services, WebLogic domains, Shared Services, Workspace, Planning, Essbase, HFM, Financial Reporting, FDMEE, and related components.

• Perform installation, configuration, patching, cloning, migration, and environment refresh activities.

• Monitor application services, logs, jobs, integrations, server health, and system availability.

• Troubleshoot application, middleware, Essbase, database connectivity, security, and performance issues.

• Manage user provisioning, groups, roles, Shared Services security, and LDAP / Active Directory integration.

• Support backup, restore, disaster recovery, and high availability procedures.

• Maintain configuration files, environment variables, registry settings, data source connections, and application artifacts.

• Support batch automation, MaxL scripts, EPM Automate where applicable, shell scripts, Windows scheduled tasks, and operational jobs.

• Coordinate with DBA, OS, storage, network, security, and business application teams.

• Support SIT, UAT, production deployment, cutover, and post-change validation.

• Prepare technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, health check reports, and operational handover documents.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on administration experience with on-premises Oracle Hyperion / EPM.

• Experience with Hyperion Planning, Essbase, Shared Services, Workspace, Financial Reporting, FDMEE, and WebLogic.

• Knowledge of Hyperion installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and environment migration.

• Experience managing Windows and/or Linux-based Hyperion servers.

• Understanding of Oracle Database / SQL Server connectivity, JDBC data sources, ODBC, and repository schemas.

• Experience with WebLogic administration, Java, SSL certificates, ports, deployments, and managed servers.

• Knowledge of LDAP / Active Directory integration and Hyperion security provisioning.

• Strong troubleshooting skills using logs, services, configuration files, and application diagnostics.

• Experience with backup, restore, DR, monitoring, and performance tuning.

• Basic scripting knowledge using Shell, PowerShell, Batch, MaxL, or SQL.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Hyperion 11.1.2.x and/or EPM 11.2.x.

• Experience with Essbase administration, cube maintenance, outline management, calc scripts, and MaxL.

• Knowledge of HFM, Financial Management rules, and application maintenance.

• Experience with FDMEE data loads, integrations, mappings, and batch jobs.

• Exposure to load balancers, SSL, SSO, OHS / IIS, and enterprise monitoring tools.

• Oracle Hyperion / EPM certification is preferred.

Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on Oracle Hyperion technical administration experience.

• Experience supporting production on-premises Hyperion / EPM environments.

• Experience in enterprise production support, managed services, or Oracle CSS-style support engagements is preferred.

Key Deliverables

• Stable and available Hyperion / EPM environments.

• Environment health checks and monitoring reports.

• Patch, upgrade, migration, and deployment documents.

• Backup, restore, and DR runbooks.

• Issue resolution notes and RCA documents.

• Operational SOPs and knowledge transfer material.