FileMaker Server Administrator

We are seeking FileMaker Server Administrator.

Required Experience: Experience recovering FileMaker Server access, experience working with FileMaker Server and FileMaker Cloud, and experience transferring on-prem FileMaker databases to FileMaker Cloud.

Responsibilities:

Phase 1: Recover Admin-Level Access to FileMaker Server

• Project staff will gain administrative-level user access to the Agency s on-premise instance FileMaker Server v13 and create a new set of administrative-level access credentials for the Agency. Project staff will then create two local backups of the Agency s FileMaker database.
• Recover administrative-level user access to FileMaker Server v13.
• Create one (1) set of administrative-level user access credentials to FileMaker Server.
• Create two (2) backups of the database running on FileMaker Server.

Phase 2: Create New Database in FileMaker Cloud Identical in Structure to Existing On-Premise Database

• Project staff will create a new (unpopulated) database on the FileMaker Cloud platform that duplicates the structure (schema) of the Agency s existing on-premise FileMaker database.
• Create new database on FileMaker Cloud duplicating the existing on-premise database structure and function.

Phase 3: Transfer a Copy of the On-Premise FileMaker Database to FileMaker Cloud

• Project staff will upload a copy of the Agency s on-premise FileMaker database to the new FileMaker Cloud database created in Phase 2. Using the existing on-premise database as a reference, project staff will then verify that the new cloud database is accurately populated and fully functional.
• Verify readiness of on-premise FileMaker database copy for upload to FileMaker Cloud
• Remediate any pre-upload issues (if necessary)
• Upload database copy to FileMaker Cloud
• Verify cloud database functionality and accuracy by...
• Ensuring all records have successfully uploaded
• Ensuring all record data fields function properly
• Selecting at least 350 nonsequential records and comparing them to the same record in the on-premise database to ensure all data fields have properly populated
• Certifying the above to the Agency