Cognos Administrator

Responsibilities

• Installing and Configuring Cognos on Linux systems
• Knowledge of AWS a must
• Administering, configuring, tuning, and maintaining Cognos BI 10 & 11.xx in non‑prod and Production environments
• Performing daily Cognos activities, such as report/package/cube deployments, managing users access, monitoring schedules, and monitoring overall system
• Working with Cognos developers, IBM support, database administrators, and other IT operations resources to troubleshoot issues and ensure the system is working properly
• Managing Cognos servers, including applying patches
• Working closely with the report developers to manage deployments and security throughout the environment
• Planning and coordinating outages with development team, database team, and other stakeholders
• Managing the architecture, capacity, security, and system performance optimization (both Cognos and Windows), making technical recommendations as needed
• Researching, assessing, and implementing Cognos best practices
• Monitoring server resource utilization and administering servers to maintain system efficiency
• Utilizing third‑party tools to support administration and monitoring of system resources
• Administering a large number of schedules and events to ensure best performance
• Creating and maintaining Cognos user roles/permissions, working closely with the Active Directory Team
• Analyzing Cognos and other server/system logs on a daily basis to identify and proactively resolve those issues
• Generating and maintaining system administration documentation, including configuration specifications and rationale for specifications in environment
• Maintaining and updating security plans
• Implementing, documenting, and coordinating server and storage policies procedures, and standards