Cognos Administrator
Location: Atlanta, GA OR Forth Worth, TX ( Remote)
Duration: 12+ Months Contract
*** This role is remote but candidates
need to near the Atlanta or the Fort Worth Office***
Job Description:
Seeking an experienced Cognos
Administrator to support and maintain their enterprise Business Intelligence
environment. This individual will be responsible for the administration,
performance, stability, and ongoing enhancement of IBM Cognos Analytics while
partnering with reporting developers, data teams, and business stakeholders to
deliver reliable reporting solutions.
Responsibilities
- Administer, maintain,
and support IBM Cognos Analytics environments, including Development,
Test, Production, and Disaster Recovery.
- Lead and support Cognos
upgrades, including Cognos v11 migrations and enhancements.
- Monitor system
performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize platform stability and
scalability.
- Manage software
installation, configuration, security, licensing, deployments, and
environment maintenance.
- Provide technical
support and guidance to reporting developers and business users.
- Participate in business
continuity, disaster recovery, change management, incident management, and
problem resolution activities.
- Collaborate with Data
Warehouse, Infrastructure, Application Development, and Business teams to
deliver reporting and analytics solutions.
- Develop and maintain
documentation, best practices, standards, and operational procedures.
- Support production
environments, including occasional on-call responsibilities.
- Recommend system
improvements and new capabilities to enhance reporting and analytics
performance.
Required
Qualifications
- 5–7+ years of experience
designing, developing, administering, and supporting Business Intelligence
platforms.
- Strong hands-on
experience administering IBM Cognos Analytics.
- Experience with Cognos
v11 upgrades and migrations.
- Experience with system
performance monitoring, tuning, troubleshooting, and environment
management.
- Knowledge of security
administration, software deployments, and BI platform governance.
- Experience supporting
enterprise reporting environments within Data Warehouse and Operational
Data Store ecosystems.
- Strong analytical,
problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred
Qualifications
- Power BI Administration
and/or Development experience.
- Experience supporting
large-scale enterprise analytics environments.
- Familiarity with ITIL
processes, including Change Management, Configuration Management, Incident
Management, and Problem Management.
- Experience working with
cross-functional business and technical teams.
Thanks,
Vardhan