Cognos Administrator

8 Years ago • All levels

Administartive

Job Description

The Cognos Administrator will be responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining Cognos BI 10 & 11.xx in non-production and production environments. This includes managing user access, monitoring schedules, and deploying reports and packages. The administrator will work with developers, support teams, and other IT resources to troubleshoot issues and ensure proper system functionality. They will also manage Cognos servers, apply patches, and coordinate outages. Furthermore, the administrator will be involved in system performance optimization, implementing best practices, monitoring server resources, and administering schedules. Creating and maintaining user roles/permissions and analyzing logs for issue resolution are also part of the responsibilities. Additionally, the administrator will generate and maintain system administration documentation and update security plans.

Must Have:

Install and configure Cognos on Linux systems
Knowledge of AWS is required
Administer, configure, tune, and maintain Cognos BI
Perform daily Cognos activities
Manage Cognos servers and apply patches

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Job Description

Cognos Administrator

Beaverton, OR

· 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