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

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