Cognos Administrator

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Position: Cognos Administrator

Location: Baltimore ,MD

Rate: DOE

Duration : 6months +

F2F is must after telephonic round

Description:  Cognos Administrator with Unix experience.  Environment is 100% Solaris - solaris experience is not specifically needed as any Unix experience will be fine.  Client wants someone heavy Cognos Administration - not someone who is an Admin/Developer.

Key Skills:  Cognos Administration and Unix

Description:

·                 Experience with Cognos software installation and support with the understanding of how it runs and the interaction of the pieces. This includes such software modules as Impromptu, ReportNet, Framework Manager, etc.

·                 The Cognos Admin responsible for planning, conducting, and directing the analysis and implementation of Cognos system integrations, empowering and training users in Cognos, and helping to ensure the ongoing support, development, and maintenance of the Cognos tool. 

·                 The incumbent of this position possesses strong analysis skills with the ability to identify, review, and evaluate existing data structures.

·                 He/she must apply a broad knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures related to the Cognos environment and usually work with minimum supervision

Responsibilities:

·          Coordinate with project team members and vendor to ensure timely, accurate, and complete delivery of committed tasks.

·          Promote and ensure appropriate use of the Cognos.

·          Develop and deliver Cognos presentations and trainings.

·          May be assisted by Entry Level personnel and usually reports to or works with a Senior Level specialist.

·          Assignments are broad in nature, usually requiring originality and ingenuity.

·          Adheres to applicable CMMI policies and procedures.

·          Responsible for providing recommendations for improving the clients CMMI standard processes and procedures for area of responsibility.

Experience Requirements:

·          4+ years Cognos Administration Experience

·          Solutions for development of cubes, dashboards and reports using Cognos

·          Cognos Administration to include: Installation and Configuration; LDAP and AD Security configuration, Performance Management.

·          Constructing data decomposition diagrams, providing data flow diagrams and documenting the process.

·          Identifying and documenting data quality issues and data patterns.

·          Writing code for database access, modification and construction including stored procedures.

·          Familiarity with a variety of the field concepts, practices and procedures. Ability to rely on instruction and pre-established guidelines to perform function of the job.

·          Experience using other Business Intelligence Reporting/Querying tools as well various ETL Tools.  (Examples- Informatica, MicroStrategy, and Business Objects) would be beneficial.

Required Skills:

·          Strong SQL skills

·          Experience working on multiple platforms (Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Teradata)

·          Demonstrating some capability in: OLAP, Reporting, and/or Modeling

·          Contributing to the creation and delivery of presentations to project teams

·          Performing a variety of tasks with some degree of creativity and latitude.

·          Good understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices

·          Good oral and written communication skills