Cognos Administrator

JOB DESCRIPTION:

TITLE: COGNOS ADMINISTRATOR

LOCATION PITTSBURGH, PA 15238

COGNOS ADMINISTRATION, INSTALLATION, AND CONFIGURATION EXPERIENCE, NO BI DEVELOPERS

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Installation of releases of Cognos Application Servers (both 32 bit and 64 bit installs)
- Installation and configuration of Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, Metric Studio, Cognos ReportNet and analysis tools such Cognos Transformer
- Patching, Upgrade, Migration of Cognos Application Servers
- Maintain the integrity, security, performance and availability of Cognos environments
- High availability and Disaster recovery - installation and configuration at Application Server layer
- Install, upgrade, patch, configure, troubleshoot and administer a variety of 3rd party vendor tools
- Performs database and software life cycle activities to ensure highest level of system performance and availability and compliance with business requirements
- Monitor Application Servers for compliance with established standards, policies, configuration guidelines and procedures
- Provide capacity analysis reports/data and recommendations for improvements
- Analyze Java Heap dumps and provide root cause analysis for application teams
- Responsible for Application Server backup/recovery, performance analysis and tuning, and monitoring
- Deployments at Database level, Cognos, Middleware products, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere commerce applications, Version control systems
- Advanced troubleshooting (ability to think outside of box) and advanced Shell Scripting for all databases involving Oracle, SQL Server, Commerce, WebSphere
- Installation and security implementation Middleware infrastructure components
- Configuration and maintenance of web-tier infrastructure (Apache, IIS, etc.)
- Patching, cloning, troubleshooting application errors/issues, App and SQL tuning, advanced troubleshooting (ability to think outside of box) for Cognos tools

QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, ie, military, trade school, certificate, etc.
- 5-7 years of Cognos administration experience