Locals Or Nearby Urgent Need Cognos Administrator

H1B GC and Citizens only

Hi Friends,

Hope you are doing great,

I have an urgent requirement from one of my esteem client, I will appreciate if you can have an eye on the below requirement and send me your consultant updated profile ASAP.

Position Title: Cognos Administrator

Location: Reston, VA (Locals Or Nearby)

Duration: Up to 12 months

Phone and in person interview required.

Responsibilities: The overall responsibilities include but is not limited to the following:

* Responsible for installation, configuration, upgrading and maintaining Cognos 10 BI platform in a distributed AIX environment

* Perform Cognos Install and perform upgrades to Cognos

* Provide Configuration, architectural support & guidance for BI environment

* Administering Cognos BI systems on a day-to-day basis to ensure platforms meet our SLAs. This might include installation, support, configuration and tuning

* Provide 24/7 support for Web Reporting issues in the environment with ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues

* Implement migrations, upgrades, patches and service pack implementations in all environments

* Maintain Cognos portal customization and implement new customizations as per business requirement

* Maintain application security as per IBM best practices and handle access requests on a daily basis

* Implement proactive monitors on application and troubleshoot any performance issues

* Participate in Quarterly disaster recovery exercises to recover application in DR site

* Work closely with DBA team to address any performance issues related to Cognos reports and ETL modules

* Work with system admin and network teams to troubleshoot any system level issues impacting application health

* Available for 24/7 support in case of severity 1 production incidents

* Available for off-hour/weekend support for patching and other application maintenance activities

Required Skills:

* 6+ years of experience in Cognos administration

* Manage and drive third parties to the quick resolution of change

* Good exposure of infrastructure technologies

* Strong communication skills, ability to establish and maintain positive collaborative relationship with team members

* Experience in preparing technical design documentation

If my requirement matches your resume, then please do reply on my email id alih(at)usmsystems(dot)com and contact no is 703-955-3955