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Hope you are doing good! This is very urgent opening. Please send your available matching candidates on sa...@riderconsultinginc.com Role : Cognos BI Administrator Location : Portland, Oregon Duration : 3+Months Interview:phone /Face to Face face to face interview after telephonic round General Position Summary: The Cognos Administrator's role is to design, develop, install, monitor and maintain an enterprise business intelligence environment while ensuring high levels of application availability. This role requires expertise in the strategy, planning, installation, configuration, and administration of the Cognos BI/TM1 10 suite of tools. The Cognos Developer role/aspect requires knowledge and hands-on experience with Business Intelligence (BI) technologies and Cognos products. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both roles but will focus primarily on the administrative function. Essential Functions/Responsibilities: Administration · Participate in the upgrade of software/releases, including the customization of functionality and the performance of technical tests to ensure minimal impact on the business · Respond to and resolve access and performance issues for our business users · Manage communication with IBM / Cognos on debugging efforts and trouble tickets · Management of application recovery/safeguard protocols · Documentation of environment / production change controls logs · Lead application performance monitoring efforts / job monitoring/audits/system usage · Conduct research and make recommendations on Cognos BI/TM1 and related technology products, services, protocols and standards in support of Business Intelligence analytics and reporting · Drive the development/maintenance of the Cognos BI environment and infrastructure · Develop, implement and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications · Installation and upgrades of Cognos applications across multiple environments · Design and deployment of Cognos application / hardware architecture · Understand/execute release/change management processes for changes to business applications · Take ownership of a problem and communicate status / risks to manager regarding solution delivery · Must be able to work independently and prioritize work effectively, as well as to function as an effective team member in a local and virtual team development environment · Stay current on technologies, current issues, trends and tools affecting BI development · Assist in the evaluation and implementation of new BI tools and capabilities · Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve application issues and code defects; escalates as appropriate · Participate in continuous process improvement activities and initiatives · Participate in firm-wide Architecture / Engineering working groups, and ensure that the technology organization is aligned to corporate technology directions · Provide maintenance, support and enhancements to TM1 Web and Application servers · Other duties as assigned Development · Develop new and maintain existing Cognos BI reporting solutions. · Participate in full development lifecycle within Cognos reporting suite, from developing business requirements to change management processes and ensuring changes are properly tested and migrated to production. · Assist with dimensional modeling, metadata definition. · Participate in integration, performance, and user acceptance testing for BI solutions. · Write and maintain technical documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, testing, changes, and corrections. · Provide technical assistance with troubleshooting reports/models/cubes by responding to inquiries and questions. · Collaborate with outside team members and management by gathering information and understanding the business needs and objectives to produce deliverables. · Collaborate with subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs. Specific Job Skills: · Good project management skills and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures and project lifecycle models · Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment with the ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment · Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail and an ability to work with minimal supervision · Ability to conduct research into database issues, standards and products as required · Exceptional analytical, conceptual and problem-solving abilities · Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills and strong customer service orientation · Able to effectively prioritize tasks in a high-pressure environment · Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities · Able to work independently · Read, write, speak and understand English · Self-motivated and able to handle more than one function at a time by being well organized Experience: · Overall 5 to 8 years of general IT experience · Technical experience with Cognos BI tools in installing, configuring and supporting applications · Working technical experience with data warehouse designing, building, installing, configuring and supporting · Experience with IT Network/Infrastructure diagrams/flowcharting techniques · 2 years of direct experience in business intelligence administration and enterprise-level application and automated integration, preferred · Experience in hands-on software troubleshooting with ability to conduct research into emerging technologies and programming languages · Skills in project management and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures and lifecycle models · Technical knowledge of basic and complex network protocols, standard and PC operating systems and a strong understanding of relational/ dimensional data structures, theories, principles and practices · Technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols and standards with understanding of all basic technical platforms · Expertise in dealing with user problems and vendor relationships · Experience with other BI Tools is a plus (i.e. Tableau, Qlik, Microsoft Power BI) Education: · Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer science, computer engineering or reasonably similar discipline, preferred · Ideal candidates will possess significant experience and/or certifications around any of the following technologies: o IBM Cognos (Implementation Specialist, Certified SQL Specialist) o Microsoft Windows OS, VM, Citrix Samir Sr. Technical Recruiter (Team Lead) Rider Consulting Inc. sa...@riderconsultinginc.com 980-272-1261 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. 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