Senior Cognos Administaror

Senior Cognos Administaror

Posted 1 week ago by 1759226306

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: The role of Senior Cognos Administrator involves managing and configuring Cognos Analytics environments, including installation and upgrades. The position is remote and requires approximately 20 hours of work per week. The candidate will also be responsible for migrating content and providing documentation and support post-upgrade. Expertise in Cognos Analytics management and configuration is essential for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Install and configure Cognos Analytics environment on new servers, including upgrades from version 11.1 to 12.0 or later.
  • Configure Cognos Analytics servers post installation, including migrating content, setting up SSL and SAML, and completing setups for Cognos Framework Manager.
  • Identify and document tasks necessary for the work, provide installation and configuration documentation, and offer post-upgrade support during the first system patching period.

Key Skills:

  • Demonstrated expertise in Cognos Analytics management.
  • Experience with Cognos Analytics installation and configuration.
  • Experience with migrating Cognos Analytics environments, including framework models, reporting packages, and users.
  • Experience with conversion from Active Directory to SAML for Cognos.
  • Experience with SSL setup and implementation for a Cognos environment.
  • Experience with Cognos Analytics on Windows Server environments.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Our direct client is looking for Senior Cognos Administaror, Remote, 20 hours / week. Please send me resume, rate and contact details

Potential Assignments are:

  • Install and configure Cognos Analytics environment on new servers. This includes upgrading from our current environment on 11.1 to version 12.0 or a later version as recommended. The environments include a QA environment which is currently single server and a production environment which is currently on three servers.
  • Configure Cognos Analytics servers post installation. These tasks include migrating content including framework models, reporting packages, and users for all environments, setting up SSL and SAML, completing all relevant setups required for Cognos Framework Manager installation.
  • Identify and document tasks necessary to perform needed work. Provide install and configuration process documentation. Provide post-upgrade support through the first system patching period to ensure functionality beyond the initial implementation.

Experience:

  • Demonstrated expertise in Cognos Analytics management.
  • Experience with Cognos Analytics installation and configuration.
  • Experience with migrating Cognos Analytics environments including framework models, reporting packages, reports, and users.
  • Experience conversion from Active Directory to SAML for Cognos.
  • Experience conversion from Active Directory to SAML for Cognos.
  • Experience with SSL setup and implementation for a Cognos environment.
  • Experience with Cognos Analytics on Windows Server environments.
  • Experience with Cognos Analytics on Windows Server environments.

Work Environment:

  • Remote work.
  • Approximately 20 hours per week for the duration of the services