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Mindlance

Cognos Admin

Mindlance, Albany, New York, us, 12237

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Provide a short description of the Position: This Software Architect position is to support the architecture and administration of the OTDA IBM Cognos Suite.

Provide a list of the day to day tasks to be performed by the Selected Candidate: This position is a lead IBM Cognos Technical Administration role that will participate in a team approach to: -Install and configure the IBM Cognos 11 Business Intelligence (BI software in a multi-tiered Cognos server environment; Web, App and LDAP Windows servers; -Install and configure IBM Cognos BI Transformer software on Unix Server. - Maintain scripts between the IBM Cognos BI install on Windows and Unix Servers. - Maintain the Cognos BI architecture, including troubleshooting and problem resolution. -Contribute to the design and implementation of the metadata and/or reporting components of the IES project solution (building and/or modifying Cognos data structures) to insure implementation of best practices. This includes testing and deployment of the components - Provide troubleshooting and end user support and problem resolution. - Participate in sessions to develop requirements for the reporting projects in Cognos Reporting. - Participate in joint sessions defining security in all levels of the Cognos Reporting environment. - Create scripts for maintaining the Servers, Portal and LDAP, and application support. - Provide technical documentation for the Cognos reporting environment, including but not limited to Server architecture, Cognos Connection configuration settings, and security of all levels of the Cognos deployment - Create and support the Reporting Web Service using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles -Create models using best practices with IBM Cognos BI Framework Manager tools -Create Cubes using IBM Cognos BI Transformer -Create Work Requests with other NYS ITS units to support Cognos Reporting. - Ensure that development activities adhere to the HSC architectural strategy so that overall business intelligence data integrity is maintained.

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.