Cognos Administrator with BI

Job Title: Cognos Administrator with BI
Location: Arlington Heights, IL

Duration: Long Term

Employment Type: C2C/W2

Please Note: Consultant should have an active LinkedIn profile, while applying for this job attach your updated word formatted resume.

Job Description:

·         Expert knowledge of Cognos software administration, planning and reporting

·         Responsible for installing, upgrading, maintaining and administering Cognos suite of products

·         Identifies, researches and resolves technical problems

·         Support a distributed Cognos reporting environment infrastructure, configuration and management on a Linux/Unix environment

·         Ensure maintenance and security control of all the Cognos products and solutions

·         Handle several projects at a time and complete them successfully through 'Cognos Administration' tool

·         Monitor the Cognos environment and check the usage of the environment, reports, etc.

·         Manage users using appropriate Active Directory Groups and assigning security as needed

·         Provide 24 x 7 on-call rotational support including troubleshooting and issue resolution

·         Should have experience in managing Disaster Recovery (DR)

·         Knowledge of Cognos Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, Active Reports and Metric Studio

·         Knowledge of additional BI and visualization reporting tools is a plus such as Tableau & Qlikview/Qliksense

·         Knowledge of Finance industry – especially Banking sector is good

·         Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to establish deep understanding of client's business issues

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.