Dexian · 10 hours ago
Cognos Administrator
Jersey City, NJ
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$67/hr - $70/hr
10+ years expDexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. They are seeking a Lead Cognos Platform Architect/Administrator to manage Cognos Analytics Enterprise Shared environment, focusing on design, capacity planning, and performance monitoring for a platform serving over 9,000 users.
ConsultingHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyProfessional ServicesStaffing Agency
Responsibilities
As Cognos Analytics Architect, you will design, implement and oversee efficient operating strategy for Cognos Center of Excellence with focus on long term scalability collaborating with other architects
As IBM Cognos Analytics subject matter expert, you will advise/educate internal stakeholders about Cognos, Architecture blueprints and best practices
Investigate/Troubleshoot complex platform and tenant issues independently or as part of team to provide resolution including production issues
Identify areas of opportunities and create project plans to accomplish team objectives with team collaboration
Monitor/ maintain/plan platform usage metrics using Python frameworks
Automate Cognos Administration with Cognos APIs or Python
Analyzing usage patterns and anticipate workload to plan capacity
Assist and provide guidance to migrate reports from other platforms such as SSRS, Tableau, Cognos, MicroStrategy, Excel
Mentor junior team members and Cognos Analytics developers
Keep abreast of recent changes in Cognos Analytics
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience with Cognos Analytics
3+ years of Platform Administration and Automation experience
Experience in Data Analysis, IBM Cognos development, Modelling, ETL concepts, SQL, Oracle, Containers, Cube s Cognos Administration on V12
Experience with Hybrid and multi-cloud Cognos Analytics deployments
Experience using Cognos Analytics APIs for Administration/Automation
Advance understanding of Databases such as SQL Server, Oracle. DB2 and PostgreSQL
Familiar with monitoring/logging tools such as OpenShift Monitoring, Splunk, Dynatrace
Experience with tuning Cognos performance within a containerized environment/high availability
Experience connecting Cognos Analytics to wide variety of files, relational and bigdata based data sources
Self-starter with innovative edge with strong communication
Preferred
PMP Certification and proven experience with managing large infrastructure projects is desired
RedHat OpenShift Certification and IBM Certified Administrator V12x
Familiarity with Dynamic Cubes, Data Modules, Framework Manager and Report Server configuration
Proven experience with deploying Cognos Analytics on OpenShift or Kubernetes(Red Hat OpenShift preferred)
Experience with customization and versioning of Cognos container images
Experienced with CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of networking, TLS/SSL configuration, load balancing, and reverse proxies
Company
Dexian
Dexian provides services for staffing, talent development, and consulting, with a focus on technology, finance, and project management.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (65)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Mahfuz Ahmed
Chairman of the Board
Vikram Motiani
Managing Director, APAC
Recent News
2025-11-19
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