Cognos Administrator

NLBServices
Beaverton, ORPosted 25 February 2026

Tech Stack

Job Description

<p><br /></p><p><b><span>Cognos Administrator</span></b></p><p><b><span>Beaverton, OR</span></b></p><p><span></span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Installing and Configuring Cognos on Linux systems</span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Knowledge of AWS a must</span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Administering, configuring, tuning, and maintaining Cognos BI 10 &amp; 11.xx in non-prod and Production environments </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Performing daily Cognos activities, such as report/package/cube deployments, managing users access, monitoring schedules, and monitoring overall system </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Working with Cognos developers, IBM support, database administrators, and other IT operations resources to troubleshoot issues and ensure the system is working properly </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Managing Cognos servers, including applying patches </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Working closely with the report developers to manage deployments and security throughout the environment </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Planning and coordinating outages with development team, database team, and other stakeholders </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Managing the architecture, capacity, security, and system performance optimization (both Cognos and Windows), making technical recommendations as needed </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Researching, assessing, and implementing Cognos best practices </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Monitoring server resource utilization and administering servers to maintain system efficiency </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Utilizing third-party tools to support administration and monitoring of system resources </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Administering a large number of schedules and events to ensure best performance </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Creating and maintaining Cognos user roles/permissions, working closely with the Active Directory Team </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Analyzing Cognos and other server/system logs on a daily basis to identify and proactively resolve those issues </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Generating and maintaining system administration documentation, including configuration specifications and rationale for specifications in environment </span></p><p><span><span>·<span> </span></span></span><span>Maintaining and updating security plans </span></p><p><span>Implementing, documenting, and coordinating server and storage policies procedures, and standards</span><span></span></p><p><span></span></p> <p>All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.</p>