Cognos Administrator

Teledyne Technologies•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins. Job Summary: We’re seeking a Cognos Administrator with 5 or more years of experience to manage, configure, develop, and maintain our IBM Cognos BI/Analytics environment to ensure optimal performance, security, and data integrity. Detailed Description: Cognos Analytics Administrator duties: Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to design, develop, modify, or integrate complex information systems Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents reports, programs, subroutines, and scripts May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts or manage phases of medium to large efforts Competent to work at the highest phases of applications systems analysis, report development, and programming activities Enhances the design of current systems to improve system capabilities to meet the changing needs of the business Works with business users or business systems analysts to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications to be used for developing reports or processes Develops and implements program/system test plans Devises data verification methods and standard system procedures Maintains technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, utilities and networks needed to support work assignments programming personnel Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to design, develop, modify, or integrate complex information systems Support the maintenance, patching, upgrade and overall health of Cognos Analytics (Framework Manager, Report Studio, etc.) Develop, test and deploy reporting packages Provision new users and ensure they are properly setup Monitor termination reports and deactivate users as appropriate Ensure Cognos Analytics is compliant with all Sarbanes Oxley, IT, and Corporate policies Support Cognos Analytics user community with training and troubleshooting of issues Coordinates with Cognos Analytics vendor support to resolve issues/questions

Requirements

Cognos Analytics Administrator needs 5 or more years of system analysis, system administration, report development, and programming experience.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience is required. Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested
Demonstrated ability to lead, organize and prioritize multiple assignments and associated resources
Demonstrated ability to interpret and translate technical and/or complex concepts into information meaningful to team members and/or business personnel
Excellent communication skills in technical and non-technical forms are required
Proven analysis, design, report development, coding skills, and demonstrated success in leading medium to complex technology-based efforts
Experience with Cognos Analytics is required
Experience with Microsoft Windows Server required
Knowledge of information technology concepts, application development methodology, terminology and standards
Strong Microsoft Office skills

Nice To Haves

Experience in the following is a plus:
Deltek Costpoint
Deltek Time and Expense
Oracle SQL/PL SQL
.NET
Planning Analytics/TM1 and Planning Analytics Workspace experience

Responsibilities

Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to design, develop, modify, or integrate complex information systems
Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results
Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents reports, programs, subroutines, and scripts
May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts or manage phases of medium to large efforts
Competent to work at the highest phases of applications systems analysis, report development, and programming activities
Enhances the design of current systems to improve system capabilities to meet the changing needs of the business
Works with business users or business systems analysts to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications to be used for developing reports or processes
Develops and implements program/system test plans
Devises data verification methods and standard system procedures
Maintains technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, utilities and networks needed to support work assignments programming personnel
Support the maintenance, patching, upgrade and overall health of Cognos Analytics (Framework Manager, Report Studio, etc.)
Develop, test and deploy reporting packages
Provision new users and ensure they are properly setup
Monitor termination reports and deactivate users as appropriate
Ensure Cognos Analytics is compliant with all Sarbanes Oxley, IT, and Corporate policies
Support Cognos Analytics user community with training and troubleshooting of issues
Coordinates with Cognos Analytics vendor support to resolve issues/questions