Software Architect / Cognos Developer

Job Duties: Systems analysis, design, development, testing, configuration and implementation; Project Setup, installation-configuration and implementation of Cognos Analytics Cl l.X; Upgradation from Cognos 10.2.2 Version to Cognos 11 Analytics on Windows and WebSphere Linux environments; User Security implementation using Cognos Authentication Manager with Active Directory Server; Verify the Source Environment and Target Environment Use Life Cycle Manager; Metadata Modeling and publishing of packages using Framework Manager; Implement the Security levels in framework Manager Level; Data Source creation in Cognos Connection, package migration across development and production environment; Scheduling Report Studio reports in Cognos portal page, worked on active reports; Application maintenance tasks like reconfiguring content store, User ID creation and maintenance, assigning privileges to objects; Best practice documents for data modeling on Report studio and Query studio and Power play; Maintenance and troubleshooting of Cognos OLAP environment; Configured Active Directory Namespace to Cognos; Administered tasks such as Scheduling, Deployment, Dispatchers restarts; Deployed Data from one Environment to Another Environment; Prepared User documentation to train users and functionality of each report; Case resolution with the help of Cognos Support team using Cognos Support secondary ID; Prepare the Project Plans for Upgrade from IBM Cognos 10.2.2 to IBM Cognos Analytics Cl 1.0.7.0 versions; Mastered using Filters, sorts, groups and Sets, reference lines in different kinds of charts. Minimum Requirements: Bachelor of Science Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, information systems or related technology fields and 2 to 5 years of related software and database development work experiences Location: Herndon, VA, Washington, DC and other locations nationwide