Job Title:Cognos Administrator - Savannah, GA or Remote
Job Number:0900ANR

Job Category:Applications
Primary Location:USA-GA: GEORGIA-SAVANNAH
Schedule:Full-time
Job Type:Regular
Employee Status:Regular
Travel:No Job Posting:2009-Nov-16
Description
Essential Job Functions

• Codes, tests, debugs, implements, and documents highly complex programs. Develops complex test plans to verify logic of new or modified programs.
  
• Designs systems and programs to meet highly complex business needs. Prepares detailed specifications from which programs are developed and coded. Creates appropriate documentation in work assignments such as program code, and technical documentation.
  
• Gathers information from existing systems, analyzes program and time requirements. Assists project manager in preparing time estimates and justification for assigned tasks.
  
• Supports project personnel in resolving fairly complex program problems. Works with client and management to resolve issues and validate programming requirements within their areas of responsibility. Provides technical advice on complex programming.
  
• May serve as technical project lead; provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel. Conducts quality assurance activities such as peer reviews.
  
• Provides consulting services in a technical and/or managerial capacity to management and technical staff. May represent company in presentations or conferences involving customers, co-contractors, suppliers, competitors, academia or the public.

• Responsible for maintaining a multi-server Cognos environment, developing and maintaining Cognos SDK client applications, and other BI systems. Provides technical support and guidance to users, particularly within the Cognos user community and help-desk. Develop BI reporting solutions using the Cognos 8 BI suite. Responsibilities include working with clients to determine functional report requirements, writing functional specifications based on user specifications, developing and publishing reports, and testing. Estimates task duration in hours and assist with developing project plans. This function requires strong troubleshooting and tuning skills in order to isolate and identify problems and to optimize system performance. Works with users to troubleshoot system and model issues.
  
  

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
  
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics or related field preferred
  
• Seven or more years of programming or testing experience
  
• Experience working with appropriate programming languages, operating systems and software
  
• Experience working with relational databases to facilitate programming software

• 5+ yrsdeveloping Cognos reports.
• 2+ yrsadministration of Cognos Reportnet / Cognos 8.
• 1+ yrsdeveloping Cognos SDK applications.
• 1+ yrsadministration of Windows 2000 server.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Position is on-site in Savannah, GA or remote.

• Strong skills in programming
  
• Strong personal computer and business solutions software skills
  
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills for design, creation and testing of programs
  
• Good interpersonal skills to interact with customers and team members
  
• Good communication skills to work effectively with team members, support personnel, and clients
  
• Good leadership skills to guide and mentor the work of less experienced personnel
  
• Ability to work as part of team and independently