Locals Or Nearby Urgent Need Cognos Administrator

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H1B GC and Citizens only Hi Friends, Hope you are doing great, I have an urgent requirement from one of my esteem client, I will appreciate if you can have an eye on the below requirement and send me your consultant updated profile ASAP. Position Title: Cognos Administrator Location: Reston, VA ( Locals Or Nearby) Duration: Up to 12 months Phone and in person interview required. Responsibilities: The overall responsibilities include but is not limited to the following: * Responsible for installation, configuration, upgrading and maintaining Cognos 10 BI platform in a distributed AIX environment * Perform Cognos Install and perform upgrades to Cognos * Provide Configuration, architectural support & guidance for BI environment * Administering Cognos BI systems on a day-to-day basis to ensure platforms meet our SLAs. This might include installation, support, configuration and tuning * Provide 24/7 support for Web Reporting issues in the environment with ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues * Implement migrations, upgrades, patches and service pack implementations in all environments * Maintain Cognos portal customization and implement new customizations as per business requirement * Maintain application security as per IBM best practices and handle access requests on a daily basis * Implement proactive monitors on application and troubleshoot any performance issues * Participate in Quarterly disaster recovery exercises to recover application in DR site * Work closely with DBA team to address any performance issues related to Cognos reports and ETL modules * Work with system admin and network teams to troubleshoot any system level issues impacting application health * Available for 24/7 support in case of severity 1 production incidents * Available for off-hour/weekend support for patching and other application maintenance activities Required Skills: * 6+ years of experience in Cognos administration * Manage and drive third parties to the quick resolution of change * Good exposure of infrastructure technologies * Strong communication skills, ability to establish and maintain positive collaborative relationship with team members * Experience in preparing technical design documentation If my requirement matches your resume, then please do reply on my email id alih (at) usmsystems(dot)com and contact no is 703-955-3955 USM Business Systems Inc. is a quickly developing worldwide System Integrator, Software and Product Development, IT Outsourcing and Technology assistance supplier headquartered in Chantilly, VA. We offer world-class ability in giving most astounding quality and administrations through industry best practices planned to convey remarkable worth to our customers. Utilizing our industry knowledge, administration service offering expertise and innovation abilities, we distinguish new business and innovation slants and create answers for help customers around the globe, giving top of the line solid and practical IT benefits which are cost effective services. Established in 1999, the organization has corner qualities in building and dealing with a Business Oriented IT environment with rich involvement in technology innovation, ERP and CRM counselling, Product Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Management, SOA, BPM, Data Warehousing, SharePoint Consulting and IT Infrastructure. Our other offerings include modified solutions and administrations in ERP, CRM, Enterprise architecture, offshore advisory services and e-commerce. USM, a US ensured Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) is perceived as one of the fastest developing IT Systems Integrator in the Washington, DC zone. Most as of late, USM was positioned #9 on the rundown of the Top administrations organizations in the DC Metro Area - Washington Business Journal (2011). We are a project-driven firm that reliably meets the IT needs of our State and Government customers through development and business keenness.