Cognos Developer and Administrator Resume Profile

Professional Summary :

17 years of experience in IT. 12 years of experience in leading and managing Datawarehouse project
Around Thirteen Years of Experience in System Analysis, Design, Development and Administrating in the fields of Data warehousing, Database and Mainframe Technologies
Around Ten years of Experience with Cognos 10/8.4 Report Studio,Query Studio, Framework Manager, Event Studio, Powerplay Studio, Transformer Development and administration
Experience in Installation, Configuration, Monitoring and Managing of Cognos 8/10 on Solaris/ z/Linux / Windows 2003 SP1/2008 R2 platforms
Expertise in Migration from Reportnet to Cognos 8 and upgrades from Cognos 8 to Cognos 10
Experience in creating Packages and maintaining Models in Frame Work Manager using Report Net 1.1 MR2, Cognos 8 Cognos 10.
Over Three and half years of Experience with Cognos Series 7 Cognos Impromptu 7/7.x, Cognos IWR 7/7.x, Analysis Tools such as Cognos Transformer Power Play 7/7.x, Access Manager
Expertise in deploying packages and reports to Production environment and handling production issues
Thoroughly documented the steps, provided production support and Knowledge Transfer to end-users for Cognos 10, Cognos 8, Report Net, Power Play and Impromptu Administration
Lead and Managed DW and Mainframe projects
100 focused on achieving results and providing superior customer service. Known for soft skills such as being calm under pressure, a good listener, out of the box thinker, people manager. Accustomed to working closely with all levels of the senior management teams

Skill Set:

Business Domain Expertise	:	Healthcare, Automotive, Supply Chain, Finance
Business Intelligence	:	Cognos 10 and Cognos 8 Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, Event Studio, Powerplay Studio, Cognos Administration , COGNOS Series 7 Impromptu Administrator, Server Administrator, Powerplay, Powerplay Transformer, Access Manager
ETL	:	Informatica 8.6
ERP	:	SAP
Mainframe Specific	:	COBOL, AIX UNIX , JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB/DC, MQ series, TSO, ISPF, Xpediter, Strobe, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Changeman, Jobtrac, CA-7
Database	:	Oracle, Teradata, DB2, UDB, SQL Server 2005,
Operating System	:	Sun Solaris, UNIX, Windows 2000/2005/2008, MVS, DOS
Tools	:	MS- Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS-Project
Training Attended	:	COGNOS 8 training Framework Manager and Report Studio from IBM, CICS, Assembly Language for Mainframe

Experience details:

A. From Nov 2011 till Date working with APEX IT Services, LLC. Presently working as Cognos Administrator at Baltimore, MD, USA for CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Projects Details:

Cognos Developer and Administrator

Platform: Sun Solaris, z/Linux, DB2 UDB, Teradata, Oracle 11g, Cognos 10.2.1, Cognos 10.1.1, Cognos 8.4.1, Cognos 8.4,

As a Cognos lead,

Designed and Implemented dashboards
Developed Active reports for users to use offline and on mobile devices
Designed and Implemented metadata models in Framework Manager and Powerplay cubes in Transformer
Established an audit reporting system for the internal team to monitor, analyze performance and usage of different reports, cubes and other objects
Authored various types of reports in Report Studio using functionalities like Render Variables, Conditional Blocking, Cascading Prompts and Conditional Formatting
Successfully designed and implemented security on different levels including object and row level security
Worked closely with different business teams to gather requirements, prepare functional and technical documents and UAT process
Provided Training to different business users to develop dashboards in workspace and workspace advanced
Performance tuning for long running reports
Install, configure, deploy and support Cognos solutions
Support upgrades and technical releases Involved in WAS 6 -> WAS 7 -> WAS 8.5 upgrade, Cognos 8.4.1 -> 10.1.1 -> 10.2.1 upgrade
Coordinate with shared support personnel for server OS and database maintenance and trouble shooting
Consult and interface with internal/external team members as well as IBM Cognos for service requests, maintenance and patching
Configure, maintain and administer Cognos models, packages, reports and dashboards
Troubleshoot issues identified by business and IT stakeholders
LDAP migration

B. From March 2000 to Oct 2011 date worked with Syntel India Limited. Worked as Cognos Administrator at Portland, OR, USA for Daimler Trucks North America. Syntel is a 17,500 person NASDAQ listed company SYNT , was named as one of the 100 fastest growing small companies in north America by fortune magazine in the past. Confidential Cognos Administrator Platform :

Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, z/Linux, DB2 UDB, SQL Server 2000/2005, BI COGNOS Series 7 Impromptu Administrator, Powerplay, Powerplay Transformer, Access Manager , Cognos 8.4, Cognos 8.4.1, Cognos 10.1, TM1 9.5.2
Received Make a Difference award from DTNA for upgrade to Cognos 10.1
As a Cognos Administrator, involved in
Improve system performance
Setup Audit for keeping track of licenses
Monitor report failures by setting up Audit
Installing Cognos products on Windows Servers and users machine client version like Imprompru Admin, Framework Manager, Powerplay transformer
Server maintenance on monthly basis MS patch installed
Lay down processes and documenting the same for setting up access in cognos, granting access to folder/package, cube access, publishing and setting up drill thru reports from cube, assigning capabilities to users
Involve in SQL server migration
Deploying packages and reports to Production environment and handling production issues
Maintaining user access using series 7 Windows server and Sun one console z/Linux
Migration from Cognos series 7 / CRN to Cognos 8.4.1
Upgrade from Cognos 8.4.1 to Cognos 10.1
Provide technical guidance to users for report / query / powerplay studio
Helping developers for design of Framework Manager and Reports and building the same
Work with IBM support and open PMR as and when required

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