**Job Description** Cognos Platform Architect Must Have Technical/Functional Skills - This is for a position for Lead Cognos Platform Architect/Administrator to manage Cognos Analytics Enterprise shared environment on legacy and containerized environment. - Role is responsible for designing go-live strategy, capacity planning, performance monitoring, diagnosing complex issues, performing complex upgrades, and carrying out deployments. This role would support platform which server 9 K + users - Proven Experience with deploying Cognos Analytics on Openshift or Kubernetes (Red Hat OpenShift preferred) - Experience with customization and versioning of Cognos container images - Experience in Data Analysis, IBM Cognos development, Modelling , ETL concepts, SQL , Oracle , Containerization, Cube’s Cognos Administration on V12 - Redhat/ OpenShift Certification and IBM Certified Administration V12x - Experience using Cognos analytics APIs for Administration/Automation - Advance understanding of Databases such as SQL server, Oracle, DB2 and PostgresSQL - Familiar with monitoring/logging tools such as Openshift Monitoring, Splunk, Dynatrace - Experience with tuning Cognos Performance within a containerized environment /high availability - Experience connecting cognos Analytics to wide variety of files, relational and bigdata based data sources - Self starter with innovative edge with strong communication - Familiarity with Dynamic Cubes, Data Modules, Framework Manager and Report Server configuration - Experience with CI/CD pipelines - Knowledge of networking , TLS/SSL configuration , load balancing and reverse proxies Roles & Responsibilities - As Cognos Analytics Architect, you will design, implement and oversee efficient operating strategy for Cognos Center of Excellence with focus on long term scalability collaborating with other architects. - As IBM Cognos Analytics subject matter expert , you will advise /educate internal stakeholders about Cognos, Architecture blueprints and best practices. - Identify areas of opportunities and create project plans to accomplish team objectives with team collaboration. - Monitor/maintain/plan platform usage metrics using Python frameworks - Automate Cognos Administration with Cognos APIs or Python - Analyzing usage patterns and anticipate workload to plan capacity - Assist and provide guidance to migrate reports from other platforms such as SSRS. Tableau, Cognos, MicroStrategy, Excel - Mentor junior team members and Cognos Analytics developers - Keep ab reast of recent changes in Cognos Analytics - PMP Certification and proven experience with managing large infrastructure projects is desired. Salary Range- $90,000-$120,000 a year **Qualifications:** BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE