Cognos Administrator

Bank of America; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 103,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary incentive eligible

Benefits eligible

Job summary

Bank of America in Jersey City, NJ is seeking a Cognos BI Lead to architect, implement, and manage a modernized Cognos platform in a regulated environment.

You will migrate from legacy to containerized deployments, optimize performance, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver compliant BI solutions. The role requires deep experience with Cognos, OpenShift, and Linux, along with strong CI/CD discipline.

Qualifications

• Experience with Cognos BI administration and troubleshooting.
• Experience deploying Cognos Analytics on OpenShift and Linux VMs.
• Knowledge of networking, TLS/SSL, load balancing, and reverse proxies.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ongoing architectural modernization.
• Experience with SOX/UCAL audits and deliveries preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cognos Administrator responsible for architecture, migration from Business Objects, and full platform support for this regulated SOX/UCAL reporting environment.
• Manage the Cognos Analytics Enterprise shared environment across both legacy and containerized platforms.
• Design and execute the container POC and go-live strategy to transition from the legacy platform to a modernized architecture.
• Lead capacity planning, performance monitoring, complex issue diagnosis, major upgrades, and platform deployments.
• Mentor software engineers and coach team on CI/CD practices and automating tool stack.
• Automates manual release activities.
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance).

Skills

Cognos BI

OpenShift

Linux

CI/CD

SOX compliance

Architecture

Tools

Cognos Analytics

Red Hat OpenShift

Linux VMs

Job description

Job Description

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.

Responsibilities

• Cognos Administrator responsible for architecture, migration from Business Objects, and full platform support for this regulated SOX/UCAL reporting environment.
• Manage the Cognos Analytics Enterprise shared environment across both legacy and containerized platforms.
• Design and execute the container POC and go-live strategy to transition from the legacy platform to a modernized architecture.
• Lead capacity planning, performance monitoring, complex issue diagnosis, major upgrades, and platform deployments.
• Support a large, multi-tenant Cognos environment as part of a high-performing Enterprise Business Intelligence Technology team.
• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained.
• Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack.
• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle.
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.
• Automates manual release activities.
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance).

Required Qualifications

• Familiarity with Dynamic Cubes, Data Modules, Framework Manager, and Report Server configuration to assist Cognos BI tenants with troubleshooting reporting issues. This is not a development role.
• Proven experience deploying Cognos Analytics on Red Hat OpenShift and Linux virtual machines. Windows-only experience will not be considered.
• Experience customizing and versioning Cognos container images, along with knowledge of networking, TLS/SSL configuration, load balancing, and reverse proxies.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to ongoing architectural modernization efforts.
• Experience managing vulnerabilities, ServiceNow/Remedy processes, audits, Cognos SDK, Trident surveys, and RISE deliverables for SOX/UCAL applications is preferred.

Desired Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Cognos BI Lead.
• Familiarity with AIT management or technical leadership, including managing an AIT and supporting users in a multi-tenant Linux environment.
• 10+ years of Linux experience is preferred.

Skills

• Application Development
• Automation
• Influence
• Solution Design
• Technical Strategy Development
• Architecture
• Business Acumen
• DevOps Practices
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Data Management
• Risk Management
• Test Engineering

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 40

Pay Transparency details US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)

Pay range $102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group, and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to help employees through the transition period when they're displaced as a result of a workforce reduction, realignment or similar measure.