Job Classification:
Technical Specialist 1 - PeopleSoft and COGNOS Administrator
Will Close to Submissions on: 4/5/17 at 11:00 am
Interview Process: 1st Round Phone Interview 2nd Round on-site interview
Role:
Provide PeopleSoft, Cognos and WebSphere support, work in partnership with ODT staff and can assist execution of support activities, day to day administration of WebSphere environment on IBM AIX running on P Series Hardware platform.
Requirement Description:
Services Overview
Day to day administration and operation support for Taxation Peoplesoft, Cognos, WebSphere and document management system.
Provide technical services for Administering and supporting PeopleSoft, Cognos, WebSphere environment on IBM AIX installed on P Series hardware platform, also support and administer IBM Tivoli Directory Server:
Act as a subject matter expert on PeopleSoft
Act as a subject matter expert on COGNOS.
Knowledge of WebSphere.
Attend weekly meeting with server staff and supervisor.
Staff Augmentation Services
The Experienced PeopleSoft and COGNOS Administrator must have experience in supporting large scale web and server environments hosting multiple e-Commerce applications, and maintenance of the underlying infrastructure. The resource must have knowledge in WAS application Server, WebServices, IBM Tivoli Directory server and experience in configuring and support application security. The resource must have experience and ability to use tools to automate and provide recommendations
Develop detail documentation of current and new infrastructure configurations for Peoplesoft, Cognos, WebSphere, document management system and LDAP – IBM Directory Server.
Scripts for automating Installation, configuration and Maintenance of Peoplesoft, Cognos, WebSphere and LDAP – IBM Directory Server
Interview:
During the interview process with the TAX staff, the resource consultant must demonstrate competence/experience in their specific area(s) of project assignment. The resource’s experience must also be documented for review and verification. Offered resources not showing technical or functional competence/experience will be sufficient reason to reject the Offeror’s proposal. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to pre-screen their candidates to ensure compliance.
1. Strong communication/ leadership skills.
2. Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.
3. Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.
4. Have excellent oral and written skills/possess strong meeting and work session facilitation skills.
5. Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.
6. Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements.
7. Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
8. Must be knowledgeable in the English language/speak clearly and understandably use the English language.
Mandatory Requirements/Time:
Design Skills:
1. Design, develop and support PeopleSoft
2. Design and develop Cognos
3. Knowledge of WebSphere, any document management system.
4. Knowledge of configuring application security using LDAP – IBM Directory server.
Implementation Skills:
1. PeopleSoft 8.5.3 (5 years of experience mandatory)
2. Cognos 10.2.2 (5 years of experience mandatory)
3. AIX 6.1, 7.0 (3 years of experience preferred)
4. Web services and Web services security (2 years of experience preferred)
5. IBM Tivoli Directory server 6.0 and above. (2 years of experience preferred)
6. Documentation (5 years of experience mandatory)
7. Performance tuning (2 years of experience mandatory)
8. SSL (2 years of experience preferred)
9. Ability to automate Installation, configuration, maintenance activities of the products listed Implementation skills.
Desired Skills/Time:
None
