IT Lead Cognos/ Business Objects Administrator- Hartford, CT

At Optum, we're leading the fastest moving industry in the world. Health care is transforming and we're innovating to help make the health care system work better for everyone. Our elite technology teams are working on projects with national and international visibility and impact. As a Lead Business Intelligence Platform Administrator, this is your opportunity to be part of that. The Operational Reporting Development Organization supports a diverse portfolio of enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) and reporting platforms and applications. As the strategic enabler of BI within UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and Optum, the team supports over 100 business areas and 7,000 active users. Solutions span numerous BI technologies including Cognos, SAP Business Objects, and MicroStrategy. Join us. Let innovation and performance fuel your life's best work.SM

Job Responsibilities for this position:

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  Business Objects, Cognos, and/or MicroStrategy Product Administration, including but not limited to: Object Publishing, Content Delivery Administration, Infrastructure Administration, Security Implementation, Data Source Configuration, Environment Monitoring and Support, Branding, Product Tuning, Configuration, Patching, Upgrades and Installation



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  Technical leader for projects that either evolve the underlying BI platforms or support or enable new or existing tenants on enterprise BI platforms



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  Supervise and lead junior BI platform administrators and other dotted line cross-functional resources on a variety of activities including but not limited to: formal projects, periodic routine support and administrative activities, ad-hoc analysis, and problem troubleshooting



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  Will need to present strategic ideas to senior leaders in a confident and persuasive manner



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  Primary technical leader, owner and steward of one or more enterprise BI Platforms



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  Support Activities to document, evolve, and communicate BI platform engagement, operating,  service and financial models and procedures



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  Partner with IT teams, Procurement, Finance, and vendors to deliver high quality, low-cost BI capability to constituents



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  Business Development and internal customer engagement and management



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  Lead and support efforts to drive $1M+ in annual cost savings by BI platform consolidation, modernization, and simplification



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  Promote and communicate BI Best Practices across the Enterprise



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  Support and lead efforts to drive commercialization



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  Lead or support BI assessments

UnitedHealth Group is a company that's on the rise. We're expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference? Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life's best work. (sm)

Requirements:

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  Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience



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  8 or more years of application development or application support experience



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  Proven ability to present strategic ideas to senior leaders



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  5 or more years of architecture, development, and/or administrative experience on any of the following Business Intelligence Products: IBM Cognos v10 or later, MicroStrategy v9 or later, SAP Business Objects v4 or later

Assets:

• Significant Administrative experience on any of the following Business Intelligence Products: IBM Cognos v10 or later, MicroStrategy v9 or later, SAP Business Objects v4 or later


• Windows 2008 or later, IIS, LDAP, or SQL Server Administration Experience


• Ability to hold limited on-call responsibilities to respond to system issues

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.SM

 
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.