Cognos Developer

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The client will be embarking on a project to convert its Enterprise Reporting platform from SAP's Business Objects to IBM's Cognos. We are looking for an expert Cognos architect/developer with great communication and mentoring skills. The successful candidate will be the technical lead over several projects advising on Cognos best practices and from a user, advanced user and in particular, Cognos Developer/Solution perspective.

Develops and enhances a data warehouse environment which includes data design, database architecture, metadata and repository creation.

• Responsible for the development enterprise data warehouse artifacts and corresponding data marts and Cognos Frameworks.
• Must demonstrate the ability to mediate and bridge the relationship between technical and business stakeholders without compromising the needs of the solution users and the strategic goals of the organization.
• Conducts research into new data warehouse applications and determines viability for adoption.
• Assists in establishing development standards.
• Work with technical team and SMEs to refactor BO report suites into Cognos reports and/or dashboards
• Incorporates existing subject areas into an enterprise model.
• The responsibilities also include troubleshooting application issues and/or data issues as needed.
• Conduct research and perform complex analysis to address a variety of issues as they arise.
• Must be able to provide high quality solutions that promote efficiency and enterprise-wide standardization.
• Provides direction and guidance to less experienced team members. Reviews data loaded into the data warehouse for accuracy.
• Creates new or enhanced components of the data warehouse.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years' experience designing, implementing, and maintaining large enterprise business intelligence and data warehousing solutions, with an emphasis on Cognos
• In-depth experience with Cognos 10 Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, Cognos Viewer and Business Insights
• Understands the Cognos 10 product suite and recommends the best use of the functionality
• Experience in using the mobility suite would be a big plus
• Experience with Analysis Studio, Cognos Insights, Metrics Designer and Transformer desirable
• Experience with all aspects of data warehousing, including data modeling, integration, and OLAP
• Leverages knowledge of industry, solutions, and best practices to design and implement solutions
• Experience providing technical leadership on complex projects following recognized software development methodologies, including Agile.
• Ability to communicate with and influence others within IT and business groups
• experience with IBM Infosphere suite is a plus.

Top Three Skills:

• Experience as a Cognos Developer (Cognos 10 Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, Cognos Viewer and Business Insights )
• Experience converting reporting capabilities from one reporting system to another
• Ability to assist with development and other hands-on work as needed