Cognos Developer Job Description
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Cognos Developer Job Description
- Participate in the upgrade of software/releases, including the customization of functionality and the performance of technical tests to ensure minimal impact on the business
- Respond to and resolve access and performance issues for our business users
- Manage communication with IBM / Cognos on debugging efforts and trouble tickets
- Management of application recovery/safeguard protocols
- Documentation of environment / production change controls logs
- Lead application performance monitoring efforts / job monitoring/audits/system usage
- Conduct research and make recommendations on Cognos BI/TM1 and related technology products, services, protocols and standards in support of Business Intelligence analytics and reporting
- Drive the development/maintenance of the Cognos BI environment and infrastructure
- Develop, implement and maintain change control and testing processes for modifications
- Installation and upgrades of Cognos applications across multiple environments
- Experience in development production support /maintenance environment
- XML, XSD, DTD
- HTML, Javascript, CSS and AJAX
- Web browser HTML/Javascript behavior (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
- XPath or XSLT
- XML DOM
Cognos Developer Job Description
- Experience with Informatica PowerCenter or Cognos Planning
- Proficient in designing and creating reports primarily using Microsoft SSRS and Cognos
- Supporting clients with the application of automated and semi-automated techniques to gather and clean data from disparate databases, making it suitable for analysis
- Identifies ideas to improve report performance and impact availability
- Work effectively in Matrix environment with product team, consultants and clients, Optum Analytics
- Design and build of Transformer cubes, configure and administer a multi-server Cognos application platform and may install and upgrade troubleshoot existing applications
- Assess the impact of new requirements on an existing suite of complex applications
- Perform design and analysis on business systems applications, systems interfaces, databases, reporting, or business intelligence systems
- Utilize IBM Cognos ICM (formerly Varicent) to manage and analyze business problems and translate requirements into detailed functional design specifications
- Facilitate/lead design reviews (walkthroughs) of functional design with other members of the technical team, communicating design, requirements, feature set, and functionality
- Experience with Teradata FS-LDM is an asset
- Knowledge of SDLC tools, defect tracking, and source control
- Knowledge of PCI-DSS or other industry-based information security standards is an asset
- Must have a Bachelors degree from an accredited university
- Knowledge in .Net and TM1 are a plus
- You will be required to provide technical and architectural leadership demonstrate strong Cognos skill sets during the report development phases of the projects
Cognos Developer Job Description
- Perform advanced data analysis and integrate database tools with MS Excel
- Utilize Microsoft word to produce clear, concise, and complete technical design and functional specification documentation
- Work on employee and dealer commissioning in a wireless telecom environment
- Develop the application based on the business requirement
- Ensure unit testing is done properly
- Collaborate with Data team to make sure the data is available before the development start
- Address the production defects on time
- Ensure Agile practices are followed effectively
- Cognos subject matter expert that advises business teams and business analysts on Cognos tools and capabilities that best fit needs
- Review report design with offshore development team
- Develop Cognos reports and dashboards using Cognos Report studio
- Data modeling experience (logical/physical modeling)
- Minimum 6 years’ of hands-on experience with BI delivery initiatives for data warehouses and related applications using industry standard toolsets
- Hands on development experience with the Cognos Suite using industry best practices
- Experience with developing complex Cognos framework manager models, Dashboards and reports in large, global organizations
- Experience with Report Studio, Workspace Advanced and Workspace
Cognos Developer Job Description
- Define best practices and development standards and ensure adherence
- Provide technical guidance and suggestions to Cognos Developers
- Partner with business and BA to understand requirements, propose Cognos solutions that best fit requirements, and provide visualization expertise
- Collaborate with and manage project teams comprised of other staff to execute a portion of the project scope
- Participate in the analysis, design, test and technical implementation for Cognos reports and Cognos Framework Manager Models related work
- Provide on-going production support and maintenance for Corporate Reporting
- Ensure timely and thorough issue escalation and resolution strict adherence to all project milestones and deadlines
- Assist with ETL processes, dimensional modeling, OLAP cube development
- Technical report design and development
- Provide BI Reporting subject matter expertise to client Projects
- Thorough understanding of Cognos Report Studio’s features and functionality
- Understanding of Cognos BI architecture and application performance tuning
- Experience with application support documentation (change requests) as required by the application support teams for acceptance of changes into production
- Overall 5 to 8 years of general IT experience
- Technical experience with Cognos BI tools in installing, configuring and supporting applications
- Working technical experience with data warehouse designing, building, installing, configuring and supporting
Cognos Developer Job Description
- Model the BI Framework and develop an ad hoc reporting environment using best practices
- Gather and translate business requirements into analytical applications
- Collaborate with other project members and drive the development of BI initiatives
- Design, develop, and test BI solutions including modeling data warehouse metadata and maintaining reporting data sources
- Establish Reporting environments according to project requirements
- Design and develop COGNOS reports to satisfy all requirements
- Develop and implement an efficient migration process to move reports from development to test and production environments
- Support the project team throughout the development and testing process
- Participate in all design reviews and requirement sessions, if required
- Informatica or any ETL tool exposure
- Expertise in dealing with user problems and vendor relationships
- Experience with other BI Tools is a plus
- Additional BI Tool/Technology experience preferred – Tableau, Qikview
- Query Studio v 8.4 and above
- 2- 5 years of professional experience in architecting, designing and building Cognos 10 BI Solutions using Cognos suite of products (Framework manager, Report Studio and Cognos Workspace Advanced)
- Cognos Administration and OLAP reporting and modeling