Title: Cognos Developer with Cubes and Transformer

Location: Remote

Terms: Contract/ Full Time

Job Description

We are seeking a Cognos Developer who will be responsible for the production support, design, development and implementation of Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and troubleshoot existing Cognos BI Reports, including framework models and powerplay cubes and ensure the availability of Cognos reporting for the end-users.
• Monitor the integrity and validity of the data.
• Analyze BI requirements and enhance existing/ create new Cognos Reporting solutions to support standard reporting, Dashboard, Storyboard, and self-service environment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and document BI requirements.
• Analyze BI requirements and design/develop Cognos Reporting solutions to support standard reporting, Dashboard, Storyboard, and self-service environment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define the business and presentation layers of the BI model that is business-friendly and supports a self-service environment.
• Perform Unit, smoke testing of the Cognos reports and validate the data between the report against the output from database.
• Maintain/manage the security aspects of the BI Platform including user/group provisioning, security role maintenance, and integration with Active Directory.
• Assist with testing platform upgrades.

Qualifications and skills:

Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years of experience with bachelor's degree or 4 years of advanced reporting experience. Most recent experience must be Business Intelligence/Data Analytics focused with at least 1 year of hands-on experience in advanced report development using Cognos.
• Proficiency with Cognos Analytics (11. X) and its Product Suite (Report Studio, Framework Manager, Transformer)
• Working knowledge of relational databases, SQL, and procedural SQL scripting languages
• Experienced in Framework Manager Dimensional Modeling, Transformer cube design, and development.
• People person, team player with a strong can-do mentality
• Understanding of data warehousing, OLAP concepts
• Must be an inquisitive learner and have a thirst for improvement.
• Strong analytical skills, including experience, familiarity, and ease with analyzing large, multi-dimensional data sets.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills to engage with multiple stakeholders and different teams to deliver BI solutions efficiently.
• Highly motivated, result-oriented self-starter who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment. Proven ability to function well independently as well as in a team.

Preferred:

• Experience with Java Scripting
• Experience working with data sourced from JD Edwards
• Experience working in a DevOps environment.
• Understanding of SOX and project management principles and concepts