Cognos Business Intelligence Developer

About the role

The candidate will generate reports as outlined as part of a project or per ad hoc user requests using Cognos. The individual codes, tests, debugs, and installs operating programs and procedures in coordination with our development and technical services departments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance the Cognos framework that is delivered with our ERP software application.
• Develop and maintain business report requests, dashboards, and dashboard widgets, which support internal and external customers.
• Confer with programmers and architects to gain understanding of needed changes or modifications of existing framework and reports.
• Write and maintain documentation.
• Document programming problems and resolutions for future reference.
• Provide training, support and best practices for Ad Hoc query users, Business Author and Professional Author.
• May require evening and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or Foreign Equivalent in Information Technology or in a related field
• Must have certification for Cognos
• Must be able to use: Cognos Administration and Security and Cognos Transformer
• Experience creating multi-prompt reports with drill-through capabilities
• Experience scheduling and monitoring jobs
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and research ability as evidenced by experience in the identification of requirements and the definition, evaluation, and selection of appropriate solutions to business problems or opportunities