Cognos reports developer / 0 - Head Office, Watford

IBM Cognos reports developer - BI Analytics (Cognos version 11)



We are looking for an IBM Cognos reports developer, with design, development and support experience and skills. The applicant must have extensive experience in working in a business-facing support and development function.



This is a permanent position, based at head office in Watford, reporting to the business intelligence manager.



Essential experience/skills:

• bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science, business, management information systems and/or related fields


• extensive experience in Cognos reports suite, using IBM Cognos BI Analytics (C11)


• metadata-modelling, using Cognos Framework Manager


• skills in advanced report-writing, dashboard development, adding data module, building story using the functionalities of Cognos BI Analytics


• automating, bursting, creating reports view and using Event Studio to trigger reports run and distribution


• performance-tuning for speed of reports' delivery, troubleshooting and resolving issues


• security model using active directory, Kerberos and Cognos


• Cognos Connection/Portal, Cognos Administration, Content Administration


• requirement-gathering, writing functional and technical specification, gap analysis and proof-of-concept


• providing day-to-day support to the business and effectively managing support requests to meet business expectations


• unit-testing and facilitating SIT and UAT


• documenting development, testing and deployment tasks

• IBM Cognos BI Analytics (C11) reporting suites


• MS SQL Server 2016 and above for queries


• life cycle of reports development, using IBM Cognos BI Analytics


• BI methodologies, best practices on BI architecture


• Cognos Framework Manager and data module - metadata-modelling

• Report Studio - advanced report-writing


• dashboards and story development


• Event Studio - scheduling and triggers


• Cognos administration and security, using active directory and Cognos

• data warehouse and ETL processes


• MS SSIS - ETL


• MS SSAS - OLAP and tabular cubes


• business analysis skills


• version control and release management


• MDX and DAX


• TFS and DevOps for version control and deployment


• MDS for master data management

Salary

£55,000+ dependant on experience

Benefits

25 days' paid holiday (plus bank holidays) pro rata; head-office bonus scheme; free shares (after 18 months with the company); private medical insurance; contributory pension scheme; free head-office parking