Sadup Softech | Global IT infrastructure solutions

Cognos BI

USA ,
Full-Time

2 Y ago

Experience 5+ Years

Positions opened 4

Job Description

As a Cognos BI Modeler/Developer, you would be responsible for understanding and developing solutions basis user's needs. You will be a part of projects and most of your time would be dedicated to modelling using Framework Manager and developing Dashboard/Reports as per requirements

Desired Candidate Profile

5+ years in business intelligence or financial services field.
General understanding of SQL, relational databases, and framework modeling
Experience of using/navigating in a variety of reporting tools (IBM Cognos, Power BI, Access Databases, Excel)
Experience with Agile methodology (Jira)
Experience with documentation tools (Confluence, SharePoint)
Strong understanding of Data warehouse and business intelligence concepts and best practices processes.
Experience with administration, deployment and security setups within Cognos .
Strong experience in creating Framework models with different layers.
Strong experience with Report development.
Experience creating Dashboards in Cognos Analytics.
Experience and Proficiency in writing Oracle SQL queries.
Experience with Cognos report performance tuning.
Support a business intelligence environment using Cognos & other IBM products
Troubleshooting of report issues and performance issues that are critical
Work with DBAs, report authors and system administrators to track down and improve or eliminate bottlenecks in the BI reporting & ETL environment
Provide technical support to Cognos power users.
Act as primary point of business contact, providing clarification and status updates throughout the lifecycle, and facilitating meetings and touchpoints for collaboration
Become a subject matter expert on the front-end usage and navigation of key reporting tools (IBM Cognos, Power BI). Provide job aids and demonstration sessions for other end-users
Translate requirements into strong business recommendations for associated reporting models, frameworks, and tools
Assist end-users and BAs with the elaboration of business use cases, WHY statements, acceptance criteria, test cases for validation, and final distribution requirements
Expand and embellish backlog with post-production defect tickets and enhancement requests, prioritizing these together with the original scope
Maintain list of key contacts throughout the organization, so that blockers can be escalated to upstream horizontals, and dependent action items assigned
Represent the reporting team on Change Governance boards, project meetings, scrum ceremonies, and new initiatives
Leverage JIRA analytics to report status and scope to respective BAs, Product Owners, End Users and Project Leaders as requested
Support and/or lead risk related investigations and analysis when needed