Senior Cognos Business Intelligence Developer - Tacoma, WA
JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Cognos Business Intelligence Developer with demonstrated experience in BI tools and technology to resolve complex reporting and analytical needs of the company. The Senior Cognos/Business Intelligence Developer will provide technical leadership of BI development, administer and support applications, establish best-practices, and mentor other team members. RESPONSIBILITIES: . Lead, design and develop Cognos models, reports and cubes . Perform detailed documentation of design, development, testing and deployment activities . Administer installation, configuration, and software upgrades of Cognos applications . Collaborate with the infrastructure team for supporting Cognos servers (recover servers in case of any failures/shutdown) . Support migration of Cognos models, reports and cubes from one environment to another . Maintain source/version control for Cognos models, reports and cubes . Work with Cognos Support to monitor, update, track, resolve and close tickets . Develop interfaces using Cognos SDK . Establish Best Practices for Cognos environment . Mentor other team members . Other BI tasks as assigned REQUIREMENTS: . Experience with all phases of the software development life cycle (requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and support) . Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate to both senior internal and external parties . Strong analytic and problem-solving ability . Extensive experience in data analysis, design, and integration . 5 years of development and admin experience with Cognos BI products (Series 7 and 8, and ReportNet) and 8 years of IT experience . Excellent knowledge of Cognos 8 BI Suite (Query Studio, Report Studio, PowerPlay Transformer, Metrics Studio, Event Studio, Framework Manager, administration). . Extensive experience with SQL and relational databases, particularly SQL Server to include tuning SQL query performance . Experience with customer and production support . Familiarity with data warehouse functions and ETL concepts to include experience with dimensional and relational data modeling . BS or MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related fields Warm Regards, Priya Altech Star, Inc Princeton, NJ 08540 609-520-9000 X 18 Fax: 609-520-9005 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
