IBM Cognos BI Report Developer

North Carolina  ‐ Onsite
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IBM Cognos BI Report Developer

Our Raleigh client is seeking a short term (6 month) IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) v10.1 Report Developer to work on the implementation of a new Budget and Performance Management system. The new system will replace the current Mainframe and Oracle systems, which have been built incrementally over time. The system utilizes IBM Cognos BI 10.1, TM1 9.5.2, and FileNet 4.5.1, and will incorporate custom Java forms, portal, and authentication solutions. This position will provide expertise in authoring reports utilizing Cognos, and will be responsible for training and knowledge transfer to permanent staff who will continue to develop and maintain reports in the future. Local Candidates are strongly preferred!

Duties include:
Develop a number of reports of varying complexity using Cognos BI 10.1
Train permanent staff: on the development and support of the report and best practices using Cognos tools, particularly Report Studio, Query Studio, and Business Insight Advanced.

Required:
Proven experience using multidimensional models (cubes), data marts/data warehouses, and transactional databases as data sources in Cognos reports
Expertise using all tools used in the development of reports within Cognos 10, including Framework Manager, Business Insight Advanced, Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, and Metric Studio
Ability to follow detailed project plans accounting for all necessary activities and resources
Ability to work independently and perform job with minimal supervision
Ability to consult with business analyst, project manager, higher-level business professionals and other vendors/consultants to elicit their input and capture it in clear and concise project documentation.

Training and Experience Requirements
Bachelor's degree with two years of experience in a clearly-defined technical architecture role; a minimum of five years of overall IT-related experience. Or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Preferred:
Current, hands-on and in-depth expert-level experience with Cognos 8 (10 as well as other related IBM products
Hands-on experience with Cognos 10.1 (Business Insight Advanced, in particular)
Working knowledge or familiarity with IBM Cognos TM1 and/or IBM FileNet
Previous experience with Java-based or other external applications interacting with Cognos via the APIs Cognos BI Professionl Author or Developer certifications

Start date
10/3/2011
Duration
6 months
From
Generic Network
Published at
07.09.2011
Project ID:
234163
Contract type
Freelance
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