Description
Cognos Developer/ London -6 Months rolling contract
Location: London Duration: 6 Months Rate: £380pd
I am currently looking for a Cognos developer for one of my clients in London. This is an excellent opportunity to join a multi national company and be apart of a large Data warehouse team. The contract will be based in London, for 6 months with likely extensions to follow.
The successful Developer will be challenged with improving output and quality from the development teams through providing a technical lead, mentoring and training. The Developer will share responsibility for the number of projects released successfully and will be expected to regularly update management.
As well as being a talented developer you will be able to provide expertise and guidance on a range of development projects.
Key Responsibilitie
- Assist Business Analyst in requirement gathering phase
- Prepare technical specifications for Cognos developments and enhancements (including defect corrections)
- Co-ordinate and lead the design, development, testing and deployment of reporting solutions to meet end-user requirements
- Manage defects and change requests
- Co-ordinate releases (including installation instructions) and deployments between environments in line with project timescales
- Create and maintain all required documentation
Essential Key Skills:
- Hands on experience with IBM Cognos 8.4.1 (Framework Manager, Transformer and Report Studio)
- Good understanding of technology stack used (Oracle/Siebel-DataStage-Cognos)
- Experience of preparing estimates and technical assumptions/risks for new reports/cubes and enhancements/upgrades for existing ones in line with business requirements
- Knowledge of relational database design and development - Oracle, SQL skills
- Experience in implementing security in the Cognos
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Desired Skills:
- Dimensional/Kimball model data warehouses
- Experience of working in an SCRUM environment or with another other Agile methodology
- Exposure to the Services Industry
My client is looking to interview late this week with a proposed start date of Wednesday 26th February.
If you feel this position fits your criteria and is up for an exciting new opportunity, please apply & attach your most up to date C.V.
I'm looking forward to your application.
Location: London Duration: 6 Months Rate: £380pd Sthree UK is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.