Cognos Developer/Admin

BI Development & Data Modeling Report & Dashboard Development: Design, build, and maintain complex reports, active reports, and interactive dashboards using IBM Cognos Analytics (Report Studio/Analytics Content Studio). Framework Manager Modeling: Create, customize, and optimize relational and dimensional Framework Manager packages and Data Modules. Data Integration & ETL: Collaborate with data engineering and warehouse teams to design star/snowflake schemas and write complex SQL queries for data validation. Requirements Gathering: Translate business rules and user requests into clear functional specs and reliable technical architecture.

Cognos Administration & Operations System Maintenance: Install, configure, upgrade, and patch Cognos environments across Development, Testing, and Production environments. Security & Access Control: Manage user roles, capabilities, object permissions, and namespace integrations (e.g., Active Directory / LDAP). Monitoring & Performance Tuning: Optimize report execution times, tune server configurations, monitor system health, and manage batch job scheduling. Troubleshooting & Support: Resolve production incidents, environment downtime, and user-reported data inaccuracies promptly.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience). Core Tooling: Hands-on experience with IBM Cognos Analytics 11.x/12.x (Report Studio, Framework Manager, Event Studio, Administration Console). Database & SQL: Advanced proficiency in SQL (writing complex joins, subqueries, and stored procedures) across relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake, or PostgreSQL). Admin Experience: Demonstrated background in server maintenance, deployment/export packages, schedule monitoring, and security management within Cognos.