looking for an experienced, senior-level Cognos 8 developer that can take up theresponsibility for all Cognos-related activities, including working with users to
design dashboard/reports, working with other project teams to configure shared Cognos
environment across multiple environments (dev/test/prod), defining Cognos data models
in Framework Manager, developing various types of reports, and deploying reports
to test and production. Candidate will be the only Cognos developer on project team,
so must be able to work entirely on her/his own. Candidate will be required to join
immediately. Project duration is through January 2008, but may extend. Required
qualifications are as follows: Report Design: Excellent analytical and report design
skills for creating detailed dashboard and report design from high-level specifications,
including visual layouts, master-detail and drill-down/drill-through relationships,
report filters (e.g. drop-down lists, from/to date ranges etc.), sorting options
etc. Ability to create visualizations for reports from business requirements, using
productivity tools like Word, Excel and Visio. User Interaction: Ability to work
independently with users for design finalization, and to assess user requirements
and advise on technical feasibility during user meetings. Framework Manager: Experience
with installing Framework Manager, connecting to various data sources, and creating
Cognos data model(s) using Framework Manager consistent with the reporting requirements
and the data mart (star-schema) database design Report Development and Deployment:
Expertise in developing reports of varying complexity, including master-detail and
drill-down/drill-through reports, multi-level aggregate views/reports (e.g. salesperson
- sales manager - regional manager - country manager views of sales data); applying
security to reports and to control user views; developing burst reports Administration:
Experience with setting up project/folders across multiple environments (development,
test, production); sharing environments with other Cognos project teams; performance
tuning of Cognos environment and reports General: Good communication skills, must
be able to speak up and present report designs to users, and discuss user requirements
and Cognos limitations with users. Should have good understanding of data (e.g.
fact and dimension tables, data relationships, data aggregation, data analysis in
SQL Server 2005) Please respond immediately with resumes and rates. Assignment responsibility
for all Cognos-related activities, including working with users to design dashboard/reports,
working with other project teams to configure shared Cognos environment across multiple
environments (dev/test/prod), defining Cognos data models in Framework Manager,
developing various types of reports, and deploying reports to test and production
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