1 Senior Cognos & Power BI Business Intelligence Developer

M&T Resources; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in Australia seeks a Senior Cognos & Power BI Business Intelligence Developer to design and optimize reports and dashboards. This role involves migration from Cognos to Power BI and collaboration with cross-functional teams. A strong background in BI development and excellent communication skills are necessary. The position is hybrid, requiring at least two office days per week, within a 12-month contract period with possible extension.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of BI development experience in Cognos and Power BI within an enterprise data warehouse environment.
• Proven experience in migrating BI artefacts from Cognos to Power BI.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain BI reports, dashboards, and data models.
• Support migration from Cognos to Power BI.
• Work with Operations teams to translate reporting requirements into solutions.

Skills

IBM Cognos

Microsoft Power BI

SQL

Data Modelling

Agile

DevOps

Qlik Sense

Job description

1 Senior Cognos & Power BI Business Intelligence Developer

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Location of work: QLD (Preferred location: Canberra)

Contract: 12 months (with up to 1 x 12-month extension)

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

Working Arrangements: Hybrid - Required to work from the applicable office at least 2 days per week.

About the Role

Our Federal Government client is seeking a Business Intelligence (BI) Developer (IBM Cognos and Microsoft Power BI) to play a key role in maintaining, modernising, and supporting business intelligence solutions within BAU/Operations environment.

The BI Developer will design, develop, and optimise reports and dashboards using IBM Cognos and Microsoft Power BI, ensuring high performance, reliability, and usability. A major focus of this role will be supporting the migration from Cognos to Power BI, ensuring seamless transition of reporting artefacts, maintaining data integrity, and improving visualisation standards.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with architects, analysts, and business users to deliver insights that support policy, compliance, and program outcomes.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain BI reports, dashboards, and data models in Cognos and Power BI.
• Support and execute migration activities from Cognos to Power BI, including redesign of reports, validation, and testing.
• Work closely with the Operations teams to understand reporting requirements and translate them into scalable BI solutions.
• Optimise report performance, data queries, and refresh processes to ensure timely and accurate insights.
• Contribute to the development of standardised reporting templates and data governance practices.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior developers on BI best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Data Modellers, ETL Developers, and Solution Architects.
• Ensure all solutions comply with departmental data governance, security, and accessibility standards.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in IBM Cognos (Framework Manager, Transformer, Report Studio, Analytics).
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Power BI, including DAX, Power Query, Dataflows, and Workspaces.
• Experience in report migration from Cognos to Power BI.
• Strong SQL and data modelling capabilities within enterprise data warehouse environments.
• Familiarity with Qlik Sense.
• Experience integrating BI tools with data sources such as Teradata, Oracle, and GCP.
• Understanding of Agile & DevOps practices.

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrated experience (5+ years) in BI development using both Cognos and Power BI within an enterprise data warehouse environment.
• Proven experience in migrating BI artefacts and reports from Cognos to Power BI.
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and optimise complex data models, reports, and dashboards.
• Experience working in Agile, cross-functional data teams delivering to business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate requirements into scalable BI solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences effectively.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience with Qlik Sense and other modern BI visualisation tools.
• Understanding of data governance frameworks and metadata management.
• Familiarity with data systems (e.g., Siebel, Salesforce, Services Australia).
• Certifications in Power BI, Cognos, or Data Analytics.
• Experience contributing to BI strategy or roadmaps in a large government or enterprise environment.

Apply Now

Apply now to be part of a high-performing team delivering critical BI solutions for the Australian Government.

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