BI Developer & Administrator

Cognizant; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a BI Developer & Administrator in London to lead development and administration of BI solutions. The role spans Cognos Analytics as the primary platform with hands-on duties in report/dashboard development and platform administration.

The candidate will work across Cognos, Tableau and Alteryx environments, performing deployments, security management and production support. Hybrid work in London is expected.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with IBM Cognos Analytics.
• Cognos development and administration expertise.
• Cognos report development and troubleshooting.
• Framework Manager/metadata modelling knowledge.
• Cognos security, users, groups, roles and permissions.
• Report scheduling, jobs, deployments and environment management.
• Performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Strong SQL and relational database knowledge.
• Production support and incident-management experience.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end support of BI platforms including report/dashboard development.
• Platform administration and deployments.
• Security management and access control.
• Performance tuning and incident resolution.
• Environment maintenance and monitoring.

Skills

IBM Cognos Analytics

Cognos Development

Cognos Administration

SQL

Issue investigation

Analytical troubleshooting

Stakeholder management

Report/dashboard development

Tools

Tableau

Alteryx

Job description

Role: BI Developer & Administrator

Location: London (3 days a week)

Employment: Fulltime

Summary

We are looking for an experienced BI Developer & Administrator with strong hands‑on expertise in IBM Cognos Analytics, covering both development and administration activities. The candidate should also have working experience in Tableau/Alteryx/both, including development, administration, production support, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

The role will involve end‑to‑end support of BI platforms, including report/dashboard development, platform administration, deployments, security management, performance tuning, incident resolution, and environment maintenance.

Details

Mandatory / Primary

• Strong hands‑on experience with IBM Cognos Analytics.
• Strong experience in Cognos Development and Administration.
• Cognos report development and troubleshooting.
• Framework Manager/metadata modelling knowledge.
• Cognos security, users, groups, roles, and permissions.
• Report scheduling, jobs, deployments, and environment management.
• Performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Strong SQL and relational database knowledge.
• Production support and incident‑management experience.

Secondary

• Candidate should have working experience in at least one of the following:

Tableau

• Tableau report/dashboard development
• Tableau Server/Cloud administration
• User/security management
• Publishing and deployments
• Extract/schedule monitoring
• Performance troubleshooting
• and/or
• Alteryx
  • Alteryx workflow development
  • Alteryx Server/Gallery administration
  • Workflow scheduling and monitoring
  • User/access management
  • Workflow troubleshooting and optimization

Good to Have

• Experience supporting multiple BI/reporting platforms.
• Experience with Windows/Linux server environments.
• Database experience such as SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, or similar enterprise databases.
• Understanding of ETL/Data Warehouse concepts.
• Scripting or automation knowledge using PowerShell, Python, Shell, or similar technologies.
• Experience with ITIL-based Incident, Problem, Change, and Release Management processes.
• Experience working in enterprise production-support environments.

Functional / Behavioural Skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to independently investigate complex production issues.
• Good communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to work with development, infrastructure, database, networking, and business teams.
• Strong documentation and knowledge‑sharing capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple incidents and priorities simultaneously.
• Willingness to participate in production‑support and critical‑incident activities when required.