Cognos Developer

Atria Group LLC; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Atria Group LLC is seeking a Cognos Developer in Irving, Texas, responsible for designing and developing management reports and dashboards. The ideal candidate will have advanced skills in Cognos Report Development and SQL, demonstrating strong analytical and communication skills to support business decisions effectively.

Qualifications

• Advanced experience in Cognos Report Development required.
• Expertise in SQL including performance tuning.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools including MS Project and Visio.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop management reports on the company intranet.
• Manage and ensure the quality of Cognos models and reports.
• Coordinate with IT departments for report implementation.

Skills

Cognos Report Development

SQL

Dimensional Modelling

Written Communications

Business Acumen

Analysis

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges.

In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients – including governmental agencies and private companies – throughout the United States and India.

We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.

Job Description

Skills Required and Job Description:

Interview mode: Face 2 face

No h1B

Main Skill Set being sought:

Advanced Cognos Report Development on all suites with Report Studio being the main

COGNOS Dynamic cubes

Powerplay Transformer (Powercubes)

SSAS Development – mid level to expert

SQL

Dimensional Modelling experience a plus

The developer will manage the design and development of management reports on company intranet. This position will also guarantee the performance integrity and quality of reports, ensure report performance and resolve problems, maintain database dictionaries and report guides, and coordinates with other IT departments to ensure implementation and monitoring of reports.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Analyzes, designs and develops board room quality Cognos models, reports, and dashboards.

Tests and troubleshoots issues as they arise.

Works closely with data modelers to build and support the IBM Cognos metadata models.

Develops and implements interactive dashboards to help drive business decisions.

Understands business requirements and translates them into high quality Cognos report deliverables.

Monitors and responds to different tickets/defects.

Expert in SQL including performance tuning.

Troubleshoots/resolves help desk tickets in accordance with all SLA established timeframes.

Manages/handles deployments into UAT and production environments.

FUNCTIONAL JOB COMPETENCIES

• Integrity and Trust: Is widely trusted; is seen as a direct, truthful individual; can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
• Written Communications: Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect.
• Business Acumen: Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.
• Excellent spoken and communication skills.
• Excellent planning and task-tracking skills.
• Excellent analysis and assessment of business needs and cross-system impacts.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office Suite, including MS Project and Visio.
• Capable in SQL data analysis and programming interpretation.
• Excellent team-play skills, able to work in fast-paced environment on multiple projects/jobs concurrently.