Cognos reports developer / 0001 - Head Office, Watford at J D Wetherspoon plc
Watford WD24 4QL, , United Kingdom -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

09 Nov, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Aug, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Testing, Active Directory, Version Control, Report Writing, Kerberos, Cognos, Computer Science, Performance Tuning, Devops, Sql Server, Dashboards, Sit, Gap Analysis, Information Systems, Master Data Management, Data Warehouse, Security, Data Services, Dax, Mds

Industry

Information Technology/IT

Description

IBM Cognos reports developer - BI Analytics (Cognos v12)
We are looking for an IBM Cognos reports developer, with design, development and support experience and skills. The applicant must have extensive experience in working in a business-facing support and development function.
This is a permanent position, based at head office in Watford, reporting to the business intelligence manager.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

  • bachelor’s degree, preferably in computer science, business, management information systems and/or related fields
  • extensive experience in Cognos reports suite, using IBM Cognos BI Analytics (v12)
  • metadata-modelling, using Cognos Framework Manager
  • skills in advanced report-writing, dashboard development, adding data module, building story using the functionalities of Cognos BI Analytics
  • automating, bursting, creating reports view and using Event Studio to trigger report-running and distribution
  • performance-tuning for speed of reports’ delivery, troubleshooting and resolving issues
  • security model using Active Directory, Kerberos and Cognos
  • Cognos connection/portal, Cognos administration and content administration
  • requirement-gathering with business users, writing functional and technical specification, gap analysis and proof-of-concept
  • providing day-to-day support to the business and effectively managing support requests to meet business expectations
  • working with third parties for application and software support
  • unit-testing and facilitating SIT and UAT
  • documenting development, testing and deployment tasks

TOOLS AND SKILLS:

IBM Cognos BI Analytics

  • IBM Cognos BI Analytics (v12) reporting suites
  • MS SQL Server 2018 and above for queries
  • life cycle of reports’ development, using IBM Cognos BI Analytics
  • BI methodologies, best practices on BI architecture
  • Cognos Framework Manager and data module - metadata-modelling

(CQM and DQM)

  • Report Studio - advanced report-writing
  • dashboards and story development
  • using machine learning and AI functionalities
  • Event Studio - scheduling and triggers
  • Cognos administration and security, using Active Directory and Cognos
  • Cognos software upgrade processes
  • cloud systems and tools for BI and business reporting

DESIRED SKILLS:

  • some understanding of data warehouse and ETL processes using SSIS, OLAP and tabular cubes using SSAS
  • using MDX and DAX for reporting off cubes as the source
  • using DevOps for version control and deployment
  • some understanding of master data services (MDS) for master data management
Responsibilities

Please refer the Job description for details

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