Job Description :
Cognos Developer(In- Person Required)
Woodlawn, MD
Duration: 12+ months

Job Description
Mid-Level Cognos Developer

Cohesion has an opportunity available to join a fast growing team in our health IT practice. This is a great opportunity to join a team that continues to utilize cutting edge technologies and expand Cohesion''s footprint in the growing field of federal health IT.

As a dedicated member of the Cohesion Federal project team, the member will be primarily responsible for designing and implementing a federal reporting solution. The primary task associated with this role will be to design and develop the reports required, and configure and maintain the infrastructure for the designated COGNOS reporting tool. Cognos Developer will also be working very closely with the Data Modeler, and the Business Analysts or subject matter experts.

As a Cognos Developer, you will:
Provide BI Reporting subject matter expertise to client Projects
Design and implement BI technologies to satisfy client requirements
Model the BI Framework and develop an ad hoc reporting environment using best practices.
Gather and translate business requirements into analytical applications.
Collaborate with other project members and drive the development of BI initiatives.
Design, develop, and test BI solutions including modeling data warehouse metadata and maintaining reporting data sources.
Establish Reporting environments according to project requirements
Design and develop COGNOS reports to satisfy all requirements
Develop and implement an efficient migration process to move reports from development to test and production environments
Support the project team throughout the development and testing process
Participate in all design reviews and requirement sessions, if required
Understand database design, programming concepts, data modeling and framework management.
Proficient in Oracle database i.e. writing complex SQLs and PL/SQL programming.
Solid design, coding, testing and debugging skills.
Work with collaborative teams.
Help/mentor juniors team memebers.

To be successful in this role, you will have:
Full understanding and experience in implementing BI solutions and data warehousing
Full understanding of Cognos BI Series 10 or above is required
Full comprehension of SQL, cardinality, levels of granularity, normalized vs de-normalized, database and tool optimization techniques and other such reporting data architecture best practices.
Excellent Analytical skills
Flexibility/Adaptability especially when working in a large team
Good Organization and Time Management skills
Attention to Detail
Ability to Multi-task

Nice to Have:
Informatica or any ETL tool exposure.
Cognos BI 8 or 10 certification
Experience with Cognos SDK

For maximum success, candidate will need to be able to ramp up quickly and thrive in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

Skills
Cognos – 5-7 year(s)
SQL – 3-5 year(s)
Oracle Database – 3-5 year(s)
             

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