Application Developer - Cognos - MKR932

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We currently have an opportunity for an Application Developer Senior with Cognos expertise.

Role Responsibilities:

Work with data architects to develop data models, design specifications, and metadata.

Design and create complex framework manager models.

Participate in architecture and design of Cognos solutions.

Lead reviews and proof of concepts (POCs) as new enhancements are made available to the Cognos platform.

Primary contributor in the development and architecting of Cognos reporting solutions.

Create documentation and procedures with system deliverables, application design, and changes planned for production environment.

Full life cycle methodology including change management processes and ensuring changes are properly tested and migrated to production.

Provide subject matter expertise and guidance to less experienced staff members.

Must be comfortable interacting with senior management and client end-users.

Required Skills and Experience:

A degree in Computer Science or MIS is preferred, with up to 5 years of proven success working in a Cognos and data environment.

5 years minimum of Cognos experience with at least 2 years of modeling experience on Cognos BI 8 platform.

Strong analytic, problem solving, and collaborative skills.

Strong data modeling skills (Normalized and Multidimensional for Data Marts, including Star Schema, Snow-Flake Modeling, Fact and Dimensional Modeling).

Extensive knowledge in SQL programming/Store procedures.

Experience and expertise working with Oracle.

Ability to design, create, and refresh Power Play cubes using Power Play transformer.

Experience designing and developing reports charts, graphs and dashboards a plus.

A solid background in database methodologies and programming (eg stored procedures, SQL).

Experienced in implementing Cognos Security and in report creation with Report Studio, and Analysis Studio.

Possess very strong written and verbal communication skills and strong analytic, problem solving, and collaborative skills.

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