As a Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) Developer you will be responsible for analysis, design, development, and testing of firm's enterprise reporting applications in support of the business needs of BBH’s divisions and clients.
You will join our Client Experience (CE) Systems BI Reporting Group to design and implement applications on the Cognos 10 BI platform. You will collaborate with our DBAs, business analysts, data modelers and administrators as necessary to define and develop applications on Cognos BI platform.
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Responsibilities:
1. Planning and Organization
- lead assigned projects from Cognos perspective, create and maintain project documentation, ensure that projects are delivered in line with within agreed parameters (expected scope, deadlines, budgeted hours),
- interview end users and document any missing requirements for data, reports, analyses, metadata, training, service levels, data quality, and performance. Recommend appropriate scope of requirements and priorities.
- translate requirements into technical specifications,
- support more junior colleagues, coordinate their work if needed.
2. Application Development
- create and modify Cognos 8/10 objects in Report Studio, Query Studio and Workspace Advanced to meet client requirements and conform to departmental standards regarding documentation and structure that is reliable and easy to maintain,
- create and/or maintain Cognos 8/10 Framework Manager Metadata models to deliver robust and secure foundation for report development,
- create and/or modify Cognos 8/10 objects in Event Studio to support intelligent alerts to our users and clients,
- analyze and classify change requests, identifying and documenting scope of change and impact on other reporting objects,
- participate in walk-throughs which review report specs, reporting objects, all technical supporting documentation, including screens/reports: provide feedback in accordance with department standards and guidelines.
3. Client-User Support
- support clients in using and developing their own reports in Query Studio and/or Workspace Advanced.
- develop training materials, and conduct classroom / remote trainings to promote self-service.
4.Testing
- develop unit test plans that will thoroughly exercise report logic to ensure Cognos application performance with regard to business requirements.
- execute unit test plans, document test results and resolve discrepancies as deemed appropriate.
5.Other
- stay current on Cognos BI technologies and advances in the industry,
- share knowledge on Cognos and establish / maintain best practices.
We are currently looking for strong programmers with the following qualities and background:
- bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems or equivalent work experience,
- ideally 1+ years of experience working in BI application development,
- exposure to full systems development life-cycle in the BI application development space,
- experience in designing / developing solutions on Cognos platform is desirable,
- ability to develop basic, formatted reports and dashboards including cascading prompts, drill-through capability, and more,
- ability to read, understand and debug basic SQL
- highly developed adaptability,
- strong problem solving skills and communication skills (oral and written)
- familiarity with database / data warehousing concepts: Oracle database and/or DB2 is an asset,
- Java / Cognos SDK knowledge is a plus
- very good in English.
Our Client offers:
- highly competitive salary and stock options,
- security of a well funded startup,
- Rapid development cycles and product iterations using agile methodology,
- the opportunity to work at the leading edge of current software technology,
- early adopter, global customers,
- a culture that inspires focus, quality, delivery, teamwork and fun.