IBM Cognos Developer-10920

Company: Optimal Solutions and Technologies
Location: Albany
Posted on: November 22, 2020

Job Description:

POSITION: IBM Cognos Developer-10920

LOCATION: Albany, NY

JOB ID: 4846-RCAT-4

# OF OPENINGS: 1

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Optimal Solutions & Technologies (OST, Inc.) is focused on excellence. We specialize in providing Management Consulting, Information Technology, and Research Development and Engineering services. OST is one of an elite set of companies worldwide to be externally appraised CMMI Level 5.

The fundamental distinction of the OST team is its business knowledge in both the public and private sectors. We serve the aerospace & transportation, association & nonprofit, defense, education, energy, financial, healthcare, and technology & telecommunications industries. OST is successful because we listen to our clients, we learn from our clients, and we know our clients.

ENGAGEMENT LENGTH IN MONTHS:

24 Months

WHAT ARE THE DAILY WORK HOURS*

08:00am 5:00pm

WHERE IS THE PHYSICAL WORK OFFICE LOCATED*

40 North Pearl Street, Albany, NY 12243

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC DUTIES IN A TYPICAL WORKDAY FOR THIS POSITION:
This position will participate in a team approach to:
Install and configure the IBM Cognos 11 Business Intelligence (BI software in a multi-tiered Cognos server environment; Web, App and LDAP Windows servers;
Install and configure IBM Cognos BI Transformer software on Unix Server.
Maintain scripts between the IBM Cognos BI install on Windows and Unix Servers.
Maintenance of the Cognos BI architecture, including troubleshooting and problem resolution.
Contribute to the design and implementation of the metadata and/or reporting components of the CSDW project solution (building and/or modifying Cognos data structures) to insure implementation of best practices. This includes testing and deployment of the components
Provide troubleshooting and end user support and problem resolution.
Create and maintain Cognos 11 Reports.
Participate in sessions to develop requirements for the reporting products in Cognos 11 Reporting.
Participate in joint sessions defining security in all levels of the Cognos Reporting environment.
Create scripts for maintaining the Servers, Portal and LDAP, and application support.
Provide technical documentation for the Cognos reporting environment, including but not limited to Server architecture, Cognos Connection configuration settings, and security of all levels of the Cognos deployment
Create and support the Reporting Web Service using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles
Create models using best practices with IBM Cognos BI Framework Manager tools
Create Cubes using IBM Cognos BI Transformer
Ensure that development activities adhere to the HUP architectural strategy so that overall business intelligence data integrity is maintained.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
7 years of experience in IBM Cognos BI 11.0 or higher Administration, Installation, Server Configuration, and technical support including all components of the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence suite of tools.
7 years of experience with IBM Cognos BI 11.0 or higher Application Security integrating withusing Active Directory (AD), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), or Java Based Authentication.
7 years of experience developing and implementing complex data security, object security, and cube security with IBM BI 11.0 or higher Cognos Framework Manager and Transformer tools.
6 years of experience with IBM Cognos BI Framework Manager 11.0 or higher implementing best practices to model and develop Cognos Packages using relational, dimensional, data marts and transactional databases to support reports, score-carding, and analysis.
7 years of experience using industry best practices to create Data Cube models with IBM Cognos Transformer 11.0 or higher using existing relational and dimensional data marts.
7 years of experience developing Java scripting, SQL, Unix Scripting, and writing code (.NET,JAVA, JavaScript) to support Cognos SDK and Cognos Web-Service.
1 year of experience with Cognos BI 11.0 or higher Administration, Installation, Server Configuration, and technical support including all components of the IBM Cognos Business intelligence suite of tools.
IBM Cognos BI 8 or higher Certification
Bachelor's Degree in business intelligence, information science, criminal justice, health science, computer science, mathematics, or public/business administration.

OST is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to race, religion, gender, native origin, age, disability, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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