Senior Cognos Architect/Sr. Developer

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Senior Cognos Architect/Sr. Developer

3 months contract
Location: One Connell Drive, Berkeley Heights NJ 07922
Max Bill Rate: $55/hour CTC



Our ideal candidate will be self-motivated and able to excel in a fast-paced environment. Should have the ability to prioritize tasks and work concurrently on multiple tasks. Should have the ability to create value-added relationships with project team, business team members and other IT teams both at the executive and technology levels.

Professional Experience:
Degree in Information Technology

Sr. Consultant with a minimum of 6 years of experience using Cognos 8.

Strong data modeling, data architecture and analytical skills

3-5 years of experience in Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing, out of which 2-3 years of experience as Cognos report developer.

Minimum 2+ years of experience with any one or more of the following databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, Teradata.

Experience in cognos powerplay, cubes development, cognos impromptu report and catalog development.

Experienced in designing and developing standard reporting and ad-hoc reporting environments

Expert in architecting Cognos multi-dimensional cube solutions

Experienced Implementing techniques for executing nightly reports and cubes

Experienced in performance enhancing techniques for Cognos reports

Experienced in developing Framework Manager models, leveraging Cognos recommended design techniques

Experience with the Cognos SDK

Strong SQL skills.

Experienced with work estimates and work planning.

Good with structured and lateral thinking in order to provide multiple options and recommend the best suited option.

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with the development teams, management and business users

Ability to assign development tasks and monitor, improve, and report on the Cognos development process / progress

Ability to take a holistic view of the problem and see the big picture

An approachable and knowledgeable mentor to other Cognos developers

Minimum 3 years experience in predictive analytics; strong background in reporting and analytics, statistics and forecasting, within insurance business context, would be an asset

Experience working with Advanced Visualization and Dash boarding tools considered an asset

Other Expectations:
Work in a fast-paced team environment

Goal-oriented team player committed to quality and detail

Innovative thinker who is positive, proactive and readily embraces change

Accomplish all goals and objectives while reflecting Chartis Strategic goals and core values of Integrity, Accountability, Positive-Can Do Attitude, Customer Focused, and Team Player

A positive �can do� attitude and customer focused approach that will enable you to deal with challenging situations with integrity, empathy and sincerity

Exceptional customer engagement, interpersonal, presentation and overall communication skills (written and verbal)

Handle multiple tasks and work well under pressure to meet tight deadlines and shifting priorities

Understands business processes, underlying business rules and how organizational data supports the business

Superior conceptual and analytical abilities, identifying opportunities for improvement through analysis and creative thinking

Specific Responsibilities Includes
Design and implement a robust security architecture which will include both low level security and object security.

Optimization of reporting solutions.

Guiding the report developer(s) to implement reports that meet the business requirements.

 
Handling complete range of BI capabilities: reporting, analysis, score carding, dashboards and event management.
Provide best practices for day to day operations, performance analysis, tuning and capacity planning.

Collect data reasonability, data inquiry and ad-hoc reporting requirements and document them in the business requirements document.

Prepare Cognos test strategy based on Cognos design.

Prepare Cognos test scenarios based on Cognos design.

Estimate development, testing timeframes based on Cognos design.

Work with onshore and offshore team, effectively and efficiently.

Work with end users and understand problems, and provide resolutions.

Understand the new report needs, document those and implement them.

Sincerely,

Jay

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