Cognos SDK Developer at Arete Consulting Inc

Job Title: Cognos SDK Developer

Location: Gainesville, FL (Each Month, can work 1 week on-site and 3 weeks remote)

Duration: 3 Months with Potential for Extension.

OVERVIEW:

·         Candidate will work hands-on with the University's team to do batch automation and report development using IBM Cognos 11 SDK and Report Authoring Tools.

·         Provide guidance and design advice on the same activities (regarding Student data mart construction) performed with other clients.

·         Provide documentation of work conducted and best practices for future reference.

PROJECT SCOPE:

·         Validate University's planning assumptions and existing COMPASS model best practices.

·         COMPASS Data Marts and Framework Manager Model specs – Assist with modifications to existing data mart models/packages and help deploy new models/packages. Developing Admissions, Services Indicators and Course Meeting Pattern data marts at this point.

·         Assistance with colleges on accreditation and individual/custom reporting requirements and development – Meet with various colleges and review data needs for their accreditation process, create reporting specs that can be used to assist in data mart design or augmentation.

·         Review, discuss and mentor staff on Framework Manager DMR uses and best practices.

·         Assist with conversion of Cognos 10 SDK (windows-based implementation) to Cognos 11 (Linux-based implementation) and upgrade of associated code.

·         Assist with development on existing report specs remaining from Sierra-Cedar as-needed but not primary focus.

REQUIRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE FOR REPORT AUTHORING:

·         Very strong and hands-on experience in Cognos SDK where SDK is heavily used batched based automations in reporting platform.

·         Ability to go through custom SDK codes in 10.2 platform and making sure that they are compatible in Cognos Analytics v11 platform.

·         Working very closely with business users to honor their wish-list that can be served by using Cognos SDK Strong hands-on experience using SDK in Cognos report automation and distribution as well as change management deployment area.

·         Strong hands-on experience in blending Cognos capabilities other in-house grown / custom applications. Hands-on experience in IBM Cognos configurational aspects and ability to make custom / advance level modifications to underlying default configuration %100 proficiency in the following tool set Report Studio, Framework Manager and Transformer %100 proficiency in Administration Module of IBM Cognos including deployment managers, report schedulers, job management as well as Configuration Manager 

HIGHLY PREFERRED SKILLS / EXPERIENCE:

·         Exposure to PeopleSoft EPM running on Oracle

·         Previous experiences in Cognos platforms running in Linux O/S (migrating from windows based Cognos to Linux based Cognos)

·         Previous experiences in Education and University Industry is nice to have

·         Previous experiences in Cognos Series 7 especially PowerPlay