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SYSCOM, Inc. provides specialized information technology resources that possess the requisite skills and capabilities to deliver enterprise level solutions that help our client’s achieve their objectives. At SYSCOM, we have a proven process that brings the best and brightest resources into our organization. Our teammates have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as coordination and organization skills. The objective of our approach is to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction. We are seeking several motivated and adaptable
Cognos Developer. Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:- Develop and maintain Cognos dashboards, reports and cubes based on business and technology requirements and industry standard best practices.
- Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems
- Follows all required software development standards, change control procedures, and security requirements.
- Develop high quality deliverables.
- Ensure that the deliverables meet organization and performance requirements.
- Assists in the formulation of business and testing requirements.
- Coordinates and performs required unit, system and performance testing.
- Works with other team members on User Acceptance testing and issue resolution.
- Ability to work both independently and participate as a member of a cross[1]functional team.
- Ability to build relationships with project sponsors, stakeholders, other technical staff, vendors, and end users.
- Participates in continuous improvement activities by identifying and analyzing the effectiveness and efficiency of existing processes and develops strategies for improvements.
- Produces status reports and communications on a regular basis.
- Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of software development best practices.
- At least five years (5) of experience in Cognos methodologies and development.
- Bachelor’s degree, or higher, from an accredited college in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Services, Business Management, Engineering, Project Management, Business or Public Administration, Communications or a related field.
- May be substituted with relevant software development experience of 5 or more years.
- Experience with Cognos 11+
- Working knowledge of Self-service modeling, dashboarding, Framework Manager, and Content Explorer
- Skill in relational modeling
- Experience with Data Visualization
- Experience working with SQL Server 2016+
- Skill in the operation of computers and peripheral equipment.
- Skill in creative and analytic problem solving.
- Understanding of Data Warehousing principals, concepts, and architecture
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet project delivery dates.
- Ability to effectively analyze and manage requirements.
- Ability to visualize complex issues.
- Knowledge of personal computers, Microsoft Office suite of tools including; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and MS Project.
- Knowledge of programming concepts and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Ability to coordinate the work of a team with the work of other units within the Research, Assessment and Accountability departments and other client offices and departments.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of users and team members.