What are the responsibilities and job description for the Urgent Need: Cognos Developer - Malvern, PA (Hybrid) position at Drevol LLC?
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This is Tahir from Drevol LLC. Please find below the job description for your reference and please let me know if you are interested in this position.
Job Title: Cognos Developer/Admin
Location: Malvern, PA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
Key Responsibilities
BI Development & Data Modeling
Report & Dashboard Development: Design, build, and maintain complex reports, active reports, and interactive dashboards using IBM Cognos Analytics (Report Studio/Analytics Content Studio).
Framework Manager Modeling: Create, customize, and optimize relational and dimensional Framework Manager packages and Data Modules.
Data Integration & ETL: Collaborate with data engineering and warehouse teams to design star/snowflake schemas and write complex SQL queries for data validation.
Requirements Gathering: Translate business rules and user requests into clear functional specs and reliable technical architecture.
Cognos Administration & Operations
System Maintenance: Install, configure, upgrade, and patch Cognos environments across Development, Testing, and Production environments.
Security & Access Control: Manage user roles, capabilities, object permissions, and namespace integrations (e.g., Active Directory / LDAP).
Monitoring & Performance Tuning: Optimize report execution times, tune server configurations, monitor system health, and manage batch job scheduling.
Troubleshooting & Support: Resolve production incidents, environment downtime, and user-reported data inaccuracies promptly.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience).
Core Tooling: Hands-on experience with IBM Cognos Analytics 11.x/12.x (Report Studio, Framework Manager, Event Studio, Administration Console).
Database & SQL: Advanced proficiency in SQL (writing complex joins, subqueries, and stored procedures) across relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake, or PostgreSQL).
Admin Experience: Demonstrated background in server maintenance, deployment/export packages, schedule monitoring, and security management within Cognos.