Cognos Developer

Job Summary:

Cognos BI Developer

Role & responsibilities

• Collaborate with business users and client-side BI teams to gather and understand reporting requirements.
• Design and develop

  interactive and visually appealing reports

  using

  Cognos Report Studio and Query Studio

  .
• Build various report types including

  list reports, crosstabs, dashboards, and chart reports

  .
• Develop

  ad hoc reports

  to support dynamic business analysis.
• Create and manage

  prompts, filters, parameters, and conditional formatting

  to enhance report usability.
• Conduct thorough

  unit testing and validation

  to ensure reports meet business and technical expectations.
• Continuously improve report design to enhance performance and user experience.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to report development and data inconsistencies.
• Provide documentation and user support as required.

Preferred candidate profile

• Strong hands-on experience with

  IBM Cognos 10 & 11 (Analytics)

  .
• Proficiency in

  Cognos Report Studio

  ,

  Query Studio

  , and

  Framework Manager

  (a plus).
• Solid understanding of

  Data Warehousing concepts

  and

  BI best practices

  .
• Experience in SDLC phases:

  requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment

  .
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact directly with

  business users and client stakeholders

  .
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Knowledge of SQL and experience querying relational databases.
• Experience in performance tuning of Cognos reports.
• Familiarity with version control and BI delivery tools.
• Candidate should be comfortable to work in Shift timings 1pm to 10pm