*Hi, Please let me know if you have anyone available for the below position.* ** *Job Title : Sr Cognos Developer wtih Healhtcare Location : Chicago, IL(Local) Duration : 6+ Month Contract* ** *Must be local to IL or Nearby.* ** *Scope of Responsibilities / Expectations: * Go-to expert for everything regarding Cognos technology; able to lead Cognos developers. * Responsible for architecting Cognos solutions and designing Cognos Frameworks. * Provides Cognos expertise to Cognos developers supporting multiple business applications. * Understand complex business requirements and translate them into technical specifications. * Develops standards, procedures, and best practices for Cognos usage. * Stays abreast of new Cognos offerings and demonstrates a deep understanding of Cognos. * Work with other team members to meet support and project milestones, manage client satisfaction, and mentor other team members. * Work closely with analysts and business users to define intuitive interfaces and data structures that support the users' information needs. * Provides overall technical guidance & training on the usage of Cognos tools & related SW. * Participate in Cognos software upgrade impact analysis, upgrade planning & implementation. * Trouble-shoot performance and query build issues and errors as required. * Responsible for creating deployment documentation. Including Cognos installation & deployment guides and detailed deployment instructions. Also, assist Operations with Cognos deployment and production troubleshooting. * Hands-on development using Cognos to develop and optimize reports, including tuning queries in an Oracle/ DB2 environment and Design new or additional data movements between transactional and reporting databases, and within reporting databases, using specs modeled on user needs. * ** *Specific Required Knowledge / Skills * Master’s Degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience * Minimum of 7 years of IT work experience focused in Cognos development * Proficient with accessing data in Oracle 10, and 11, TOAD, and implementing data solutions utilizing SQL; PL/SQL; DB Visualizer for DB2 Z/os; Sql Server Management Studio for SQL Server 2005 * Must have strong SQL writing and programming skills, preferably in Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server environment. Must have some programming skills in PL/SQL and ETL. * Support current ETL processes and provide troubleshooting of those processes. * Knowledge of data warehouse architectures, concepts and technologies a big plus. * Strong Analysis and design of quality technical Cognos, ETL and DB solutions. * Strong experience in Cognos 8 Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, Event Studio (Cognos 8.4 experience preferred). * Must have demonstrated experience in the creation of complex data models using framework manager, complex reports, charts, bursting, scheduling and dashboard style solutions using Cognos 8 Series. * Must have experience integrating Cognos with one or more of the following: Oracle, ETL, WebSphere, Java w/ various frameworks and libraries * Ability to write and modify Unix shell scripts and windows batch scripts. * Must have experience with Cognos installation/deployment procedures. * Experience w/ Rational Unified Process Methodology & Rational Tools (ClearCase, ClearQuest, RequisitePro, Rational Rose). * Strong Initiative with good verbal and written communication skills. * Demonstrated experience working within a team environment. * Proven ability to work w/ minimal supervision & adhere to schedules.* * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warm Regards, Irfan Khan | Technical Recruiter Panzer Solutions LLC Email : ir...@panzersolutions.com Gtalk : Irfan.panzersolutions Yahoo: Irfan.Panzer Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/irfan-khan/28/75/b5 Direct: 203 813 0903 URL: www.panzersolutions.com*
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