Cognos Technical Lead

Cognos Technical Lead

Work Location    Grapevine,TX
Duration    6 Months

Mandatory Technical / Functional Skills   
• '7+ years of experience in the field of Data warehousing
• 5 or more experience in Cognos 8.x and 10.x tools such as Report Studio, Business Insight, Active Report and etc.
• Experience working in Cognos Framework Manager
•  Strong knowledge and experience in SQL and MDX syntax and development.
•  Extensive experience developing reports, dashboards, and cubes in Cognos Reporting
•  Advanced SQL coding skills
•  Solid understanding of Data Modeling concepts
•  Technical team management experience including offshore team members
•  Excellent personal communication, leadership, and organizational skills
• Retail related data warehousing experience a plus
•  Hands on development in BI reporting and Performance tuning"
Roles and responsibility    " Responsbile to understand Business requirements,user requirements and Conceptualiztion of the solution
 Responsible for Cogonos Reports development and followign standards
 Lead Offshore and onsite Cognos development team to ensure requirements and standars are meet.
 Work with the application development teams throughout the development life cycle
 Evaluate new Business Intelligence technologies, features, and products
 Lead or participate in Proof-of-Concept projects
 Stay current with emerging industry trends
 Ability to take initiative and ownership on tasks
 Create Detail design document based on the business requirement
 Create/Update Cognos reports and Frame Work as per the requirements
 Create/Update reports, dynamic dashboards,Drilldown reports as per the requirements
 Good written and oral communication
 Explain complex design items through documents and white-board sessions
 SQL knowledge and performance tuning experience needed"
Desirable Technical / Functional Skills    "Work with different teams – Business, Solutions – BI, Portal and team of Architects to create overall BI user interface, Implement Cognos solutions with complete considerations on Infrastructure capability, performance, supportability to achieve end user business results.
Requirements"
Total experience in required skill (years)    ~ 7 Years