Cognos Developer/Admin
Washington, DC

Job Description

Unissant, Inc. is an innovative solutions development and consulting company committed to delivering simplicity through innovation. We meet this commitment by delivering state-of-the-art enterprise computing and processing solutions to both government and commercial clients. Our workforce continually strives to advance y(our) collective intellect through collaborative fortitude, and we are looking for further talent to join that effort! To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com

We are seeking a Cognos Developer/Admin to join our team and support our client in Washington, DC. An ideal candidate should have experience using best practices to design and develop IBM Cognos reports. A solid understanding of IBM Cognos is essential for this position as well as a proven ability to work quickly and independently and to provide professional documentation.

When responding to this opportunity, please speak to the relevancy of your work experience in your cover letter.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

* Responsible for creating Reports High Level Design & Detail Level Design Documents, Source-Target/Target-Source Documents, and applicable Operations & User Manuals
* Responsible for designing, developing, testing and implementing the Cognos reports for the Data Warehouse & Data Marts
* Designs, develops and delivers report solutions using latest versions of IBM Cognos
* Develops reports security, performance optimization, monitoring, auditing and logging
* Collaborates with business and other technical groups
* Reviews, analyze and identify gaps in existing ETL business requirements, functional requirements document and source to target mappings
* Gathers reports requirements and works with data modeler as needed, to design optimal reporting solutions
* Provides technical support for issues, including hands-on troubleshooting and implementing enhancements and customizations
* Develops and validates reports to pull client data, based on documented results of client data validation processes

Work Experience:

* 7+ years' experience with reports development and reports architecture development using IBM Cognos
* 3+ years of experience with Cognos administration Server administration (install, upgrade, troubleshoot Cognos environments), content administration (reports/package promotion, user security)
* Solid experience in developing Cognos reports
* Strong knowledge of data warehousing Dimensional (Kimball methodology) as well as Relational (Inmon methodology)
* Advanced SQL development experience (query tuning is a plus)
* Extensive experience in Databases: DB2 and SAS
* Experience developing and reporting architecture documents, user documentation and training material

Job Skills:

* Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills
* Proficient with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)
* Work individually and in a matrix environment with minimal supervision
* Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
* Meet aggressive deadlines as necessary
* "Can-do" attitude, pro-active and resourceful

Education:

* Bachelor's Degree is required.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

* None

Communication Skills:

* Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present solutions and gather requirements, comfortable interfacing at all levels of the organization
* Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner

Travel:

* Willing to travel occasionally as needed to Unissant HQ (in Herndon)

Environmental Requirements:

* Mainly sedentary; in an office environment. May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds
* Flexible in working extended hours

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening.

Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/D/V)