Cognos Architect

3 months ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa She Recruits Full time
Fantastic remuneration and growth opportunities with this consultancy.

IBM Cognos skills and experience required:
A minimum of 3 years hands-on experience with IBM Cognos Analytics (designing and implementing solutions)

Experience in developing Cognos reports

Experience in the following functionalities; multi-page output, bursting, prompting, layout component references, drill through definitions, conditional styles, utilising already-written custom controls, custom HTML/CSS, macros

Experience in building metadata models on top of relational data sources in Framework Manager and/or Data Modules

Experience in handling Cognos Admin functions (reporting scheduling, backup scheduling, content development, folder & object security, license or group or role assignment, system status monitoring and error investigation/troubleshooting

Experience in installing and configuring new versions of Cognos as well as upgrading current versions

Understanding of Cognos Dashboards, Stories and Explore functionality

Experience with dimensional-style reporting in Cognos

Experience in using MDX functions to build off dimensional sources; Cognos PowerCubes, DMR packages, TM1 or SSAS cubes.

Soft skills and experience:

Excellent communication skills (ability to communicate with both technical and business teams)

Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast paced environment

Deadline and outcome driven

Excellent planning and organisational skills

Technical and data skills and experience:
Thorough understanding of general technical concepts and best practices and ability to troubleshoot technical issues

Strong SQL and relational databases knowledge

Strong understanding of general web technologies such as HTML, CSS, XML, and Javascript

Understanding of security concepts such as AD/LDAP, authentication/authorization, SSO, SSL certificates, etc.

Knowledge of and (preferably) experience with AWS cloud infrastructure & services.

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