Senior Cognos Developer

Senior Cognos Developer

Job

Employee Type: exempt full-time

Division:
Enterprise Information Technology

Facility:
Frederick:
Ft Detrick

Location:

PO Box B, Frederick, MD 21702 USA

The Frederick National Laboratory is operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases.

The Enterprise IT (EIT) Directorate oversees the strategic vision and implementation plan for IT systems and solutions for the enterprise at Leidos Biomedical Research, providing operational information and data systems support to Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.

The Enterprise Solutions group (BES) is part of the Enterprise IT directorate, overseeing the strategic vision and implementation plan of IT systems and solutions that the support Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL) operational and scientific organizations. The BES scope includes development, integration and optimization of the enterprise business systems used by the FNL operator, Leidos Biomedical Research, as well as logical and automation solutions for the scientific community.

• Design, build, and maintain reports in IBM Cognos Analytics(Report Authoring, Dashboard Authoring).
• Develop interactive dashboards and visual analytics,potentially cross-referencing with Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik Sense for specific business units.
• Modify and troubleshoot existing reports based on user feedback or changing business requirements
  
  Test and validate reportoutputs against source data for accuracy.
• Perform Data Modeling and build and maintain Framework Manager models and data modulesthat serve as the semantic layer for reporting.
• Update models as underlying source systems (e.g., Deltek Costpoint) change.
• Ensure the semantic layer accurately reflects business logicfor Finance, HR, or Project Accounting data.
• Perform SQL & database tasks.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries against Oracle or SQLServer.
• Develop and maintain stored procedures, views, and functions.
• Diagnose and resolve query performance issues.
• Review execution plans and tune indexing/queries.

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• Possession of Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or four (4) years relevant experience in lieu of degree. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency.
• In addition to the education requirement, a minimum of five (5) years of hands‑on experience developing enterprise reporting solutions using IBM Cognos Analytics.
• Expert knowledge of:
  • IBM Cognos Analytics (11.x/12.x)
  • Framework Manager
  • Report Authoring
  • Dashboard Authoring
• Strong data modeling experience, including designing and maintaining Framework Manager models, data modules, and enterprise semantic layers.
• Experience analyzing business requirements and translating them into scalable reporting and data models.
• Strong SQL development skills with experience writing complex queries and optimizing performance.
• Working knowledge of database programming, including stored procedures, views, functions, and query optimization.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, or other enterprise relational databases.
• Experience developing interactive dashboards and visual analytics using Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense, or a comparable enterprise BI visualization platform.
• Strong understanding of Cognos security architecture, LDAP/Active Directory integration, and deployment processes.
• Experience troubleshooting performance issues and optimizing enterprise reporting environments.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, lead technical initiatives, and mentor junior developers.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security…