Cognos SDK Developer

Location:

Gainesville, FL (Each Month, can work 1 week on-site and 3 weeks remote)

Duration: 3 Months with Potential for Extension.

• Candidate will work hands‑on with the University's team to do batch automation and report development using IBM Cognos 11 SDK and Report Authoring Tools.
• Provide guidance and design advice on the same activities (regarding Student data mart construction) performed with other clients.
• Provide documentation of work conducted and best practices for future reference.

• Validate University's planning assumptions and existing COMPASS model best practices.
• COMPASS Data Marts and Framework Manager Model specs – Assist with modifications to existing data mart models/packages and help deploy new models/packages. Developing Admissions, Services Indicators and Course Meeting Pattern data marts at this point.
• Assistance with colleges on accreditation and individual/custom reporting requirements and development – Meet with various colleges and review data needs for their accreditation process, create reporting specs that can be used to assist in data mart design or augmentation.
• Review, discuss and mentor staff on Framework Manager DMR uses and best practices.
• Assist with conversion of Cognos 10 SDK (windows‑based implementation) to Cognos 11 (Linux‑based implementation) and upgrade of associated code.
• Assist with development on existing report specs remaining from Sierra‑Cedar as‑needed but not primary focus.

• Very strong and hands‑on experience in Cognos SDK where SDK is heavily used batched based automations in reporting platform.
• Ability to go through custom SDK codes in 10.2 platform and making sure that they are compatible in Cognos Analytics v11 platform.
• Working very closely with business users to honor their wish-list that can be served by using Cognos SDK Strong hands‑on experience using SDK in Cognos report automation and distribution as well as change management deployment area.
• Strong hands‑on experience in blending Cognos capabilities other in‑house grown / custom applications. Hands‑on experience in IBM Cognos configurational aspects and ability to make custom / advance level modifications to underlying default configuration %100 proficiency in the following tool set Report Studio, Framework Manager and Transformer %100 proficiency in Administration Module of IBM Cognos including deployment managers, report schedulers, job management as well as Configuration Manager

• Exposure to People Soft EPM running on Oracle
• Previous experiences in Cognos platforms running in Linux O/S (migrating from windows based Cognos to Linux based Cognos)
• Previous experiences in Education and University Industry is nice to have
• Previous experiences in Cognos Series 7 especially Power Play

Looking for Cognos SDK Expert

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