Cognos Planner / Business Intelligence Specialist
The Business Intelligence Specialist analyzes requirements and designs, develops, tests, installs and maintains application systems, programs, functions, services and other related software components in response to enterprise needs of high complexity. This individual has responsibilities for production support of and maintenance of existing Business Intelligence solutions. The incumbent will maintain expert knowledge of integration with related source systems. This individual will fully accommodate the customer’s business needs, resolve conflicting user demands and maintain positive customer relations with strong communication and coordination. This position provides leadership, technical guidance, and mentoring to others in areas of acquired expertise with limited guidance. Full technical management of large projects, including developing project plans, and tracking progress by multiple resources, to ensure completion of projects on time and on budget. The incumbent should have established areas of subject matter expertise and be able to communicate technical concepts into non-technical terms when working with non-technical constituents.
Key Accountabilities:
* Develop new and enhance existing Cognos Planning (Contributor and Analyst) applications
* Support existing production Cognos Planning (Contributor and Analyst) applications
* Develop procedures to administer Cognos Planning (Contributor and Analyst) applications
* Identify and validate software and infrastructure components required to implement technical solutions
* Prepare and review technical and logical design artifacts
* Submit solutions for review for compliance with best practices and standards
* Contribute to enhancing and/or optimizing department support processes and procedures
* Lead and guide internal quality assurance testing activities according to planned schedules
* Resolve development and support issues of moderate to high complexity or risk
* Provide systems administration support for Cognos Planning or BI applications
* Write reports using Cognos Planning-based data sources
* Learn and adhere to established change management processes
* Create and sustain open communication with business application users and stakeholders by learning the underlying business processes
Qualifications
* Must have experience developing Cognos Planning applications (Contributor and/or Analyst) from the ground up
* Must create and understand Cognos Planning technical requirements and design documents
* Must be able to work independently to develop Cognos Planning applications (Contributor and/or Analyst)
* Possesses analytical and critical thinking skills with technical problems of high complexity
* Knowledge of quality assurance and testing procedures, processes and techniques employed across various business and technical application platforms and environments
* Working knowledge with data access tools and SQL languages
* Effective oral and written communication skills
* Ability to collect information to ascertain the root cause of a complex issue and make timely decisions when recommending corrective action
* Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and assignments of moderate and high complexity, working tenaciously to meet or beat deadlines
* A degree in Computer Information Systems, related field or equivalent work experience
This position will be located in Milwaukee, WI.
Please e-mail resumes to katie.baldwin@trcstaffing.com
