Cognos Report Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION We are seeking a Cognos Report Engineer to work on IBM Cognos development with IBM Open Pages. The role involves designing and developing Cognos Analytics dashboards and active reports, working closely with customers to gather requirements, and delivering technical solutions in an Agile framework. The position is based in Pune or Hyderabad with a contract duration of 6 months. REQUIREMENTS Essential Skills: 5+ years of IBM Cognos development experience with IBM Open Pages Excellent knowledge of Oracle, SQL & Cognos Strong communication skills Ability to design and develop Cognos Analytics dashboards and active reports Ability to apply agile development practices to requirements gathering and product development Ability to validate data and visualizations against requirements and source data Ability to design data visualizations for consumption and understanding by non-technical users Ability to use SQL for selecting, summarizing, and reporting on data from a structured database Working Experience in creating Cognos reports over IBM OpenPages Data Model Working in Agile framework Strong technical concepts to help team deliver the technical design solutions Good to Have: Experience on OpenPages (Configurations, Development) Experience in DevOps, CI-CD tools e.g. Jenkins Experience on batch jobs, shell scripting Responsibilities: Responsible for working with customers to gather/refine user requirements, validating requirements, using agile development practices to build design and build to the requirements, test and verify that product conforms to requirements, and ensure customer acceptance after delivery Using Cognos, builds reports, dashboards, and metrics in EDW. Develops and maintains data catalogues, data cubes, queries, and reports Maintain quality of Cognos products, ensuring consistent validation against source data and requirements through Lifecycle of the report/dashboard/metric Work with the Product Owner, Solution & Platform Architects to identify changes required, create & agree necessary stories Identify options, creating logical & innovative solutions to complex problems Ensures the level of automation within the team is optimised at all times, reducing the need for human intervention in the design, development and operational lifecycles, including decisions on tooling to achieve optimal performance Work with the Agile Lead to ensure efficient flow of the backlog of change activity