Cognos BI Developer - (29182) Requisition Number: 29182 Location: MN, Minneapolis Job Description: Job Responsibilities: * Design and develop modifications and enhancements to integrated reporting solution * Work with different functional groups to analyze requirements and manage expectations * Work with team members to design, develop and test data model requirements based on business objectives * Work with team members or independently to design, develop and test complex reports based on business objectives * Provide technical support to the Professional Services and Customer Support groups for deployment and support issues * Advocate best practices for customization and deployment * Lead BI initiatives in conjunction with project management * Follow best practices for source control Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar field required * Minimum of 6 years BI development experience * Minimum of 2 years Cognos experience * Excellent knowledge of Cognos 8 Administration * Excellent Knowledge of Cognos 8.4 Business Intelligence products including Framework Manager, Report Studio, Query Studio, Transformer and Analysis Studio, Metric Studio * Excellent relational, OLAP, Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Multi-Dimensional database modeling and design skills * Excellent knowledge of data warehousing methodologies * Agile development methodologies * Complex report writing skills (build complex prompt pages, drill through definitions, etc) * Excellent analytical skills for requirements development, deployment and customer support * Results-oriented self-starter that can work with limited supervision * Ability to work in a fast-paced, teamwork-based, agile development environment * Excellent oral and written communication skills * SQL Server 2005/2008 * Oracle