Cognos Report Writer Job Posting

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Job Title:	Technical Liaison/Cognos Report Writer
Job ID:	JOB239
Company:	Extreme Technologies
Position Type:	Contract to Hire
Pay Rate:	81K
Skills:	VBA, MS Access, Cognos
Date Posted:	Sep-21-09

Extreme Technologies is looking for an immediate hire for a *Business Unit Tech Liaison* to join an exciting team. You will be the key to development of critical executive level Cognos Reporting. Supporting the business unit entails:

Local candidates ONLY on this position. Out of town candidates will not be considered.

Requirements
*Detailed comprehension of business processes and procedures.
*Detailed comprehension of business applications and their underlying structures and data.
*Ability to analyze business needs and develop Cognos reports for specific audiences (both internal and external customers).
*Development of complex Cognos reports with an emphasis on accuracy and timely delivery.
*Ability to react quickly to changing business or governmental demands.
*Ability to self manage and multi-task consistently.
*Design and create Access database applications to implement and maintain processed that will improve department efficiencies.
*Provide technical assistance on all systems to aid in the productivity of the department staff.
*Generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports for managers and supervisors.

Qualifications:
*3+ years experience with Cognos Report Development (Report Studio)
*5+ years SQL
*3+ years Access/VBA
*Experience with Cognos BI tools: Report Studio, Query Studio , Analysis Studio
*Experience creating multi-prompt reports with drill-thru capabilities
*Experience with the design and development of charts, graphs and Dashboards
*Experience / knowledge working with Relational Databases * Oracle, SQL server, Access
*Experience implementing Cognos Security at report level
*Experience in scheduling and monitoring Jobs
*Experience with MS Access, Designing, creating and distributing reports
*Knowledge of SQL
*Ability to write ad-hoc queries for report data validation, pass-throughs, tuning of sql.
*Outstanding communication skills and interacting with executive users are a must.
*Ability to assess business needs and create requirements documents.
*Communicate with internal & external customers, supervisor and management, using clear, user-friendly terminology (email, phone, meetings).
*Effectively self-manage in order to stay on course with project timelines.

Please forward your word resume to rroznovsky@extreme-technologies.com if you are interested in this opportunity.

Location:	US-TX-Houston
Telecommute:	No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name:	Renee
Contact Phone:	281-293-7800
Contact Email:	rroznovsky@extreme-technologies.com

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