BI Cognos Developer

BI Cognos Developer (Systems Analyst) Hybrid Richmond (1 week onsite 1 week remote). Local only. Payrate : $56/hr. on C2C Top Required Skills: • Prior experience with systems migration – ability to asses current environments, plan migration strategy, build new reports, test and validate new reports • Experience with Cognos 11 Reporting and Cognos Transformer Cube • Experience with Power BI Dashboarding • Experience with Advanced SQL writing abilities What soft skill requirements do you have (team fit and personality requirements)? • Excellent Communication skills is a must. • Must be confident collaborating with Business for analysis, feedback, giving presentation, etc. • Ability to lead, collaborate, or work effectively in a variety of teams, including multidisciplinary teams High Level Project Overview: • Client’s IT team is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst with strong analytical skills and attention to detail to provide support converting legacy Cognos reports to Power BI. • The successful candidate will need to be an expert in all aspects of the System Analyst role. • The ideal candidate will possess an exceptional understanding of the SA skillset and toolset and have a solid understanding of modern computing technologies. • The candidate will need to be able to collaborate successfully with clients to understand their business needs and can convert their requirements into system specifications. • The ability to effectively communicate (written, verbal, presentation) with internal business partners, IT personnel, and external service providers is critical to success in this role. • The successful candidate will develop new and innovative processes to facilitate the move of client into the exciting opportunity with wind energy. Duties include: • Function as a consultant to client’s internal business partners regarding technology and process solutions. • Facilitate finding, developing, and implementing viable technology solutions for client’s business partners by working with teammates, IT groups within the company, external service providers, and business partners. • Provide guidance to client’s internal business partners by knowing what technologies are available to solve complex requirements. • Interface with internal business partners, IT groups, and external service providers to implement new systems and modify existing systems. • Facilitate and lead requirements workshops. • Functionally deconstruct, analyze, and document client’s internal business partners’ systems, problems, processes, and needs. • Define business requirements and test cases using structured methodologies. • Effectively lead documentation of business requirements, test cases, use cases, and design thinking exercises. • Provide written and verbal updates on projects and solutions to IT and business management. • Develop and deliver training on new or revised system functionality to raise awareness, educate users, and support personnel. Required Years of Experience: • Must have a minimum 5 plus years of experience working as a Senior Systems Analyst Education: • Minimum High School Diploma or Equivalency (Required) Are there any specific companies/industries you’d like to see in the candidate’s experience? • Experience in information Technology, a business/technology consulting firm, or a utility business group. • IT experience in a largescale environment, across multiple hardware and software platforms, or business unit experience that includes working closely with IT in the development and implementation of large-scale systems.