Cognos Architect Resume

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

5 years of experience in IT Industry in analysis, design, testing, development and documentation
Hands on experience of Cognos 8 BI: Installation, configuration and working with Framework Manager, Transformer, Event Studio, Report Studio and Analysis Studio
Experience in full life cycle project development; including design, coding, testing, implementation and product support
Implemented BI projects using the Cognos Solutions Implementation Methodology (CSIM)
Strong data modeling skills (Star Schema, Snow Flaked Schema, Fact and Dimensional based modeling)
Trained users for the successful execution of the project and to build reports using Report Studio and Query Studio
Continually provided value added services to the clients through thoughtful experience and excellent communication skills
BrainBench certified in RDBMS Concepts
Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) in Oracle 9i

TECHNICAL EXPOSURE
BI Tools: Cognos 7.x/8.x/10.x BI (Framework Manager, Transformer, Cognos Configuration, Event Studio, Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, PowerPlay, Impromptu, Impromptu Web Reports), Cognos 8 Planning (Analyst, Contributor), Reportnet 1.1, Business Objects XI (Universe Designer, Web Intelligence)
Databases: Teradata 12/13, SQL Server 2000/2005, Oracle 9i/10g
ETL: SSIS, OLE Load, BTEQ, FastLoad, MultiLoad
OS: Windows, LINUX
Languages: C++, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, JavaScript, XML
Software Tools: TOAD, Visio, Erwin
Version Control: CVS, Subversion
EXPERIENCE
Confidential, New York City, NY
Cognos Architect Jun. 2009 – Till Date

Upgrading from Cognos 8 to Cognos 10
Execute Cognos Administration tasks such as maintaining Data source Connections, creating packages and folders, user access permissions to packages and folders
Deploying reports and packages among different environment Development, Test and Production
Migrate Business Object Universe models and WEB reports to Framework Manager Models and Report Studio reports
Coordinating with Data Warehouse group in defining the ETL logic
Implementing security, managing users, user groups and roles in the organization
Working with the end users and developers to understand the reporting requirements
Involved in performance tuning of Framework Model and Reports
Sharing best practices in Framework Model, Report Authoring, testing and security setup
Analyze methodologies for efficient structures and suggesting proper indexing to be used per the reporting requirement
Perform data analysis in the integrations projects
Created Events to trigger jobs based on the business requirement

Confidential, North Hollywood, CA
Cognos Developer May 2008 – Jun. 2009

Installed and Configured Cognos BI 8.4 Suite
Created Dashboards and Portlet on Cognos Connection per the business needs
Developed Transformer Policy and Claims Cube for analysis and report generation
Created Models and Packages using Cognos Framework Manager and deployed packages on Cognos Connection
Developed various dimensions, measures and calculations in Cognos Transformer
Implemented Cognos security in all three environments
Fine-tuned the existing models and reports to get efficient results
Provided training on Query Studio to create Ad-hoc Reports and Analysis Studio for data analysis

Confidential, Andover, MA
Software Engineer (Co-op) Jul. 2006 – Dec. 2006

Communicated with the business users to document the requirement
Involved in the installation and configuration of Cognos 8
Developed templates, standard reports and master-detail reports per the business requirement
Migrated the existing crystal reports into Cognos 8 environment
Created reports to evaluate the business performance based on various financial indicators
Created jobs to run on a monthly, weekly, and daily basis

Confidential, India
Software Engineer Jul. 2004 – Jul. 2005

Analyzed and gathered the requirements and converting them into technical specifications
Involved in code reviews and unit testing
Developed adhoc reports specific to the clients
Developed and maintained documentation

EDUCATION
M.S. Computer Science

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