Cognos Application Developer

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Cognos Application Developer contributing to applications systems analysis and programming. Collaborating with business users and optimizing data processes with IBM Cognos software.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timePune • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CognosSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Strong skills and experience in IBM Cognos software to build reports, dashboards, and scorecards to present data in a clear, visual, and actionable format.
Managing user permissions and security settings within the Cognos environment.
Collaborating with business users to understand their reporting and data analysis needs.
Designing and developing data models to support reporting and analytical applications.
Experience for migrating the code to higher environment and support infra related activities.
Training and guiding the users on Adhoc reporting.
Provides technical leadership to team members.
Very Strong & Experience of SQL skills are essential for data extraction and manipulation from databases.
Very strong Knowledge and Experience of data warehousing principles, table structures, database keys, and efficient data joining techniques and strong performance tuning capabilities.
Performance Tuning Optimizing reports and data models for efficient performance and reliability.
Diagnosing and resolving issues with Cognos solutions and user problems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of relevant and strong experience in Cognos
Intermediate level experience in Applications Development role
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills
Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Flexible work hours
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

IBM CognosSQLdata modelingdata warehousingperformance tuningreportingdata analysisdata extractiondata manipulationdatabase keys

Soft Skills

communicationproblem-solvingdecision-makingcollaborationleadershiptime managementadaptabilitytrainingguidanceuser support

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeUniversity degree