Position: Lead Software Engineer (Cognos BI)
Company: EPAM
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

Key Responsibilities: 
   ·      Provide direction for the solution architecture to enhance data marts perforamce using the start schema for the analytic and reporting solution
·      Develop new software solutions and enhance and maintain existing application portfolio.
·      Integrate/customise purchased software and build intranet based applications for Business departments.
·      Recommend solutions, built or purchased, to meet business needs. Provide consultancy to project team as subject expert.
·      Build generic tools and to support the IT function and provide integration with other applications around the Bank.

Functional / Technical Competencies:
·      Data Warehouse & dimentional Data Mart schema architecture, and development approach understanding
·      Cognos life cycle implementation experience
·      Analytical and assessment skills essential
·      Good understanding of Corporate & Investment banking processes and systems
·      Test Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development 
·      Working to standards and to project deadlines.
·      Mindset to add business value at all times
·      See problems as opportunities for change and learning.
·      Cognos v10 and v11 preferred

Work Experience:
·      General understanding of database management, connectivity between multiple database systems, security and administration
·      5 + years of working in Corporate Banking related projects.
·      Need Experience in building Cognos metadata framework
·      Develop Complex Cognos reports & Dashboards
·      Maintenance & Administration of Cognos platform
·      Experience in architectural solution design and performance enhancement of complex analytic data marts for Cognos reporting 
·      Installation of new Cognos versions & Migration to new versions
·      Experience in developing in controlled and standardised environments.
·      Followed Waterfall development practices.
·      Followed Agile development practices, particularly XP and SCRUM.
Worked in Financial Institutions.