Business Intelligence Specialist - Toronto, Canada - EBF

EBF
EBF
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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Sophia Lee

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on behalf of our client on Public Sector. we are looking for contract Business Intelligence Specialist for 1 year remote contract

Description


SCOPE:


  • Provide planning, assessment, and development effort to complete the migration of approximately 136 IBM Cognos reports to Power BI
  • Work with Senior Developer to evaluate and modernize reports, where applicable
  • Reverse engineer IBM Cognos reports to core program logic, and recode or migrate report functionality to Power BI Desktop or Power BI Report Builder based on Project Team assessment
  • Work with project team to complete all relevant and required documentation, such as knowledge transfer, and communication, to support the completion of the project

DELIVERABLES:


  • Review IBM Cognos reports within scope of project to understand functionality, logic and design
  • Perform assessment, and define approach in collaboration with project team and stakeholder to migrate IBM Cognos reports to appropriate Power BI tool (i.e., Desktop or Report Builder)
  • Perform design and development activities to migrate IBM Cognos reports to Power BI in alignment with OPS Standards and Guidelines (i.e., AODA, WCAG 2.0 Level AA)
  • Work with project team to provide relevant and required documentation to support migration activities and knowledge transfer
  • Participate in knowledge transfer activities

Skills:

Experience and Skill Set Requirements


MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS:


  • Demonstrated working knowledge of IBM Cognos Report Studio (version 11 or earlier) [At least 5 years of experience]
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of Power BI Desktop [At least 2 years of experience]
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of SQL query languages (T-SQL, PL-SQL) [At least 4 years of experience]
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of DAX programming (At least 2 years of experience)

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:


  • Experience working in a business intelligence team/ environment, developing and delivering business intelligence and/or analytical reports and dashboards
  • Experience working with IBM Cognos Report Studio (version 11, or earlier) to design and develop reports and dashboards, as well as writing Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries
  • Experience working with Power BI Desktop, and Power BI Report Builder to design and develop reports and dashboards and work with team members to explore options to redesign outdated reports
  • Experience writing and working with Microsoft Power BI DAX code to implement business logic within Power BI reports
  • Experience performing troubleshooting of SQL queries, business intelligence and analytical reports, as well as performing data analysis to complete data validation and ensure report accuracy.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server
  • Knowledge of ETL tools, such as Azure Data Factory, Microsoft SSDT, IBM DataStage
  • Ability to work with large datasets e.g., 100 million records plus and ability to create Power BI datasets
  • Knowledge of Power BI Service, functions, capabilities, security options, etc.

CRITERIA:


Criteria - Technical Knowledge

  • Experience/ demonstrated ability working with IBM Cognos Report Studio (version 11 or earlier) to design and develop reports and dashboards (at least 5 years of experience)
  • Experience/ demonstrated ability writing Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries (at least 4 years of experience)
  • Experience/ demonstrated ability working with Power BI Desktop, and Power BI Report Builder to design and develop reports and dashboards (at least 2 years of experience)
  • Experience / demonstrated ability writing DAX code, perform data modelling and implement functionality within Power BI reports and dashboards (at least 2 years of experience)

Criteria - Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills

  • Experience/ demonstrated ability to perform technical troubleshooting, specifically within a business intelligence environment/team or against reports, dashboards, and database queries such as Transact SQL (T-SQL)
  • Experience / demonstrated ability to analyze data to resolve data quality issues and perform report validation
  • Demonstrated experience working within a team environment to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems

Criteria - Communication Skills

  • Oral and written communication skills, Interpersonal and consultative skills, Facilitation skills
  • Demonstrated experience working in a team environment, contributing to team meetings on work progress, communicating risks and issues, providing results from work assessments, and explaining technical tasks to nontechnical team members
  • Experience preparing documentation

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER:


Knowledge to be Transferred:


  • Codes
  • Scripts
  • Power BI report and dashboard specifications (PBIX files)

Knowledge to be Transferred to:


  • Project Manager / Team members

Details of Transfer:


Must Haves:
The HM is looking for someone who can take old reports from Cognos and make new reports in Power BI

Experience/ demonstrated ability working with IBM Cognos R
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