Programmer Analyst

Nashua, NH

@Orchard (formerly Talent Orchard) has an opening to support our large Federal Systems Integration firm for a Programmer Analyst in Nashua, NH. Initial duration of the contract is 6 months with strong potential for extension or full-time employment opportunity based on the business needs and performance.

Position Description:

The successful candidate will be a part of the team that is responsible for Enterprise Business Intelligence. This position requires that the candidate understands, uses and applies technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques and provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate to high scope and complexity. The candidate will be responsible for overall management of the Cognos environment – reports/dashboards development, administration/configuration, customization, security, etc. The candidate will regularly interact with the customers to perform requirements analysis, document and confirm the requirements with the customers, and develop and deliver solutions as per the requirements. The candidate will also contribute to the development and delivery of user training and documentation. The candidate will follow established procedures, and contribute to the completion of milestones associated with specific projects and keep up-to-date with the technology shifts through training and development.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar
• 10+ years of experience working in information technology industry
• 7+ years of experience developing reports and dashboards using IBM Cognos 10.2 or higher (experience with other BI tools – Power BI, Tableau, Business objects, etc. a plus)
• 2+ years of experience with Cognos administration – Server administration (install, upgrade, troubleshoot Cognos environments), content administration (reports/package promotion, user security).
• Experience with Deltek CostPoint, Deltek Time Collection and Deltek GovWin a plus
• Strong knowledge of data warehousing – Dimensional (Kimball methodology) as well as Relational (Inmon methodology) a plus
• Intermediate to advance SQL and PL/SQL experience (Oracle) – development as well as query tuning
• Proficient with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Operating Systems Experience: Windows 2012 or later, Windows 7 or later
• Virtual team collaboration tools such as webex, at&t etc.
• Requirements analysis experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Experience developing user documentation and training material.

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of experience working in information technology industry
• 7+ years of experience developing reports and dashboards using IBM Cognos 10.2 or higher (experience with other BI tools – Power BI, Tableau, Business objects, etc. a plus)
• 2+ years of experience with Cognos administration – Server administration (install, upgrade, troubleshoot Cognos environments), content administration (reports/package promotion, user security).
• Experience with Deltek CostPoint, Deltek Time Collection and Deltek GovWin a plus
• Strong knowledge of data warehousing – Dimensional (Kimball methodology) as well as Relational (Inmon methodology) a plus
• Intermediate to advance SQL and PL/SQL experience (Oracle) – development as well as query tuning.

If your experiences and interest align with this exciting opportunity, we need to hear from you. Apply today!

Established in 2010, @Orchard (formerly Talent Orchard) has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atorchard.com.