Position: Cognos BI Analyst expertise with IBM Cognos, Qlikview, Crystal Reports and Oracle Warehouse Builder Consultant. Duration:Contract for 3 Months then Direct Hire Location: Maumee, OH A successful BI analyst will have:- A bachelors degree in Information Systems 7-10 years experience in business intelligence Hands on experience in design, and development of scalable BI reporting solutions. Familiarity with SQL and Oracle databases, IBM Cognos, Crystal Report, Qlikview, and MS Office suite. Expertise in Cognos should be very high Experience with upgrading versions of Cognos Competent in the area of optimizing cube performance Strong in SQL Server (SSIS) and Crystal Reports Documentation and user training Methodology for design/development Building relationship with users and DBA Diagnostics and the ability to re-engineer Strategy & Planning:- Manage design and implementation of business reporting solutions, ensuring proper controls are designed for self sustaining data integrity. Design reporting solutions that are linked to the appropriate source of truth. Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated with managing BI systems. Participate in the development of IT strategies in collaboration with the IT Management Team. Conduct research and make recommendations on BI products, services, protocols, and standards. Establish service level agreements with business units. Design & Development:- Create and maintain documentation that describes our BI solutions, including end user documentation. Train power users to develop reports, understand data, and use the tools. The focus is user community self sufficiency versus dependency. Create self sustaining and self monitoring daily production schedules. Proactively communicate to business when issues arise.