Job Description

Title: Software Developer - Senior
Location: Hybrid - Toronto, ON
Mode: Contract
Must Have:
7-10 years of experience as a Senior Cognos Developer in a public sector environment or large (greater than 1000 users) business and I&IT transformation project(s).

• Hands-on experience writing Cognos and SQL
• Experience in large scale implementations
• Technical expertise to enhance, configure, customize and integrate case management system with external or related applications
• Experience in conducting requirements elicitation, fit-gap, design, and development phases in large Cognos implementations
• Ability to advise and provide technical recommendations on infrastructure, reporting and interfaces

:
At minimum, the Software Developer- Senior will have the responsibilities set out below:

• Provides subject matter expertise and hands-on engagement for all relevant systems including identifying and creating technical solutions design, development, and deployment for specified technology.
• Responsible for the complete end-to-end development of applications and database in both traditional and cloud deployments.
• Create functional and technical designs
• Refine and clarify designs during software development and implementation. Code and unit test code, provide subject matter expertise in supporting System Integration Testing and Use Acceptance Testing.
• Support deployment in production. Conduct Root Cause Analysis of production issues.
• Create all functional and technical design documents

General Skills:

• Experience with Cognos V11.2
• Experience in creating and documenting the technical design, development and delivery of specified technology solutions including: reports, interfaces, conversions, extensions and customizations for High Availability environments.
• Demonstrated experience in the creation and update of technical design specifications to satisfy project requirements
• Experienced in providing estimations of project delivery based on business requirements
• Experience designing, developing and testing data conversion programs and processes to ensure accurate data migrations
• Experience and knowledge of specified technology enterprise architecture methodologies and tools
• Experience developing or customizing reports, interfaces, customizations, application extensions, workflows and procedures
• Knowledge of specified technology Application Framework and Application Development Framework
• Experience with UI integration (embedding external application in specified technology, exposing specified technology in External application)
• Experience developing integrated test scenarios, identifying test data, executing test scenarios as part of system integration testing (COTS and custom), troubleshooting and resolving issues identified and documenting test results.
• Experience with Stakeholder management
• Knowledge of Open UI Concepts-PM, PR, Manifest File and Mapping files
• Experienced in design and development for large scale Information Technology (IT) solutions and providing guidance to development teams
• Experienced in developing JEE solutions, including JEE design patterns
• Proficient in analyzing and designing changes to existing software solutions
• Complete knowledge of SDLC methodologies e.g. Agile development
• Proficient in RDBMS design concepts

Desirable Skills:

• Experience creating Unix scripts
• Experience with Database and SQL
• Experience in using Gitlab for version control
• Proven experience in facilitating discussions, negotiations, conflict resolution
• Strong communicating skills in effectively communicating with client, management and team, making presentation and reporting outcomes
• Experience in designing and developing Web Services
• Experienced in AIX, UML and XML
• Experienced in design, develop, test, optimize and support complex stored procedures, functions, triggers and other database objects with ability to solve complex production issues