IBM Cognos Experts in Frankfurt
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Umut GĂĽlac
Last position:
Data Architect at BA Technology
I am an experienced data engineer specializing in end‑to‑end data integration, cloud DWH architectures, and high‑quality, governed data products.
I delivered following projects and engagements as a freelancer.
- Data Migration of CRM System for AL-FA Objekt Service Gmbh
- Microsoft Software Resales Partnership
I am looking for freelance roles like: Freelance Data Engineer Cloud Data Warehouse Architect Data Modeling & Architecture Consultant MDM & Data Governance Specialist BI & Analytics Developer
Technical Focus Areas
- Data Engineering & Integration: SQL Server/SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter/IDQ, Talend, Kafka, Azure Data Factory – Delta/CDC/ELT patterns, robust pipelines, monitoring/recovery, data lineage & impact analysis, medallion architecture Bronze/Silver/Gold layers
- DWH & Cloud: Azure SQL / Data Lake / Synapse, AWS Redshift/S3, on‑prem SQL/Oracle – scalable data marts with a strong cost/benefit focus.
- Data Modeling: Atomic (Inmon) and Dimensional (Kimball), Data Vault (Linstedt), Domain‑Driven Design, clear lineage & contracts.
- MDM & Governance: Informatica MDM, IBM MDM, stewardship processes, data quality rules, survivorship/XREF, catalog/glossary, SIF/BES/REST publication.
- Analytics/BI: Power BI, SSAS, Cognos – business‑ready, maintainable data products.
Steffen Eschinger
Last position:
Domain Lead FI, CO, HR, Investor Relations at Douglas Group
- Process Owner SAP ERP 8 FI, CO & Investor Relations
- Process Owner SAP Success Factors
- Responsible for 4 teams, 39 FTE
- Full responsibility for end-to-end processes in SAP for Finance, Controlling, HR, Investor Relations
- Interface to certified public accountants for Finance IT (KPMG)
- ITIL-4 implementation for service request change request and project management with Service Now (Project Manager)
Richard Reynolds
Last position:
Vice President– Head of Claims Operations, Europe at SOMPO International
Managing TPA Manager and a team of 10 Claims Operation Assistants.
Designing and implementing processes and workstreams using Guidewire from the ground up with European claims teams across all lines of business.
Establishing service level agreements (SLAs) and detailed key performance indicators (KPIs) with new business intelligence (BI) reporting, payment and performance analysis.
Developing, steering and analysing 50+ strategic, operational and IT initiatives, driving digital change and AI automation in payments while meeting DORA, GDPR, ACM and BAIT MaRisk regulatory compliance.
Increasing customer satisfaction scores by 80%.
Attracting and mentoring market-leading operational and TPA talent.
Demonstrating strong stakeholder leadership and swift decisional influence.
Ulm Paunel
Last position:
DataStage ETL Expert at ING Bank
- Datastage 11.7, dbt, Oracle 19, Python 3.12 / PySpark 3.5, Azure GitHub, Azure DevOps, Automic
- Development of migration jobs to transfer data from the collection DWH to the new Risk Mart, as well as development of ETL pipelines to migrate historical data from the old Mart to the new Risk Mart.
- Storage of the silver layer on Hadoop and the gold layer in Oracle.
- Translation of DataStage jobs into dbt to publish reporting data in Google Cloud to a PostgreSQL database.
- Creation and optimization of complex SQL queries for data extraction from a data vault, taking into account historical data in the point-in-time tables.
- Creation of Oracle table definitions (DDL) and adjustment of existing stored procedures.
- Versioning changes in GitHub and deployment via the CI/CD portal.
- Refactoring long-running DataStage jobs into Python using PySpark to reduce server load.
- Migration of SAS scripts to PL/SQL, including new development of distribution functions that have no direct equivalent in Oracle.
- Development of Automic jobs to run DataStage pipelines and Python scripts (PySpark jobs) that control the population of the SME and institutional risk tables in the Risk Mart and perform business calculations.
- Participation in the agile process, including creating user stories, estimations, and planning in Azure DevOps.
- Handling Azure DevOps tickets and close collaboration with testers and business teams for error analysis and resolution.
Kamran Virk
Last position:
Agile Delivery Manager at Sparecodes Incorporation
- Highly successful role as lead data analytics expert at a US consulting startup.
- Managed stakeholder expectations by ensuring team delivery velocity using Agile and Lean practices.
- Trained and assembled international offshore data science teams of DevOps engineers, BI developers, and technical support specialists.
- As Sparecodes' data analytics experts, we improved our clients’ business outcomes through requirements management, dashboard and report development, migration, automation, and production support using IBM Cognos, AWS, SAP, Oracle, Teradata, CRM, ERP, Confluence, and Microsoft.
- Provided effective coaching and mentoring for international, multicultural teams in a remote environment, covering new tools and techniques, Agile best practices, internal and external communication, and presentation skills.
- Coordinated technical processes efficiently, including managing and implementing project changes and control processes.
- Promoted strong team engagement and supported employees’ career development, including business change management through coaching.
- Enhanced project status reports by providing insights into team productivity, predictability, and backlog burn-down, leading to improved project outcomes.
- Successfully led the coordination and implementation of software solutions for clients in mechanical engineering, including automation system integration and customization to meet client needs.
Christopher Eshemokhai
Last position:
Senior Oracle DBA and WebLogic Administrator, Oracle Business Intelligence for Applications
- Oracle databases 11g, 12c and 19c RAC
- Installation, configuration and deployment of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g & 12c (WebLogic, SOA, Oracle Forms and Report Server, etc., OBIA)
- Administration of Oracle 11g, 12c, RAC and 19c
- Applying patches
- Installation, configuration and deployment of Tomcat
- Oracle tuning
- The system includes several production, QA, test & development Oracle databases and WebLogic application servers 11g & 12c
Ming Chen
Last position:
Deutsche GroĂźbank
- Coordinating requirements (collecting documents, quality assurance)
- Coordinating IT process landscape meetings
- Managing the release process for new/updated sfO
- Handling updates to the process map
- Checking sfO documents for methodological compliance
Dirk Schörling
Last position:
Managing Director at Company in the transport sector
- Part-time interim management in the transport and logistics sector.
Markus Groh
Last position:
Data Solution Architect, Founder at GRITCON GmbH
- Design and development of modern cloud DWH & data platforms
- Data Vault automation
- Implementation of ELT and CI/CD processes
- Requirements analysis and data modeling
- Building an automated cloud data platform as a reference architecture for financial risk controlling (Snowflake, Data Vault, DBT, Python, GitHub) 2024-10-01 – 2025-06-30, Zurich
- DWH further development, operations and cloud migration (Data Vault, DBT, SAP Data Services, Alteryx, SQL Server, Azure Synapse) 2023-03-01 – 2025-06-30, Frankfurt
- Implementation of a global cloud data platform (Data Vault, WhereScape, Snowflake, AWS, Scrum) 2021-04-01 – 2023-12-31, Cologne
- Proof of concept for a global cloud data platform (Data Vault, Snowflake, Synapse, WhereScape, Azure, Scrum) 2022-04-01 – 2022-07-31, Bonn
- Implementation of a cloud data platform (Data Vault, Snowflake, WhereScape, AWS) 2021-07-01 – 2022-04-30, Karlsruhe
- Big data integration of all source systems related to the ITSM process (Data Vault, Snowflake, WhereScape, AWS, Scrum) 2021-01-01 – 2021-05-31, Prague
- Development and operation of a global self-service BI platform to display around 150 corporate KPIs (Data Vault, WhereScape, Postgres, Jenkins, Talend, AWS, Scrum) 2018-11-01 – 2020-12-31, Frankfurt
- Implementation of a DWH for price management and capacity forecasting in long-distance passenger transport (SAP BODS, SQL Server, AWS) 2017-10-01 – 2018-11-30, Frankfurt
- Introduction of SAP BODS and migration of the existing DWH (SAP, BODS, HANA, Oracle, Cognos) 2017-05-01 – 2017-10-31, Rastatt
Alexander Haasper
Last position:
Managing Director at Vineyard Management Consulting GmbH
- Focus: Digitalization & Cyber Security Management
Jin Tu
Last position:
Test Automation Engineer at NetCologne GmbH
- Create and execute regression test cases with TOSCA
- Train internal staff in using TOSCA
- Tools: Siebel CRM, Oracle PL/SQL Developer, TestRail
Josef Petek
Last position:
Self-employed at Self-employed
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Statistics of experts using IBM Cognos
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
29 years (Germany: 26 years)
Position duration
2.7 years (Germany: 3.1 years)
Positions per freelancer
19 (Germany: 15)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
91% (Germany: 86%)
Master's degree or higher
64% (Germany: 56%)
Doctorate
9% (Germany: 6%)
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 97%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Frankfurt using IBM Cognos
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The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
What Cognos does
IBM Cognos is a business intelligence suite for reporting, dashboards, and governed analytics. Companies use it to turn data from ERP, finance, sales, and operations systems into clear reports that support day-to-day decisions. It is often searched as IBM Cognos Analytics, Cognos Analytics, or simply Cognos.
Typical work
- Build standard and ad hoc reports
- Create dashboards and scorecards
- Model data for controlled reporting
- Tune existing reports for speed and clarity
- Support scheduled distribution and bursting
Ecosystem
Strong specialists work with Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Framework Manager, and Data Modules, depending on the version in place. They also understand the surrounding stack: source systems, SQL, database structures, and how business users consume reports. That mix matters in Frankfurt, where finance-heavy teams often need strict reporting logic and reliable release work.
When freelancers help
Companies bring in freelance Cognos professionals when reports are late, models are hard to maintain, or upgrades need careful handling. They are also useful when internal teams need help with migration from older Cognos BI setups to Cognos Analytics, or when a project needs extra capacity for a new reporting layer.
What strong experts deliver
- Clean report design with reusable logic
- Stable semantic models and metadata structures
- Clear handover and documentation for internal teams
- Practical fixes for performance and data issues
- Careful testing before business release
Good fit
The best IBM Cognos specialists work well with analysts, finance users, and data teams. They ask precise questions about source systems, security rules, and report ownership, then keep solutions simple enough to support after handover. For Frankfurt-based teams, that usually means clear communication in English and, when needed, easy collaboration with local stakeholders on-site or remotely.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about IBM Cognos — answered in short.
IBM Cognos is used for governed reporting, dashboards, and management information. It is a strong fit when teams need reliable numbers pulled from core business systems and presented in a controlled format. Many companies also use it for recurring reports that must be distributed in a consistent way.
IBM Cognos is the product family, while IBM Cognos Analytics is the modern name most people use today. Older teams may still say Cognos BI when they mean the classic reporting environment. A good specialist understands both naming and the differences between legacy and current setups.
IBM Cognos is often chosen when governance, standardized reporting, and controlled business logic matter more than ad hoc visual exploration. Power BI and Tableau are often preferred for lighter self-service analysis and broader visualization flexibility. The right choice depends on how strict the reporting process is and how the data is managed.
A strong IBM Cognos specialist usually knows SQL, data modeling, and how to read source systems well. Experience with Framework Manager, Data Modules, and report tuning is important, and business communication matters just as much as tool knowledge. If the work includes migration, version awareness also helps.
IBM Cognos work can be handled by a freelancer as soon as the reporting scope is unclear, urgent, or tied to a migration. You do not need a large program to justify outside help; even a few critical reports can benefit from specialist support. The key is whether the task affects business decisions or release deadlines.
Most IBM Cognos tasks can be handled remotely if the freelancer has secure access to the environment and clear business contact points. On-site time in Frankfurt can help during workshops, discovery sessions, or when stakeholders want faster alignment on report definitions. Many teams use a mix of both.
A good Cognos professional delivers more than a working report. Look for clean logic, stable models, clear documentation, and a habit of asking about security, source data, and maintenance before building. The best sign is that business users can trust and support the output after handover.
With Cognos Analytics, trouble usually starts when source data is inconsistent, report logic lives in many places, or older models are hard to maintain. Upgrades and migrations can also expose hidden dependencies in existing content. A skilled freelancer reduces risk by simplifying the setup and testing changes carefully.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects is 108 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 866 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects, 91% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 64% hold at least a Master's degree, and 9% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects have 29 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.7 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (17%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Banking and Finance (75%), and Professional Services (67%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used IBM Cognos in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Business Intelligence (83%), and Operations (67%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used IBM Cognos
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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