IBM Cognos Experts in Frankfurt
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Umut G.
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 E.
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 R.
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 P.
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 V.
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.
Ming C.
Last position:
German large bank
- Coordination of requirements (collection of documents, quality assurance)
- Coordination of appointments within the IT process landscape
- Execution of the publication process for new/changed sfO
- Processing of adjustments to the process map
- Checking sfO documents for compliance with the methodology
Christopher E.
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
Dirk S.
Last position:
Managing Director at Company in the transport sector
- Part-time interim management in the transport and logistics sector.
Markus G.
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 H.
Last position:
Managing Director at Vineyard Management Consulting GmbH
- Focus: Digitalization & Cyber Security Management
Jin T.
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 P.
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: 25 years)
Position duration
2.7 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
19 (Germany: 16)
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: 57%)
Doctorate
9% (Germany: 6%)
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Frankfurt are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates of experts in Frankfurt using IBM Cognos
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
IBM Cognos experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (83%)
- Banking and Finance (75%)
- Professional Services (67%)
- Retail (50%)
- Automotive (42%)
- Healthcare (42%)
- Telecommunication (42%)
- Energy (33%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Business intelligence with IBM Cognos
IBM Cognos is an enterprise business intelligence and performance management suite for turning operational data into trusted reports, dashboards and planning insight. Its modern offering, Cognos Analytics, supports governed self-service analytics alongside centrally managed reporting. Companies use it to give finance, sales, operations and leadership a consistent view of performance.
Reports and dashboards
Specialists create pixel-perfect reports, interactive dashboards and recurring management packs for complex business questions. They define metrics, drill paths, prompts and distribution rules so different teams can work from the same information. Strong work connects visual clarity with accurate data definitions rather than simply adding more charts.
- Build executive dashboards and operational reports
- Configure prompts, scheduling and bursting
- Convert spreadsheet-based reporting into governed analytics
- Improve report performance and usability
Models, data and tooling
The ecosystem includes Cognos Analytics, Framework Manager, Dynamic Cubes and Planning Analytics, with integrations for relational databases, data warehouses and enterprise data platforms. Professionals often work with SQL, dimensional modelling, ETL pipelines, security structures and metadata governance. Knowledge of IBM Cognos Analytics and the former Cognos Business Intelligence tooling helps when modernising established environments.
When freelance expertise helps
Companies bring in specialists during migrations, reporting backlogs, model redesigns and urgent delivery phases. External support is useful when internal teams understand the business but lack capacity for report engineering, governance or performance tuning. In Frankfurt, collaboration may combine remote delivery with on-site workshops for stakeholders across finance and operations.
- Migrate legacy Cognos environments to Cognos Analytics
- Rework slow reports and inefficient queries
- Establish role-based access and content governance
- Document models, reports and support processes
What strong professionals deliver
A capable IBM Cognos professional starts with business definitions, source-system constraints and reporting ownership. They test figures against trusted records, separate reusable model logic from presentation design and explain trade-offs clearly. They also understand release control, documentation and user adoption, not only the report interface.
Choosing the right specialist
Review examples that resemble your data landscape, reporting volume and governance needs. Ask how the specialist approaches requirements, reconciliation, security and handover, and whether they can work with both business stakeholders and technical data teams. For Frankfurt-based work, clarify remote collaboration, workshop availability and the language needed for stakeholder sessions.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about IBM Cognos — answered in short.
IBM Cognos is used for governed business intelligence, enterprise reporting, dashboards, scorecards and planning. Companies rely on it to combine data from multiple systems and present consistent measures to finance, operations, sales and leadership teams.
Cognos Analytics is often chosen for governed enterprise reporting, complex distribution requirements and centrally managed metadata. Power BI and Tableau may be preferred for highly self-directed visual exploration, so the right choice depends on data governance, existing systems, user needs and reporting workflows.
A strong IBM Cognos specialist often brings SQL, dimensional modelling, data warehouse knowledge and ETL understanding. Skills in Framework Manager, security design, performance tuning and business requirements analysis are also valuable, especially in established enterprise environments.
The required background depends on the assignment. A report enhancement may need focused Cognos Analytics expertise, while a migration or model redesign calls for experience with Framework Manager, legacy Cognos Business Intelligence content, governance and stakeholder coordination.
Yes. IBM Cognos work can usually be delivered remotely through secure access, documented requirements and regular review sessions. On-site workshops in Frankfurt can still help when teams need to map reporting processes, validate definitions or align several business units.
Ask for examples of reports, models or migrations similar to your environment, without requesting confidential client material. Confirm how the professional validates figures, manages access rights, handles performance issues and documents the final solution.
IBM Cognos supports self-service exploration while retaining central controls for metadata, security and trusted content. This balance suits organisations that want business users to investigate data without allowing uncontrolled definitions or duplicated reporting logic.
Project documents may refer to Cognos Business Intelligence, Cognos 8 or Cognos 10 alongside the current Cognos Analytics name. A specialist should identify the exact release, report formats, model types and migration constraints before estimating the work.
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 865 € 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%).
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