SAS Consultant

Description:

Analytics CoE team is looking for an AWS Cloud SAS Viya Administrator that will be playing a key role in helping on SAS Re-Host to AWS Cloud and bring in key transformational changes to how we deploy and manage SAS Viya on cloud native architecture.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Provide day-to-day operation of the SAS platform on AWS cloud, and provide technical support to developers, researchers and analysts

Effectively work with business analysts, development leads, researchers and technical teams to provide guidance on using appropriate SAS tools and SAS coding techniques, statistical methodologies and data manipulation as required

Develop & maintain technical documentation including system diagrams & operational procedures

Perform patching, upgrades, and installation of Hotfixes across the environments as necessary.

Troubleshoot installation issues, user issues on SAS AWS and On-prem Clusters

Maintain and develop Knowledge Base Articles and Wiki Pages to document standard work and troubleshooting guides

Required qualifications:

5+ years of hands-on production experience and knowledge on using and troubleshooting issues with SAS Development and Management Tools

3+ years of production experience with core AWS services

3+ years production experience with cloud orchestration tools like Cloud Formation or Terraform

2+ years of production experience with setting up CI/CD pipelines in systems like Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline

Strong working experience on Linux environment

Technical Hands-on with shell scripting

4+ years of experience with RDBMS, MSSQL Server, PGSQL, AWS DB Services

4+ years of experience with SAS Configuration Wizard to administer SAS deployment

Experience defining Servers, updating server definitions and monitoring Logs from within SMC

Understanding server security and folders and how they relate to SAS folders and security

Knowledge of SAS configuration files such as autoexec, configuration and environment files

Key Competencies:

Should possess the ability to engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously

Knowledgeable in the AWS Well Architected Framework

General knowledge of project management and proactive self-starter

Excellent communication skills and be effective writing skills

Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently and able to meet deadlines

Ability to independently research and resolve technical problems in a complex IT environment with local and remote groups

Tools/Skillset:

SAS Viya 3.x/4

SAS Enterprise Guide 7.x

SAS Studio 3.x

SAS/ACCESS

SAS/Connect

SQL, Python, R, Shell Scripting, Yaml, Json

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