The SAS Administrator/Engineer will serve as an important member of LabCorp's Analytics team focused on supporting analytic server administration. This person is part of a team of application administrators and will be responsible for the administration and support of internal-facing SAS servers. Additionally, the selected candidate will be responsible for supporting SAS developers/development, application integration and to end-user setup and administration.

Primary Responsibilities

• Administer SAS software and servers in 24x7 highly available production environment
• Manage effective operation of the SAS Analytics Environment
• Via SAS Management Console, control user access to various parts of the SAS system, granting permissions to read, write, create or view reports and data within the system - ensure that users see only the information that they are authorized to access
• Configure and manage all SAS product installations and upgrades
• Research and make recommendations on hardware and SAS software
• Maintain and execute disaster recovery procedures as needed
• Investigate, escalate, and resolve all SAS production support incidents in accordance with the Production Support Process
• Plans and manages software/hardware updates and upgrades; implements in a timely manner
• Resolves SAS and customer issues within the service level agreements
• Provides support to user community on various SAS Server and Desktop issues
• Document and publish SAS workbooks and data extracts / workflows/ apps/macros
• Work with SAS workflows to automate, optimizing efficiency and ease of use for process owners. Workflows may include: API calls to external data sources, external ODBC data sources, handling of errors and outlier cases, use of various macro types, potential Python coding
• Configure and manage project permissions; provides periodic reports on SAS and Server usage
• Proactively collects and monitors server and performance metrics, conducts performance tuning and capacity management
• Setup and maintain SAS configuration including, but not limited to : Gallery and security roles setup
• Make recommendations on server configuration and optimize for the enterprise.
• Able to parse and understand the logging generated by the Gallery Server and use that to analyze the performance of the server.
• Create and maintain documentation for SAS policies, procedures and best practices
• Interact with other internal departments such as database administrators, web technologies, Identity Management and outside consultants to deliver scalable and highly effective analytic solutions for the business
• Participate in and contribute to the implementation of best industry practices
• Work with IT and business users to resolve issues

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or an analytical discipline or equivalent experience
• Proven experience with SAS server administration
• 7+ years overall IT experience
• 3+ years SAS Administration preferably in a high availability architecture
• Must be able to demonstrate ability to lead system and application upgrades
• Proficient with troubleshooting techniques to determine root cause analysis and formulate solution recommendations
• Proficient in scripting skills such as Python or PowerShell
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Works under minimal supervision with a high degree of self-motivation, commitment and integrity
• Willingness to learn new technologies at an accelerated pace
• Provides clear communication to senior management on issue identification and resolution
• Leverage in-depth business knowledge to translate complex business analysis and reporting requirements into technical designs
• Practical skills in deploying large scale environment processing millions of records per day in a high-availability environment