SAS Sr. Developer

SAS Sr. Developer is responsible for solution delivery which includes understanding business requirements, analysis, design, development, documentation, training, and deployment of SAS applications.

Job Responsibilities include:

• Participate in requirement gathering sessions.
• Apply advanced skills, knowledge, and experience to design and develop efficient SAS processes to meet customer needs including development of Excel and PDF reports using Base SAS.
• Develop innovative and automation solutions in the areas of data engineering including technology implementations using Agile construct.
• Data analysis, including data collection, synthesis, and translation of results into concrete actionable solutions using SAS.
• Develop scalable and reliable data solutions to move data across systems from multiple sources in real time as well as batch modes.
• Quickly evaluate data quality issues by analyzing the upstream sources and provide guidance on resolutions.
• Support SAS applications, including providing fixes to production defects and making enhancements.
• Provide production support and provide clear communication on the resolution of incidents.
• Support several analytics and reporting applications on platforms like Tableau, Alteryx, and Cognos.
• Work in collaborative environments that follow agile project management methodologies like XP and Scrum.
• Closely work with DBAs to fix performance bottlenecks.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent working experience.
• 7+ years of experience in delivering solutions using Software Development Life Cycle.
• 5+ years of experience using SAS and advanced SQL.
• Strong data analytical skills using complex data sources including databases and text data files.
• Conceptual understanding of logical and physical data model is a must, and a working experience is a plus.
• Ability to work in a 24 x 7 setting as either on-call or escalation contact.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with senior business and technical IT management.

• Tableau
• Alteryx