SAS Analyst

Job Description:

• Responsible for the functional/technical administration of Enterprise SAS environment. This includes supporting the technical architecture as well as supporting end user inquiries.
• Provide subject matter expertise for production and / or platform issues.
• Establish best practices and guidelines for use of the SAS platform.
• Evaluate performance and recommend / implement measures to improve performance of the SAS environment.
• Provide recommendations on current and future platform capacity requirements.
• Create and maintain a library of supporting documentation. Position Requirements
• Support multiple analytic tools under Enterprise SAS such as SAS studio, Enterprise Miner, Enterprise Guide, SAS Visual Analytics, and SAS Management Studio.
• Apply maintenance releases, upgrades, and hot-fixes as required
• Design solutions to reduce the operational and management complexity of the SAS platform
• Design, implement, and maintain platform security
• Create SAS libraries
• Register and mange metadata for SAS libraries
• Maintain SAS user access
• Renew SAS licenses

Experience Required:

• 3-5 years' experience in SAS implementation, installation, architecture design, and administration
• Hands-on experience with SAS (PC SAS, Enterprise Guide, SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office, Enterprise Miner, SAS Studio)
• Strong SAS BASE development and debugging skills
• Experience with SAS Management Console and / or SAS Environment Manager
• Experience writing SAS programs and creating SAS configuration files
• Experience administering multi-tier SAS environments; various types of SAS servers; troubleshooting same 
• Background in administering SAS Mid-tier (e.g., Stored Process, Workspace, OLAP, SAS VA, LASR Analytics servers)
• Proficient in SQL, Oracle, and/or Microsoft SQL Server
• Familiar with UNIX/LINUX shell scripting Certification
• SAS Platform Administrator certification preferred 

Addtional Info:

• US and GC only with public trust clearance with GC Holder having lived upto 5 yrs in the states.