Comtech Global, Inc · 4 hours ago
SAS Consultant
Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expComtech Global, Inc is seeking a SAS Consultant to provide technical services as a SAS Administrator. The role involves designing SAS solutions, advising stakeholders, implementing SAS solutions, and supporting SAS users in code and report development, among other responsibilities.
AnalyticsCloud Data ServicesCyber Security
Hiring Manager
Bhargav Cherukuri
Responsibilities
Design SAS solutions, such as SAS Viya and EBI, considering infrastructure, file structure, and high availability
Advise stakeholders on SAS solution and implementation decisions
Implement SAS solutions based on agreed-upon architecture/design
Coordinate implementation projects across server, storage, and networking teams
Guide and support SAS users in code and report development
Prepare and execute deployment plans across Dev, Test, and Prod environments
Establish best practices for SAS implementation and support
Provide and oversee SAS support including user administration, monitoring, capacity management, and troubleshooting
Drive SAS support activities across server, storage, and networking teams
Train and coach backup SAS administrator
Create automated processing jobs on the SAS Server to meet the business user needs
Work with internal provisioning authorization teams to keep SAS access in conformance with agency policy and auditing standards
Provide reports, metrics and presentations to various teams, groups, and meetings as required
Create and architecture diagrams with process flows when necessary
Create and maintain connectivity to disparate data sources (including Oracle, MS SQL, Hadoop, Impala, network shares, etc.)
Facilitate data sharing and exchanges with both internal and external entities
Continuously monitor the production processes, fix any issues, update the tracker document with the issues, and report the performance issues to management
Performance tuning on the SAS Server as required
Demonstrate strong familiarity with and instruct various SAS users in procedures for using various SAS applications and tools
Understand and write SAS programs and diagnose coding errors and performance issues with SAS users
Create Service tickets to fix production issues in cooperation with SAS Tech support and other state or external IT entities
Provide solutions to eliminate various single point of failure issues
Perform system maintenance, patches, upgrades, and data backups, as necessary
Work with SAS Institute staff to provide information and requirements for fixing, remediating, enhancing, and planning various SAS server platform and client, changes, upgrades, design requirements and performance issues
Research and provide recommendations to management for any issues or concerns regarding the SAS Server, SAS client or SAS user issues or desires
Implement and install and configure software as requested and work with the AIX admin to perform these duties as necessary
Keep abreast of SAS analytical tools and functionality (Forecast Studio, Enterprise Guide, Enterprise Miner, PC SAS and other tools)
Monitor SAS Enterprise BI servers and diagnose and troubleshoot any SAS Server performance issues
Provision access for users and groups on SAS Servers (and AIX Servers) in accordance with ODM governance procedures and requirements
Create and run AIX scripts and jobs as necessary for Server provisioning and administration
Perform Server patching and maintenance, as necessary
Provide sizing inputs and requirements during architecture/system design to ensure system specifications meet anticipated system workload
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience with SAS Enterprise BI Server administration
2+ years of experience with SAS Viya platform administration
8+ years of experience installing SAS BI server from scratch on a multitier platform
Design and configure SAS internal folder structures to facilitate user access and provisioning
4+ years of experience in creating and running AIX scripts and jobs as necessary for Server provisioning and administration
4+ years of experience - Perform Server patching and maintenance as necessary
2+ years of experience on SAS VIYA administration and worked in the architect capacity
Provide management reports from both the SAS server and the AIX OS upon request
Strong knowledge and practice implementing standard security policies and procedures for both SAS Server and SAS clients
Regularly provide access for SAS users and accessible resources (data sets and database connections)
Good experience in working with Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc
Effective communication, presentation, & organizational skills
Familiar with Project Management methodologies
Ability to create and execute written project plans
Ability to establish priorities & follow through on projects, paying close attention to detail with minimal supervision
Required Education: BS/BA degree (in computer science or related field) or combination of education & experience
Preferred
Demonstrate effective leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills
Required excellent written and oral communication skills with technical and business teams
Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
Stay abreast of current technologies in area of IT assigned
Establish facts and draw valid conclusions
Recognize patterns and opportunities for improvement throughout the entire organization
Ability to discern critical from minor problems and innovate new solutions
Strong documentation skills in readable English
Ability to create reports from both SAS Enterprise Server and AIX Operating system
Strong familiarity with both Windows and AIX/Linux operating systems
Familiarity with SQL programming in both Oracle and MS SQL
Experience Installing an entire SAS BI server on a multitier platform
Experience packaging, installing, and troubleshooting SAS 9.4 client applications on Windows OS
Strong experience troubleshooting both SAS Server and Client performance issues
Strong knowledge of basic networking (firewalls, switches, routing, etc.) and diagnosing performance bottlenecks
Ability to recommend improvement changes in SAS Server, SAS client, and SAS user analytic procedures to benefit the entire organization
Exceptional ability to work as part of a team and to interact with other teams both inside and outside of the organization
Experience setting up SAS AUTH provisioning for accessing external data and database systems
Experience in using Directory Services (LDAP, AD, other) groups for provisioning access in SAS
Strong ability to provide technical explanations to SAS Technical support teams, to facilitate troubleshooting issues for both SAS Server and SAS user issues
Company
Comtech Global, Inc
Comtech Global Inc is a provider of Information Technology services.
51-200 employees
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