SAS Administrator - SAS Developer & Web Developer

Company: Pinnacle Solutions Incorporated
Location: White Plains
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced SAS Administrator / SAS Developer/SAS Web Developeras an addition to our elite SAS Consulting Team for one of our Clients - a large Healthcare Company, located in White Plains, NY for a 6-Month Contract-to-Hire, Full-time, Remote. Start Date in Jan/Feb 2021.NOTE! Candidate - please specify a desired HOURLY rate in application questions.PLEASE ALSO NOTE! The Client intends for the Candidate to become their employee after the 6-month contract if the Candidate and the Client are happy. Please do not apply unless you accept this model.Description & ResponsibilitiesThe client requires an experienced SAS Platform Administrator (Office Analytics) to administer a SAS 9.4 platform on a Windows OS. This position will be the primary point of contact for administering the client's SAS enterprise solution. The successful candidate will need 2+ years of SAS platform administration of SAS Office Analytics, Enterprise Guide, SAS Studio, and Enterprise Miner. Additionally, the role will provide operational maintenance, enhancements, installation, and support of a SAS 9.4 environment. Also, in scope for this position is maintaining platform security management, SAS application, and underlying infrastructure support (OS upgrades, storage monitoring, virtual web and database servers).The client would also prefer that the candidate has SAS development and web development skills and experience as well (So this will be essentially a dual role as a SAS administrator and SAS developer-web developer).Qualifications - Essential* Bachelor's DegreeSAS Administrator Essentials:* At least 2 years of full-time SAS Administration experience using SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Studio, and SAS Enterprise Miner (Or SAS Viya).* Skilled in the use of SAS Management Console 9.4 and Environment Manager* Skilled in the administration of SAS Office Analytics products.* Experience administrating three-tier, multi-server environment.* Proficient in Windows OS administration -- including commands, scripts, permissions, and file systems* Perform and schedule regular backups of the Metadata Server and physical files; Implement best practices for backup processes.* Ability to work in cross-function teams across operational disciplines.* Good oral and written communication skills.* Experience in technical infrastructure support and management, including installation of software and maintaining and enhancing a server environment for end-users.* Oversee and apply SAS maintenance releases, upgrades, and hot fixes as needed.* Monitor utilization logs to assist in performance tuning of the SAS applications and server environments.* Ensure optimal system performance by monitor the overall availability and performance of SAS server environments and take corrective actions as needed.* Manage security model of User, Groups, and Roles.* Support individual end-users within the SAS community.* Maintain or revise existing platform security via SAS Metadata and Server.* Serve as an internal escalation resource for platform issues.* Setting and monitoring scheduled jobs through Schedule Manager and LSF* Actively engage in Change Management and Version ControlSAS - Web-Developer Preferred Essentials:* At least 5 years of experience working on complex software as a software developer.* Proven experience developing web-based applications using SAS Studio.* Knowledge of SAS Architecture and SAS Platform.* Proven experience working with SQL and large-scale relational databases.* Proven working knowledge of modern front-end web technologies, including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and JSON.* Ability to interpret and diagnose Java stack traces.* Understanding of the software development lifecycle.* Excellent analytical and diagnostic skills.* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.* Ability to work with people of varied technical backgrounds.* Ability to handle deadlines in a multitasking environment.* Experience developing web-based applications with SAS Viya a plus.MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/ACTIVITIES:* Hands-on experience as a SAS administrator of the 9.4 suite in a Windows environment performing system monitoring, log analysis, performance analysis, performance tuning, and capacity planning.* Experience using SAS Management Console (SMC) and SAS Environment Manager.* Creating Users. Groups and Roles.* Creating and securing folders.* Experience Monitoring Logs from within SMC.* Experience defining Servers and changing server definitions.* Experience creating SAS, RDBMS libraries (ODBC)* Server Skills.* 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.* Starting and stopping servers.* Backup strategies and implementation.* Security and Authentication (related to the access of source data within SAS on the SAS servers across the different business organizations as well as SAS integration with tools such as Active Directory/LDAP/) across multiple SAS products.* SAS/Access products and configuring to connect RDBMS servers.* SAS/Office Analytics* SAS/Enterprise Guide, SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Miner.* Ability to install hot fixes, service packs, upgrades as well as add-on software components.* Understand basic Windows commands that will enable you to monitor SAS jobs, ability to move around in a Windows environment as required for the basic functioning of SAS, and a good understanding of how Windows and SAS are integrated.* Thorough understanding of SAS products and how they work together in an environment.* Understanding server security and folders and how they relate to SAS folders and security* Experience in troubleshooting SAS Platform and client issues to root cause* Write efficient code that is easy to understand, maintain, and extend.* Ensure quality by creating and maintaining automated tests with extensive code coverage.* Scope requirements, estimate effort and help plan release schedules.* Work closely with Analysts, Developers, and End-Users to build, maintain, and support applications.* Stay informed of rapidly changing applicable web technologies and incorporate those technologies into applications, as appropriate.* Collaborate with teammates to continually improve the development process.* Participate in peer code reviews and embrace constructive criticism of your own code.* Good written and spoken communications skills in English and thought-leadership skills* Responsible for the overall availability of the SAS tools and software environments.* Administer, Maintain, and tune the SAS Platform.* Provides SAS Platform capacity planning, metrics, and performance tuning recommendations. Executes actions necessary to achieve and maintain optimum SAS platform performance, reliability, and availability.* Acts as a SAS subject matter expert and liaison to SAS users and IT.* Serves as an escalation point for production and/or platform issues and acts as lead liaison with SAS Technical Support to resolve outstanding issues within the SAS environments.* Collaborates with storage, server, LDAP, database, and other IT administrators to support ongoing operations for meeting the business needs via the SAS environment.* Identifies bottlenecks in production systems and provide solutions.* Manage metadata identities, users, groups, and roles.DETAILS:LOCATION(S): White Plains. NYWORK TYPE: 6-Month Contract-to-HireWORK MODEL: Full-time, M-F, 40 hours per week, RemoteRATE: DOEPinnacle Solutions is a trusted SAS Gold Alliance & Resell Partner, an Amazon Web Services Advanced Consulting Partner, and creator of the Pinnacle Backpack,--- an all-in-one, unprecedented, and must-have specialized toolkit solving all our client's data demands. To attract the most sought-after, elite SAS & all other technology professionals, we specialize in flexible career models with above-market compensation. Our specialists serve as a member of our internal development team, or they may provide on-site or remote consulting expertise for our key Client positions. Our mission is to empower organizations to analyze and interpret the "mountain of data" that they collect and utilize to improve business outcomes, support decision-making, and enable process improvements - from data management and integration to data visualizations and predictive analytics. Join our talented and elite Consulting Team now by applying to this job posting or contact us via email at hr@thepinnaclesolutions.com and learn more about us at thepinnaclesolutions.com.Powered by JazzHR51b8b2K4Bm

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