SAS Developer

  • 04 Oct 2024
  • Data Engineering, Cloud Data Platforms & DevOps
  • Sydney
  • Contract or Temp
  • Sydney
  • SAS Developer
  • 12 month contract, Federal government
Talent Insights are currently hiring for a Data Analyst to join one of Australia’s largest federal government agencies on a 12 month contract. 

You MUST be an Australian Citizen for this role! 
  
You can also be located in VIC, NSW, QLD, TAS or SA.
  
Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and improve existing reports and data interfaces using SAS.
  • Convert existing SAS code into high quality SAS code that is efficient (fast), automated, maintainable, and follows industry best practices.
  • Will be expected to mentor colleagues and be proactive in developing colleague skill sets to have a better understanding of SAS coding.
  • Develop, code, test, debug, and document SAS programs in SAS Enterprise Guide or SAS Studio.
  • Utilise advanced SAS Macros and SQL to meet business requirements.
  • Require cross-environment coding for data manipulation across SAS 9.4 and Viya environments (with data in SAS, Parquet, and CAS formats)
  • Analyse business needs and deploy SAS programs in Production.
  • Identify gaps in requirements and communicate effectively to resolve issues.
  • Be the SAS SME within the D&A team for best practices, Architecture, and security practices in SAS
Key Deliverables

This role will work within the Data Services team, and will be contribute to delivery of:
  • Support month end data processing
  • Update data assets from a prioritised product backlog in a CI/DC dev-ops environment
  • Maintain and update SAS data models, data dictionary as per data development specification
  • Data analysis and development in SAS analytics platform (Including SAS Viya 4.0 experience)
  • Expertise in SQL
  • Experience working in an Agile environment
  • Experience reverse engineering end user SQL code
  • 7-10 years of SAS experience developing and administering SAS solutions.
  • Strong expertise in SAS coding (preferably having gone through “SAS Programming 2” course), work with SAS Enterprise Guide/SAS Studio against clustered environments.
  • Experience with working on data source definitions across SAS/Access and Data Connector modules.
  • Experience with usage of “proc cas” to work against CAS engine libraries will be preferable.
  • Proficiency in working across SAS 9.4 and SAS Viya environments with Linux Servers
  • Experience in the government domain is highly desirable.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills.
  • SAS Certified Base Programmer, preferred: SAS Certified Advanced
  • Experience with version control tools and processes (Gitlab CI/Bitbucket/Bamboo)
If you possess all or some of the required skills and experience, then we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Our client is committed to providing a flexible and supportive working environment that promotes a positive work-life balance. 
              
For more information please email emily@talentinsights.com.au