Overview
Forourclient,aleadinginternationalfinancialinstitution,wearelookingforaSASInfrastructureEngineertojointheirInfrateam.Youwilldesign,automate,andmaintainBusinessIntelligenceenvironmentsbuiltonSAS9andSASViya(3.5/4),supportinglarge-scaleanalyticsandreportingplatforms.Therolefocusesonplatformlifecyclemanagement,automation,compliance,andoperationalexcellencewithinamodernDevOpsenvironment.
Responsibilities
- Install,upgrade,andadministerSAS9andSASViyaplatforms(3.5&4)
- ManageRedHatEnterpriseLinuxenvironments
- AutomatedeploymentsusingAnsible,Terraform,andCI/CDviaAzureDevOps
- ManageGKEand/orAKSclustersforSASenvironments
- DevelopautomationscriptsinPython,Shell,orPowerShell
- Overseelifecycleandreleasemanagementprocesses
- Applybackup/restoreanddisasterrecoveryprinciples
- Maintainmonitoring,CMDB,andautomationstandards(e.g.GCPMonitoring)
- Writeandmaintaintechnicaldocumentationandrunbooks
- CollaboratedailyinAgile/Scrum/DevOpsteams
Requirements
- Bachelor’sdegreeinITorsimilartechnicalfield
- ProvenexperienceinSAS9orSASViyaplatformadministration
- StrongLinux(RHEL)backgroundandautomationexpertise
- Hands-onskillswithAnsible,AzureDevOps,andPython
- FamiliaritywithCI/CDsetupsandversion-controlsystems(e.g.GIT)
- Experienceinhigh-performingAgileITteams
- ExcellentcommandofEnglish,bothspokenandwritten
NicetoHave
- ExperiencewithGCPorAzureinfrastructuremanagement
- KnowledgeofTerraformorsimilarinfrastructure-as-codetools
- Familiaritywithcontainerorchestration(Kubernetes)
- SAScertificationorwillingnesstolearnSASadministrationquickly
ProjectContext
- Viya3.5runsinAzure;Viya4isbeingdeployedonGCPforinternalplatforms.
- Bothenvironmentsareindifferentlifecyclestages–oneinstabilization,oneinbuildandrolloutphase.
- Engineersareexpectedtobringacloud-agnosticmindset,solvingchallengescreativelybeyondspecificvendortools.
- TheteamincludesexperiencedinternationalengineersworkingcollaborativelywithSASNetherlandsandinternalclientteams.
- CandidatesmaylaterbeaskedtomentororcoachnewengineersinSASplatformoperations.