Job Description

Contract job Position

Job Title: SAS Developer

Work Location: Santa Clara, CA

Job Description:

Enhance and develop existing reports and data interfaces using SAS.
Refactor current SAS code to ensure it is optimized for efficiency, automation, and maintainability, and aligns with industry best practices.
Actively mentor team members, helping them improve their skills in SAS coding, information maps, stored processes, web reporting, and SAS administration.
Provide support with SAS administration tasks, including performance tuning and scheduling of programs.

Responsibilities:

Design and develop batch processing software on the UNIX platform using Korn shell scripting to manage and execute SQL, SAS, and/or Perl programs.
Maintain and enhance the department's SAS production environment, ensuring the efficiency and integrity of source code and process flows.
Collaborate with key stakeholders across Retail Financial Services to understand the requirements of approved marketing campaigns.
Adhere to departmental coding, testing, and documentation standards and best practices.
Lead business intelligence (BI) initiatives from concept to completion, ensuring successful delivery.
Take full ownership of data-related activities, including collection, review, cleansing, quality assurance, and reporting, to ensure successful end-user adoption of BI applications across the organization.
Participate in design reviews, offering feedback on design recommendations, data flow, and security requirements.
Translate technical specifications into application modules, developing or enhancing them as necessary.
Collaborate with Wholesale team members to understand business needs and design high-quality information delivery solutions, including reports, dashboards, and analytics.
Develop subject matter expertise in the business areas supported, their systems, and data, to ensure the development of effective and accurate solutions.

Requirements:

Experience with ETL tools like Talend is an advantage.
At least 5 years of SAS programming experience, including expertise in SAS/STAT, SAS Macro, and advanced SAS programming functions.
A minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience with SAS Unix shell scripting, including scheduling jobs with Cron and managing the full workflow.
Proven experience in extracting, loading, cleansing, and manipulating data within a SAS environment.
Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform, including BigQuery and Datalab, is preferred.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Experience in creating data layers and data models within the Hadoop ecosystem is a plus.
At least 2 years of experience in scheduling production jobs using SAS Management Console.
Self-motivated with strong persuasion, facilitation, and influencing abilities.
Previous experience working in a client-facing environment.
8-10 years of overall experience with a solid background in SAS.
SAS Certified Base Programmer and SAS Certified Advanced Programmer credentials are preferred, but not required.
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required.
Strong focus on meeting deadlines and achieving closure on projects.

Qualifications:

2-3 years of experience in writing customized SAS code, including proficiency in macro programming and integrating with external data sources.
Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Comfortable and experienced working in both Unix and Windows environments.
Over 5 years of experience as an Application Developer with a strong focus on SAS programming and data analytics.
Extensive knowledge of Base SAS programming.
Proficient in SAS Macro programming.

Additional Skills:

Experience in data analytics is preferred.
Hands-on experience with Enterprise Miner.
Proficient in working with Unix file systems and Unix shell scripting.
Ability to develop new code from scratch, rather than just maintaining existing code.
A degree in Software Engineering, or a Master's degree in Computer Science is desirable.

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