SAS Architect/Administrator
City: Columbus
State: Ohio
6 Months+
COMPETENCIES:
· Collaboration across various BI Teams
· Change Agility
· Manage multiple concurrent tasks
· Execution for Results
· Effective Communication
QUALIFICATIONS:
· 8+ Years of Information Technology experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or equivalent experience
· Solid understanding of Data Warehousing and CRM concepts
· Minimum 5 years experience as a system administrator installing, configuring, and maintaining SAS Application Server software; and as a system administrator working with established change management processes.
· Subject Matter Expert in SAS Administration
· Candidate must have at least 5 years extensive SAS programming experience.
· Solid experience using and supporting SAS version 9.2 tools such as: Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/ETS, SAS/CONNECT, SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Integration Technologies, Enterprise Miner Server, Enterprise Miner Thin Client, SAS High-Performance Forecasting, SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC and Teradata, SAS Forecast Studio
· Extensive experience in installing, configuring, administering, tuning, and troubleshooting SAS platforms in Virtual Windows and Unix (AIX, Solaris, Linux) environment.
· Strong experience in Cloud Computing and VM Infrastructure
· Experienced project management competency; scope and requirements management, risk management and control, excellent project communications and change management and upward feedback is required
· 5+ years of experience with Teradata DB. Most Recent experience should be in V2R12 or later version.
· 2+ years experience with Oracle and SQL Server Databases
· Experience with Job Scheduling using Scheduling tools like Control M
· Active participation in infrastructure architecture, such as hardware sizing, effort estimation and security.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
· Ability to respond to critical issues, manage critical trouble tickets and drive towards permanent resolutions.
· Excellent written/oral communication skills
· Must be able to build and manage relationships with all involved, managing expectations at all levels.
· Must be able to see a project through from beginning to end; deliver complete and accurate documentation to support the project; and communicate project milestones and scope changes as they arise.
· Retail and ecommerce reporting and analysis experience preferred;
· Experience with customer marketing, CRM is highly desirable.