SAS Application Specialist

Description

Top skillsets SAS KnowledgeKnowledge of SSRS and SQLGood written and verbal communication skills Role and Responsibility Build, maintain, and restore the operational readiness of the application infrastructure in a mission critical computing environmentResponsible for managing SAS and assigned software productsLead technical projects from inception/design through implementationCoordinate vendor relationships and commitments on project involvement/deliverablesDesign and implement systematic approaches and alternativesIdentify and document business requirements for new development projects and prepare detailed technical specifications from which programs or infrastructure can be builtConduct preliminary studies to define needs and determine feasibilityConfer with clients and analyze business/functional requirementsDevelop procedures for moving program changes, enhancements, etc. into IT production processingUnderstand and relate business/functional requirements to application/infrastructure requirement.Lead service support activities and initiativesInitiate and lead support activities including problem analysis, technical evaluation, work estimates, and implementation servicesProvide expert technical support for managing application involving diverse platformsCoordinate support or project activities with all applicable constituents including customers using the systems, IT staff supporting the systems, vendors/third parties, and/or business managersIdentify and lead, as assigned, resources and communications to facilitate work completionMaintain deep technical and business knowledge of application platforms, industry directions, and trendsProvide technical guidance, training, and work direction to less experienced engineersDemonstrate technical proficiency in development and implementation of medium and complex systems and/or computing infrastructure through ability to guide othersStrong learning competency and ability to teach othersAdvanced troubleshooting and problem solving capabilitiesAssist other IT team members in understanding policies, operating procedures, and responsibilitiesMentor and train new IT team members to assist them in orientation to policies, procedures, and responsibilitiesProvide ongoing mentorship and support for questions, problems, and ideasServe as an escalation point for system engineers to escalate problems and inquiries requiring further evaluation beyond the associated skill levelEstablish and maintain professional working relationships between IT and its customers and constituentsAbility to uncover business challenges and articulate, author documentation and develop custom solutions to solve those challengesRepresent IT in project and/or business meeting and engagements.Lead conference calls or visits with vendors/third parties.Ability to collaborate with and motivate multiple groups toward accomplishing a taskTakes leading role or assists in software changes to the computing systems environmentPlans and performs software installations and/or configurations Participates or coordinates testing activitiesLeads implementation activities and postproduction support and communicationsPrepares documentation and training materials for applicable constituents including customers using the system, IT staff supporting the systems, vendors/third parties, and/or business managersDocuments changes for all affected partiesPerform other duties as requested Education / Experience Bachelors Degree in MIS or Computer Science, or equivalent years of relevant work experience requiredMinimum of five (5) years of experience working in a medium or large operating environment supporting 1,000,000+ transactions per month requiredMinimum of three (3) years of experience supporting a minimum 100 person computing community requiredMinimum of five (5) years of programming or system analysis experience programming in base SAS requiredExperience translating business requirements into technical specificationsMinimum of five (5) years of experience developing and debugging SAS MacrosExperience implementing connectivity to data sources including MS SQL and TeradataInstalling and maintaining Apache Jackrabbit and Tomcat Required Competencies / Knowledge / Skills Understanding of IIS 7.0 modular architecture and workloadsAbility to Secure Web sites and Web application poolsAdvanced Experience of Troubleshooting Web servers, sites and applicationsMastery of scripting tools and command line toolsTuning IIS to improve performanceWorking knowledge of J2EE and C#Plan a highavailability solution that uses clustering services.Advanced troubleshooting of SAS server issuesMonitoring server activity and error logging for SAS componentsArchitecting formal, regularly scheduled backup processes for SAS componentsPlan a highavailability solution that uses Network Load Balancing.Advanced troubleshooting and problem solving capabilitiesExperience in System engineering and operations experience on Windows and Linux platformsSQL and HTML Development experienceCreating SAS stored processes using SAS Enterprise GuideExcellent oral and written communication skillsUnderstanding of the SAS licensing modelAbility to manage time effectivelyTroubleshooting and problem determination skillsUnderstand business modeling terminologyEffective organization and prioritization skillsEffective facilitation and interpersonal skillsEffective management and leadership skillsOverall knowledge and understanding of IT environmentAbility to keep current on technologies through selfdirected learning Licensure / Certification Applicable technical certifications preferred. i.e. SAS Certified Platform Administrator for SAS 9, MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, CISSP