Position Name:  SAS Systems Administrator

5-8 yrs

Location Mumbai

Mandatory  skills required:

Job Description

The SAS Systems Administrator provides operational enhancement, maintenance and support of the SAS Platforms (SAS Modelling Workbench and SAS CPnM). The SAS Platform Administrator serves as liaison between the enterprise infrastructure support teams and business partners to ensure appropriate delivery of technology solutions in accordance with business requirements and objectives.

This will include:

?Maintains SAS platform including ongoing user and group assignment, metadata permissions, metadata folder structure, backup and restore

?Ensures production level scripts are running and monitors errors

?Subject matter expert for SAS software installations

?Provides onsite and/or remote services to install, configure and validate the basic features and functions of the SAS Software

?Coordinates and follows up on support issues with SAS and business or IT users

?Ensures latest SAS hotfixes, licenses, etc. are applied

?Provides internal first line of support to business and IT teams

?Provides migration support of the SAS configuration between multiple environments.

Candidate Requirements

?5 years of experience in SAS administration including installation, configuration, tuning and troubleshooting

?Firm understanding of SAS analytical procedures including the Office Analytics, Visual Analytics, SAS Management Console.

?Proficient in Unix and Windows operation systems, especially in scripting on these platforms

?Ability to multi-task and support complex issues in a mixed technology environment within a matrix organization.

?Excellent written, oral communication and collaboration skills.

?Experience in the financial services industry preferred.