Sydney SAS Developer 12 month contract, Federal government Talent Insights are currently hiring for a Data Analyst to join one of Australia's largest federal government agencies on a 12 month contract.
You MUST be an Australian Citizen for this role!
You can also be located in VIC, NSW, QLD, TAS or SA.
Key Responsibilities Develop and improve existing reports and data interfaces using SAS.
Convert existing SAS code into high quality SAS code that is efficient (fast), automated, maintainable, and follows industry best practices.
Will be expected to mentor colleagues and be proactive in developing colleague skill sets to have a better understanding of SAS coding.
Develop, code, test, debug, and document SAS programs in SAS Enterprise Guide or SAS Studio.
Utilise advanced SAS Macros and SQL to meet business requirements.
Require cross-environment coding for data manipulation across SAS 9.4 and Viya environments (with data in SAS, Parquet, and CAS formats) Analyse business needs and deploy SAS programs in Production.
Identify gaps in requirements and communicate effectively to resolve issues.
Be the SAS SME within the D&A team for best practices, Architecture, and security practices in SAS Key Deliverables This role will work within the Data Services team, and will be contribute to delivery of: Support month end data processing Update data assets from a prioritised product backlog in a CI/DC dev-ops environment Maintain and update SAS data models, data dictionary as per data development specification Data analysis and development in SAS analytics platform (Including SAS Viya 4.0 experience) Expertise in SQL Experience working in an Agile environment Experience reverse engineering end user SQL code 7-10 years of SAS experience developing and administering SAS solutions.
Strong expertise in SAS coding (preferably having gone through "SAS Programming 2" course), work with SAS Enterprise Guide/SAS Studio against clustered environments.
Experience with working on data source definitions across SAS/Access and Data Connector modules.
Experience with usage of "proc cas" to work against CAS engine libraries will be preferable.
Proficiency in working across SAS 9.4 and SAS Viya environments with Linux Servers Experience in the government domain is highly desirable.
Ability to work independently.
Excellent analytical and communication skills.
SAS Certified Base Programmer, preferred: SAS Certified Advanced Experience with version control tools and processes (Gitlab CI/Bitbucket/Bamboo) If you possess all or some of the required skills and experience, then we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
Our client is committed to providing a flexible and supportive working environment that promotes a positive work-life balance.
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