12 Month Contract + 12 Month Extension Ability to obtain a Baseline Clearance Surry Hills, Sydney / Deakin, Canberra / Melbourne or Geelong office Work from home flexibility Our Client, a large federal government Agency with offices across Australia, is seeking an experienced SAS Developer to join their team for a long term contract opportunity.
The SAS Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining SAS programs that support the needs of the business area.
This role includes supporting daily data delivery process, month end processing and responding to data related requests in the BAU pipeline.
Key Responsibilities will include: 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 Skills required for this role: SAS Coding – Demonstrated competency in developing, auditing, and reviewing code; SAS (Base, EG) or SQL (essential) or Python, R or Java (preferred); SAS Certified Base Programmer, preferred: SAS Certified Advanced DevOps – Ability to understand DevOps process and can use DevOps tools in accordance with the process; Version control – Ability to demonstrate knowledge of version controls and its appropriate uses; Excel – Competency with required systems, software, and programs, including SAS and Excel; SAS experience developing and administering SAS solutions Other – Ability to read and interpret data models and specifications; Tertiary qualifications in mathematics, statistical, computer sciences discipline or more than three years relevant work experience.
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Job ID AC 10006 Please note, applications close on Wednesday the 23rd of October at 11:00AM.
