SAS Viya Administrator

Job Description Looking for an SAS Viya Administrator Duties & Responsibilities • Provide day-to-day operation support for SAS Grid platforms both on-prem and on AWS cloud, and provide technical support to developers, researchers and analysts • Effectively work with business analysts, development leads, researchers and technical teams to provide guidance on using appropriate SAS tools and SAS coding techniques, statistical methodologies and data manipulation as required • Perform a key role in upgrading SAS Grid clusters from SAS 9.4 M4 to SAS 9.4 M8 and migrate all applications and users to the new upgraded environment • Develop & maintain technical documentation including system diagrams & operational procedures • Perform patching, upgrades, and installation of Hotfixes across the environments as necessary • Troubleshoot installation issues, user issues on SAS AWS and On-prem Clusters • Maintain and develop Knowledge Base Articles and Wiki Pages to document standard work and troubleshooting guides • Review and understand SAS logs to determine GRID errors and whether GRID is functioning correctly • Backing up and restoring SAS within a GRID environment • Assessing and optimizing performance of the SAS GRID environment • Managing all GRID nodes from a centralized location • Adding nodes to the GRID environment, or reconfiguring nodes Required qualifications: • 5+ years of hands-on production experience and knowledge on using and troubleshooting issues with SAS Development and Management Tools • 3+ years of production experience with core AWS services • 3+ years production experience with cloud orchestration tools like Cloud Formation or Terraform • 2+ years of production experience with setting up CI/CD pipelines in systems like Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline • Strong working experience on Linux environment • Technical HandsOn with shell scripting • 4+ years of experience with RDBMS, MSSQL Server, PGSQL, AWS DB Services • 4+ years of experience with SAS Configuration Wizard to administer SAS deployment • Experience defining Servers, updating server definitions and monitoring Logs from within SMC • Experience with SAS Environment Manager, SAS Grid Manager, SASGSUB, SAS Grid Management Services, LSF Process Manager, Platform RTM, Starting and stopping servers • Understanding server security and folders and how they relate to SAS folders and security • Knowledge of SAS configuration files such as autoexec, configuration and environment files • Experience configuring SAS for High Availability within GRID environment - including Metadata Server • Working with SAS GRID-related high availability and failover requirements, including storage architecture and configuration (Amazon FSx for Lustre) • Experience with and applying SAS GRID usage tracking, monitoring, alerts notification and load balancing • Desired to have SAS Viya Administration experience Key Competencies: • Should possess the ability to engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously • Knowledgeable in the AWS Well Architected Framework • General knowledge of project management and proactive self-starter • Excellent communication skills and be effective writing skills • Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently and able to meet deadlines • Ability to independently research and resolve technical problems in a complex IT environment with local and remote groups Tools/Skillset: • SAS Grid Software 9.4+ • SAS Viya 3.x/4 • SAS Enterprise Guide 7.x • SAS Studio 3.x • SAS/ACCESS • SAS/Connect • SQL, Python, R, Shell Scripting, Yaml, Json NOTE: Minimum of 5+ years of SAS Grid Admin experience in SAS environment (500-1000 users)