Business Intelligence Advisor and SAS Developer

 
Job Responsibilities include: 

•    Participate in requirement gathering sessions.
•    Apply advanced skills, knowledge, and experience to design and develop efficient SAS processes to meet customer needs including development of Excel and PDF reports using Base SAS.
•    Data analysis, including data collection, synthesis, and translation of results into concrete actionable solutions using SAS.
•    Develop scalable and reliable data solutions to move data across systems from multiple sources in real time as well as batch modes.
•    Quickly evaluate data quality issues by analyzing the upstream sources and provide guidance on resolutions.
•    Support SAS applications, including providing fixes to production defects and making enhancements.
•    Provide production support and provide clear communication on the resolution of incidents.
•    Work in collaborative environments that follow agile project management methodologies like XP and Scrum.
•    Closely work with DBAs to fix performance bottlenecks.

Required Skills:
•    Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent working experience.
•    5+ years of experience in delivering solutions using Software Development Life Cycle.
•    5+ years of experience using SAS and advanced SQL.
•    Strong data analytical skills using complex data sources including databases and text data files.
•    Conceptual understanding of logical and physical data model is a must, and a working experience is a plus.
•    Ability to work in a 24 x 7 setting as either on-call or escalation contact.
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with senior business and technical IT management.

Nice to have skills:
•    Tableau
•    Alteryx