Technical Manager - SAS Viya Platform and Data & AI

SAS Viya – Technical Manager, Data & AI, Technology Consulting (EY GDS)

EY GDS is seeking a SAS Viya Technical Manager with robust technical leadership and deep expertise in data and analytics, specifically focusing on SAS Viya. The role involves end-to-end ownership and governance of the SAS Viya platform and participation in the growing Data & AI practice within EY GDS.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical authority for SAS Viya architecture, platform design, configuration, and standards across environments.
• Lead platform administration and lifecycle management, including upgrades, patching, backup, recovery, and ensuring environment stability.
• Manage and optimise CAS performance, workload execution, scalability, and resource utilisation for analytics and AI workloads.
• Ensure robust security, identity, access management, and regulatory compliance in line with enterprise policies.
• Oversee monitoring, logging, observability, and incident management to ensure platform reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data issues and performance bottlenecks across real-time and batch analytics pipelines.
• Govern SAS Viya content, data access, environment promotions, and release management.
• Lead and mentor SAS Viya administrators and platform engineers, establishing SOPs and best practices.
• Contribute to technical documentation, code/configuration reviews, and continuous platform improvement.

Required Skills and Experience

• 8–12 years of experience in analytics platforms, data engineering, or enterprise Data & AI environments with strong exposure to SAS technologies.
• Extensive technical expertise in SAS Viya architecture, administration, and CAS performance optimisation.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale analytics platforms in complex, multi-environment landscapes.
• Strong understanding of data platforms, analytics pipelines (batch and real-time), and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with platform operations, monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident management.
• Strong knowledge of security, identity, access management, and governance in regulated environments.
• Ability to translate business and analytics requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Experience in leading and mentoring technical platform teams, setting standards and best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills, especially in high-pressure delivery environments and client engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field.
• 10–12 years of experience in SAS-based analytics platforms, including SAS Viya.
• Strong experience in SAS Viya architecture, administration, CAS server configuration, and performance tuning.
• Proven track record in delivering enterprise-grade SAS Viya implementations and translating business requirements into secure, high-performance analytics solutions.
• Expertise in SAS Viya security (identity management, authorisation, CAS permissions, credential domains).
• Experience with SAS Viya lifecycle management (upgrades, patching, environment promotions, production support).
• Ability to lead and mentor SAS Viya administrators and platform engineers.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder communication skills.
• SAS certifications in SAS Viya Administration or Architecture are strongly preferred; cloud certifications are a plus.