SAS Administrator

• Initial Contract for 12 months with further period up to 12 Months
  
• Location: ACT
  
• Working Arrangements: Candidates will be required to undertake all work onsite at Services Australias Canberra office.
  
• Security: Must have Negative Vetting Level 1
  

About the Role:

Responsibilities

• Partner with key stakeholders and understand requirements.
  
• Understand use cases write functional specifications and design documentation.
  
• Analyse business requirements and design the solution framework.
  
• Adhoc support of various SAS installations.
  
• Assist end users / customerfacing people in investigating and resolving everyday issues.
  
• Maintain and enhance the source code and processing in the current SAS environment.
  
• Effectively communicate with team members throughout a project s lifecycle.
  
• Timely patching of SAS and its components.
  
• Performance upkeep of SAS systems.
  
• Ensure all work is carried out and documented in accordance with agency standards methods and procedures to ensure information retention and reuse.
  
• Identify and discover automation possibilities for ease of administrative effort and reduction of repetitive work.
  
• Establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including vendors to ensure smooth operations and support.
  

Essential Criteria

• Five years or more experience in supporting SAS landscape.
  
• Operating System hands on experience on Unix/Linux and shell scripting (ability to develop code rather than just maintain existing).
  
• Analysis troubleshooting and problemsolving experience.
  

Desirable Criteria

• SAS Installation experience in large scale environment.
  
• Application support and maintenance.
  
• Skilled in at least one programming language (preferably Python).
  
• Handson experience on Linux Platform as a Linux administrator or SAS application with Linux as underlying operating system.
  

Application Deadline: Friday 21 June 2024

Expected Start Date: Monday 01 July 2024

Job Types: Contract

Rate: As per Australian Market Standards

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