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Job Description
Job Title
Senior SAS Developer
Start Date
October 2022
Duration
12 months (2,000 Hours).. Good possibility of an extension.
Hours Per Week
40 hours per week
Working Location
Columbia, SC .. 2 days per week onsite. This is a hard requirement and written in our contract. Not negotiable.
Citizenship Requirements
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and live in the United States.
DESCRIPTION and RESPONSIBILITIES
SAS is seeking a full-time SAS Senior Advanced Developer with strong Healthcare domain experience to work with our client, a Healthcare department for the State.
QUALIFICATIONS ESSENTIALThe Customer requires a Senior Advanced Base SAS programmer. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following, with hands-on, proven experience with SAS programming to maintain and develop advanced SAS coding techniques to write maximum efficient and performance optimized code.
A minimum of Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Business
Administration, or a related field is required and equivalent work experience required.
Minimum of 6+ years' experience of SASSQL programming experience.
Analytical Programming experience in SAS as well as experience with SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Visual analytics
Relevant experience in the Healthcare industry preferred (commercial or govt).
Lead and/or actively participate in SAS knowledge-sharing activities.
Be proficient in Base SAS programming (DATA step), SQL programming (i.e., use of SQL pass-through or PROC SQL), as well as the SAS Macro language for use in making code more efficient.
Good written and spoken communications skills in English and thought-leadership skills.
SAS Product Knowledge:SAS Enterprise Guide
SAS Studio
SAS Visual Analytics (VA)
SAS Base Programming
SQL
Excellent Communication Skills
Detailed Oriented
Works well on a team, and also works independently with minimal guidance once fully
onboarded to a project.
Preference: Healthcare Industry Experience
Knowledgeable on ETL processing
SAS 9.4 Base Programmer Certification
Linux
MAJOR RESPONSIBILTIES/ACTIVITIES:
Services may include focus on and require the Consultant to:
Apply and demonstrate expertise with efficient DATA step, SQL programming, SAS Macro programming, ODS, Reporting and Summary procedures and SAS Array processing.
Must have project experience with implementing advanced SAS coding techniques to optimize performance and have developed best practices for efficient coding.
Must have project experience with sophisticated Base SAS development for performance enhancement and advanced SAS Dataset storage best practices.
Have good oral and written communication skills.
Lead and/or actively participate in SAS knowledge-sharing activities.
Must be able to read, and understand existing coding and processing to troubleshoot and resolved issues as they arise.
Demonstrate the ability to work with little direct supervision; Excellent troubleshooting skills; Imaginative, inquisitive, with a self-motivating personality and a strong work ethic; Customer focused demeanor.
Gathering data requirements and designing/developing the Data Warehouse/ Data Marts
Performing analytical and programming activities including analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation of integrating the data management solutions
Enhances client's datamarts and the enterprise data warehouse by working closely with internal and
Employment Type
Full Time
