What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAS VIYA DEVELOPER position at Sky Solutions?
Sr SAS Viya Developer (4 openings)
Location: Woodlawn, MD (Return to office: TBD)
Length: 6 Month Contract to Hire
LCAT: SME4 (please include conversion salary in your submittal) – please refer to your subcontract regarding rate
- Rate proposal to include labor category, current contract year rate and option year rates, in accordance with the attached pricing template.
- Please submit your best available rates with all available discounts and cost savings, this is a competitive solicitation and CGI Federal reserves the right to award without negotiations.
- NO ALTERNATE RATES ARE PERMITTED.
- Preference is no C2C (another layer/company)
Position Description
At CGI, we strive to create an environment where our people come first. We call our employees members to reinforce that all who join our team are considered company owners and are empowered to share in the rewards and challenges that come from building a world-class business. As one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world, we realize our continued success depends on our ability to attract and retain top-quality professionals—like you.
Become part of a team to help a large government agency support research and statistics efforts that help agency officials make recommendations on reforms. CGI Federal is seeking Sr SAS Viya Developers for our Social Security Administration (SSA) program in Baltimore, MD. Individuals must have hands on experience with SAS Viya.
Work is being conducted remotely during COVID safety measures with eventual return to onsite work once pandemic conditions have passed. **This position is located at the client site in Woodlawn, MD**
Your future duties and responsibilities
• Provide day-to-day operation of the SAS platform, and provide project support to researchers and analysts as they begin to use the SAS data analytics capabilities.
• Effectively work with business analysts, development leads, researchers and technical staff to analyze business requirements and provide guidance on using appropriate SAS tools and SAS coding techniques including statistical methodologies and data manipulation.
• Develop solutions including complete projects, proof of concepts or code snippets as appropriate.
• Create functional design documents, requirements documents, user documentation, technical documentation, research papers and any other documentation as required by the project.
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Create data dissemination mechanisms /procedures that summarize data in an easy to understand display.
• Provide knowledge transfer to others.
• Provide guidance to researchers and developers in use of SAS tools and methodologies.
• Provide guidance to users in use of SAS clients, including eGuide, and clients associated with the products installed on the platform.
• Work with users to understand and define project security, data, and operational requirements.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
• Provide day-to-day operation of the SAS platform, and provide project support to researchers and analysts as they begin to use the SAS data analytics capabilities.
• Effectively work with business analysts, development leads, researchers and technical staff to analyze business requirements and provide guidance on using appropriate SAS tools and SAS coding techniques including statistical methodologies and data manipulation.
• Develop solutions including complete projects, proof of concepts or code snippets as appropriate.
• Create functional design documents, requirements documents, user documentation, technical documentation, research papers and any other documentation as required by the project.
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Create data dissemination mechanisms /procedures that summarize data in an easy to understand display.
• Provide knowledge transfer to others.
• Provide guidance to researchers and developers in use of SAS tools and methodologies.
• Provide guidance to users in use of SAS clients, including eGuide, and clients associated with the products installed on the platform.
• Work with users to understand and define project security, data, and operational requirements.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
• Master's degree and 8 years of experience OR BA/BS and 14 years of experience OR Ph.D. and 3 years of experience
• Hands-on experience with SAS tools deployed on SAS product including eGuide 7.13.
• Experience using SAS DI studio and ETL workflows
• Experience with SAS Viya
• Experience extracting data on mainframe using JCL and SAS Connect
• Experience with taking business requirements, translating them into technical requirements, and then to convert to Implementable SAS solution.
• Proven experience in developing functional applications and systems of medium to high technical complexity is required
• Expert use of SQL, experience with relational databases including DB2 and MS SQL Server.
• Be a proactive self-starter
• General knowledge of project management
• Excellent communication skills and be effective technical writers.
• Knowledge must include architectural design, web part development, management and troubleshooting with a focus on planning, deploying and supporting implementations at an Enterprise-scale
• Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently and able to meet deadlines
Tools:
• SAS Enterprise Guide
• SAS Viya
• SAS DI studio
• SAS/ACCESS
• SAS/Connect
• Mainframe JCL
• SQL
