| SAS GRID Administrator || Reston/Hybrid (Local preferred) at Remote, Remote, USA |
| Email: [email protected] |
| Job Description Analytics CoE team is looking for an SAS GRID Administrator that will be playing a key role in upgrading SAS Grid on-prem projects and helping on SAS Grid Re-Host to AWS Cloud and bring in key transformational changes to how we deploy and manage SAS Grid on cloud native architecture. Duties & Responsibilities Provide day-to-day operation support for SAS Grid platforms both on-prem and on AWS cloud, and provide technical support to developers, researchers and analysts Effectively work with business analysts, development leads, researchers and technical teams to provide guidance on using appropriate SAS tools and SAS coding techniques, statistical methodologies and data manipulation as required Perform a key role in upgrading SAS Grid clusters from SAS 9.4 M4 to SAS 9.4 M8 and migrate all applications and users to the new upgraded environment Develop & maintain technical documentation including system diagrams & operational procedures P erform patching, upgrades, and installation of Hotfixes across the environments as necessary Troubleshoot installation issues, user issues on SAS AWS and On-prem Clusters Maintain and develop Knowledge Base Articles and Wiki Pages to document standard work and troubleshooting guides Review and understand SAS logs to determine GRID errors and whether GRID is functioning correctly Backing up and restoring SAS within a GRID environment Assessing and optimizing performance of the SAS GRID environment Managing all GRID nodes from a centralized location Adding nodes to the GRID environment, or reconfiguring nodes Required qualifications: 5+ years of hands-on production experience and knowledge on using and troubleshooting issues with SAS Development and Management Tools 3+ years of production experience with core AWS services 3+ years production experience with cloud orchestration tools like Cloud Formation or Terraform 2+ years of production experience with setting up CI/CD pipelines in systems like Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline Strong working experience on Linux environment Technical HandsOn with shell scripting 4+ years of experience with RDBMS, MSSQL Server, PGSQL, AWS DB Services 4+ years of experience with SAS Configuration Wizard to administer SAS deployment Experience defining Servers, updating server definitions and monitoring Logs from within SMC Experience with SAS Environment Manager, SAS Grid Manager, SASGSUB, SAS Grid Management Services, LSF Process Manager, Platform RTM, Starting and stopping servers Understanding server security and folders and how they relate to SAS folders and security Knowledge of SAS configuration files such as autoexec, configuration and environment files Experience configuring SAS for High Availability within GRID environment including Metadata Server Working with SAS GRID-related high availability and failover requirements, including storage architecture and configuration (Amazon FSx for Lustre) Experience with and applying SAS GRID usage tracking, monitoring, alerts notification and load balancing Desired to have SAS Viya Administration experience Key Competencies: Should possess the ability to engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously Knowledgeable in the AWS Well Architected Framework General knowledge of project management and proactive self-starter Excellent communication skills and be effective writing skills Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently and able to meet deadlines Ability to independently research and resolve technical problems in a complex IT environment with local and remote groups Tools/Skillset: SAS Grid Software 9.4+ SAS Viya 3.x/4 SAS Enterprise Guide 7.x SAS Studio 3.x SAS/ACCESS SAS/Connect SQL, Python, R, Shell Scripting, Yaml, Json NOTE: Minimum of 5+ years of SAS Grid Admin experience in SAS environment (500-1000 users) -- Keywords: continuous integration continuous deployment database rlang information technology |
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| Tue Jan 30 20:13:00 UTC 2024 |