SAS Administrator /SAS Developer

Gibraltar Technologies LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Gibraltar Technologies LLC in Dubai is seeking a skilled SAS Administrator Kubernetes Operations Engineer to manage and optimize SAS Viya/SAS 9 environments running on Kubernetes, on-prem or cloud. You will administer, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot SAS platforms within containerized infrastructure.

The role also supports SAS ETL operations to ensure smooth data pipelines, with responsibilities spanning performance tuning, backups, disaster recovery, and collaborating with data engineering

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of SAS Administration experience with Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Strong working knowledge of SAS Viya 3.x/4.x and SAS 9.4 architecture and administration.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, kubectl, Helm, namespaces, RBAC, networking, storage.

Responsibilities

• Administer SAS Viya/SAS 9 environments on Kubernetes clusters (on-prem or cloud).
• Monitor system health, resource usage, and perform tuning and troubleshooting of SAS environments.
• Manage SAS-related deployments, licensing, backups, and disaster recovery.

Skills

SAS Administration

Kubernetes

SAS Viya

Helm

RBAC

Prometheus

Grafana

ETL

SAS DI Studio

Linux/Unix

Shell scripting

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Terraform/Ansible

Tools

Docker

Kubectl

Kustomize

SAS Viya deployment tools

Helm charts

CI/CD tooling

Job description

We are looking for a skilled SAS Administrator Kubernetes Operations Engineer to manage maintain and optimize our SAS platform environments deployed on containerized infrastructure.

This role is primarily responsible for the administration deployment monitoring and troubleshooting of SAS Viya SAS 9 environments on Kubernetes with a secondary responsibility of supporting SAS ETL operations to ensure smooth data pipeline execution.

Key Responsibilities

Primary SAS Administration Kubernetes Operations 70 Install configure and administer SAS Viya and or SAS 9 4 environments on Kubernetes clusters on-prem or cloud AWS Azure GCP Manage containerized SAS deployments including Pods Deployments StatefulSets Services ConfigMaps and Secrets Perform day-to-day Kubernetes operations cluster monitoring scaling upgrades patching and troubleshooting pod container failures Manage SAS Viya orchestration using Helm charts Kustomize and the SAS Viya 4 deployment tools Monitor system health resource utilization CPU memory storage and performance tuning of SAS environments Handle user administration license renewals environment backups and disaster recovery for SAS platforms Troubleshoot SAS application server issues including SAS Studio SAS Environment Manager SAS Compute Server and CAS Cloud Analytic Services Manage ingress controllers load balancers persistent volumes and namespace-level security RBAC configurations Apply patches hotfixes and version upgrades for SAS software in a Kubernetes-orchestrated environment Implement and maintain monitoring alerting solutions e g Prometheus Grafana ELK EFK stack for SAS workloads

Secondary SAS ETL Operations 30 Support and monitor daily SAS ETL jobs batch schedules and data pipeline execution SAS Data Integration Studio SAS DI Studio SAS Management Console Troubleshoot ETL job failures investigate log errors and coordinate fixes with data engineering teams Ensure data load consistency job dependencies and SLA adherence for scheduled ETL processes Support performance tuning of SAS ETL jobs and optimize resource allocation on the SAS Grid Compute environment Coordinate with business data teams for ETL enhancements data validation and issue resolution

Required Skills & Qualifications

3 6 years of overall experience in SAS Administration with hands-on exposure to Kubernetes-based deployments Strong working knowledge of SAS Viya 3 x 4 x and or SAS 9 4 architecture and administration Hands-on experience with Kubernetes kubectl Helm namespaces RBAC networking storage persistent volumes Familiarity with containerization tools Docker and container registries Experience with Linux Unix system administration shell scripting cron log analysis Working knowledge of SAS ETL tools SAS DI Studio SAS Data Integration SAS Management Console Experience with monitoring logging tools such as Prometheus Grafana Splunk or ELK stack Basic understanding of networking concepts DNS load balancers ingress firewalls in a cloud on-prem hybrid setup Good understanding of SQL and relational databases Vertica SQL Server PostgreSQL etc Strong troubleshooting analytical and problem-solving skills Good communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams Infra DevOps Data Engineering SAS Administration or Kubernetes certification CKA/CKAD.Experience with Terraform/Ansible for infrastructure automation.Experience working in regulated industries BFSI Healthcare Pharma where SAS is heavily used.