SAS Viya & Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Talents of Endearment; Dubai; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth pathway into cloud engineering

Strategic role supporting national cap

Opportunity to work with advanced data

Job summary

Talents of Endearment is seeking a SAS Administrator / Kubernetes Operations Engineer in Dubai to manage SAS Viya and SAS 9.4 environments, orchestrate Kubernetes workloads, and ensure stable, secure analytics operations. The role requires Emirati National status and collaboration with cloud teams for AWS/Azure/GCP deployments.

The ideal candidate will handle container lifecycles, Linux administration, SAS DI Studio tooling, and monitoring stacks, while supporting DR, backup, and SOC/MSS

Qualifications

• Experience with SAS Viya (3.x/4.x) or SAS 9.4 administration.
• Strong Kubernetes operations knowledge including RBAC and Helm.
• Proficiency with Docker and container lifecycle management.
• Solid Linux/Unix administration and scripting skills.
• Experience with SAS DI Studio and SAS Management Console.
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk stacks.
• Good SQL knowledge across PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Vertica, etc.
• Experience with DR/backup strategies and performance tuning.
• Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer SAS Viya and SAS 9.4 environments including upgrades and user management.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters: Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, RBAC, Helm.
• Oversee container lifecycle with Docker and Kubernetes tooling.
• Perform Linux/Unix administration and automation of tasks.
• Support SAS ETL operations using SAS DI Studio/Management Console.
• Implement monitoring and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Splunk.
• Conduct performance tuning and root cause analysis.
• Manage backup, restore, and DR procedures for SAS and Kubernetes.
• Ensure SLA compliance and governance for SOC/MSS processes.
• Prepare operational reports and liaise with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cloud teams for deployments across AWS/Azure/GCP.

Skills

SAS Viya Administration

Kubernetes operations

Docker & container lifecycle

Linux/Unix administration

SAS ETL tools

Monitoring stacks (Prometheus/Grafana/

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT / Data Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes tooling (Helm)

Job description

Talents of Endearment is seeking a SAS Administrator / Kubernetes Operations Engineer in Dubai to manage SAS Viya and SAS 9.4 environments, orchestrate Kubernetes workloads, and ensure stable, secure analytics operations. The role requires Emirati National status and collaboration with cloud teams for AWS/Azure/GCP deployments.

The ideal candidate will handle container lifecycles, Linux administration, SAS DI Studio tooling, and monitoring stacks, while supporting DR, backup, and SOC/MSS