Senior SAS Systems Engineer & Technical Leader

Softtest Pays Pty; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Softtest Pays Pty is seeking an experienced SAS System Administrator EL1 to support SAS infrastructure underpinning data analytics services. The role requires overseeing SAS VEA and SAS Viya, ensuring system integrity, and providing technical leadership across the team.

You will diagnose issues, coordinate patching, maintain documentation, and advise senior leaders on strategic technical direction while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Provide ongoing support and technical administration for SAS products including SAS VEA and SAS Viya.
• Diagnose and resolve system issues and contribute to incident resolution.
• Plan, test, and execute patching to meet security and regulatory policies and deliver enhancements.
• Prepare, review and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Provide detailed, specialist technical advice to senior executives where appropriate.
• Mentor less experienced colleagues and share knowledge as the subject matter expert.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support and technical administration for SAS products including SAS VEA and SAS Viya.
• Diagnose and resolve system issues and contribute to incident resolution.
• Plan, test, and execute patching to ensure security and regulatory compliance and deliver system enhancements.
• Prepare, review and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures.
• Provide detailed, specialist technical advice to senior executives where appropriate.
• Share knowledge and mentor colleagues as the subject matter expert.

Skills

SAS

Data Analytics

Software Development

System Administration

Security

Software Documentation

Engineering

Leadership

Education

Degree in software engineering or computer science

Job description

Softtest Pays Pty is seeking an experienced SAS System Administrator EL1 to support SAS infrastructure underpinning data analytics services. The role requires overseeing SAS VEA and SAS Viya, ensuring system integrity, and providing technical leadership across the team.

You will diagnose issues, coordinate patching, maintain documentation, and advise senior leaders on strategic technical direction while mentoring junior engineers.