SAS Base Developer

Sentior, Ltd.; Belgique; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentior, Ltd. is seeking an experienced Senior SAS Developer/Consultant to reinforce our BI/DWH team. You will work hands-on with SAS Base, data processing programs, and ETL workflows to support multiple public-sector clients.

You will analyze requirements, develop, test, and maintain solutions, and contribute to performance optimization and documentation. The role emphasizes collaboration with analysts, architects, and data engineers, with fluent French and/or Dutch as well as English for

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years hands-on SAS development in Data Warehouse environments.
• Strong SAS Base expertise including DATA Step, PROC SQL and SAS Macro Language.
• Experience with Excel, XML, JSON and flat files; SAS integration with Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Good understanding of ETL concepts and data integration processes.
• Proven ability to analyze, maintain and optimize SAS applications and programs.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business and functional requirements with analysts.
• Develop, test, and maintain SAS Base applications and data processing programs.
• Contribute to ETL development, enhancement and optimization of batch processes.
• Perform unit testing and support integration testing activities.
• Ensure corrective and evolutionary maintenance of SAS applications.
• Produce and maintain technical and functional documentation.

Skills

SAS Base

ETL concepts

Data Warehouse

SQL

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Excel

XML

JSON

Job description

## De opdrachtMission ContextWe are looking for an experienced Senior SAS Developer / Consultant to strengthen our BI/DWH team.The team is responsible for the development, maintenance, and support of a large portfolio of SAS-based applications and data processing solutions supporting multiple public-sector organizations.We are looking for a hands-on SAS professional who can quickly become productive within an existing application landscape and actively participate to the development, testing, production support, and optimization.The successful candidate will join an established team and contribute primarily to the maintenance and evolution of existing SAS applications, as well as the delivery of new ad hoc developments requested by customers.Responsibilities - Analyze business and functional requirements in collaboration with analysts - Develop, test, and maintain SAS Base applications and data processing programs. - Contribute to the development, enhancement, and optimization of ETL processes. - Perform unit testing and support integration testing activities. - Ensure corrective and evolutionary maintenance of existing applications. - Optimize the performance, reliability, and maintainability of SAS programs and batch processes.- Produce and maintain technical and functional documentation. - Work closely with analysts, architects, data engineers, and other developers within the team.Required Profile Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in SAS development and Data Warehouse (DWH) environments. Strong expertise in SAS Base, including: - DATA Step, PROC SQL, SAS Macro Language, Advanced SAS programming techniques - Experience working with various file formats such as Excel, XML, JSON, and flat files. - Experience integrating SAS with relational databases, particularly Oracle and PostgreSQL. - Good understanding of ETL concepts and data integration processes. - Proven experience in analyzing, maintaining, and optimizing existing SAS applications and programs. - Ability to understand and implement complex business rules. - Strong analytical skills, autonomy, problem-solving mindset, and effective communication abilities.Personal Skills Analytical and structured approach. Strong sense of ownership and accountability. Ability to quickly understand existing applications and business processes. Pragmatic and results-oriented mindset. Team player with excellent collaboration skills.Languages- Fluent in French and/or Dutch, both spoken and written.- Ability to read and understand technical documentation in English.Skills- ORACLE & SQL — Junior- SAS Macro — Confirmed- XML, JSON, xlsx, csv – experience working with files in SQL — Junior- SAS ETL — Confirmed- SAS BASE — Confirmed- DWH — JuniorLanguages- French — Active knowledge- English — Active knowledge- Dutch — Active knowledge