Senior SAS Developer Consultant

Keystone Solutions; Belgique; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Keystone Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior SAS Developer/Consultant to join our client-site BI/DWH team. You will develop, maintain and support SAS-based applications and data processing solutions for a large portfolio of public-sector clients.

The role requires 5+ years in SAS with SAS Base, DATA Step, PROC SQL and SAS Macro, plus experience integrating SAS with Oracle and PostgreSQL. Fluent in French and/or Dutch, with English documentation comprehension.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in SAS development in DWH environments.
• Expertise in SAS Base: DATA Step, PROC SQL and Macro.
• Experience with Excel, XML and JSON files.
• Experience integrating SAS with Oracle and PostgreSQL.
• Strong ETL concepts and data integration experience.
• Ability to analyze, maintain and optimize SAS applications.

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.
• Perform unit testing and support integration testing.
• Ensure maintenance of existing applications.
• Optimize SAS programs and batch processes for performance.
• Produce and maintain technical and functional documentation.
• Collaborate with analysts, architects, data engineers and other developers.

Tools

SAS Base

DATA Step

PROC SQL

SAS Macro Language

SAS ETL

XML/JSON/Excel

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Job description

Mission Overview:

Keystone Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior SAS Developer / Consultant to join our consultancy mission at a client site. You will be part of a dynamic BI/DWH team responsible for the development, maintenance, and support of a large portfolio of SAS-based applications and data processing solutions for multiple public-sector organizations.

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, and 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.

At Keystone Solutions, we pride ourselves on our consultancy nature, offering dynamic projects that provide turbo-charged learning opportunities and a commitment to skyrocketing ambition. Being a

Duration:

As soon as possible - 30/06/2027 9 months • (full time)

Skills required:

• DWH - Level: Junior - Most recent: Any time
• ORACLE & SQL - Level: Junior - Most recent: Any time
• SAS BASE - Level: Confirmed - Most recent: Any time
• SAS ETL - Level: Confirmed - Most recent: Any time
• SAS Macro - Level: Confirmed - Most recent: Any time
• XML, JSON, xlsx, csv – experience working with files in SQL - Level: Junior - Most recent: Any time

Language requirements:

• Fluent in French and/or Dutch, both spoken and written.
• Ability to read and understand technical documentation in English.