Hybrid SAS Data Engineer: Cloud Migration to SAS Viya on AWS

Searchability; Shrewsbury; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

6-month contract

SC security clearance

Job summary

Searchability is seeking an experienced SAS Data Engineer to design, develop and optimise data pipelines migrating legacy SAS environments to SAS Viya 4 on AWS. The role emphasizes data quality, security and performance throughout the migration.

You will collaborate with architects, analysts and test teams to align data solutions with migration requirements and support UAT and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing ETL processes for migrating data from legacy SAS environments to SAS Viya 4.
• Proficient in SAS 9.4 and SAS Viya, including Viya 3.x and Viya 4.
• Strong SQL and Python skills for data processing and transformation.
• Experience with AWS cloud environments and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of data modelling, performance tuning and large-scale data migration.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery, DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience implementing data validation, reconciliation and data quality controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimise ETL processes to migrate data from SAS environments to SAS Viya 4 on AWS.
• Refactor and optimise data pipelines for performance and cloud-native delivery.
• Collaborate with SAS developers to ensure Viya 4 compatibility.
• Implement data transformations and validation rules to maintain data accuracy.
• Automate data ingestion and processing workflows using DevOps tools (Jenkins, Git).
• Integrate pipelines into CI/CD frameworks for continuous delivery.
• Monitor data quality and pipeline health with alerts and controls.
• Ensure data governance, security and GDPR compliance.
• Support UAT and readiness through test data preparation and validation scripts.

Skills

SAS Data Integration

SAS 9.4 & Viya

SQL

Python

AWS Cloud

CI/CD

DevOps practices

Data modelling

Data validation & quality

Tools

Pentaho

Talend

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Searchability is seeking an experienced SAS Data Engineer to design, develop and optimise data pipelines migrating legacy SAS environments to SAS Viya 4 on AWS. The role emphasizes data quality, security and performance throughout the migration.

You will collaborate with architects, analysts and test teams to align data solutions with migration requirements and support UAT and production readiness.