SAS SME / Consultant

Talent; Manchester; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent is seeking a SAS Subject Matter Expert (SME) with Active SC Clearance to support the re-platforming of legacy SAS analytics workloads and migrate to a modern cloud data warehouse. The contract runs for 12 months with remote work and monthly visits to Manchester or Blackpool, paying £650-£700 per day inside IR35.

You will provide deep technical domain expertise, advise on SAS architecture and data flows, and guide migration, validation, and knowledge transfer to engineers, ensuring data

Qualifications

• SAS platform and analytics expertise at SME level.
• Experience with cloud re-platforming and ETL design.
• Experience in large-scale data migration and validation.
• Ability to document architectures and upskill teams.
• Working knowledge of Informatica for ETL pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Advise SAS system architecture, data flows, and cloud re-platforming approaches.
• Define data migration and validation frameworks with Data Engineering.
• Support high-level and low-level design documents and knowledge base articles for SAS components.
• Ensure data integrity across migration phases and dual-running periods.
• Mentor SAS engineers and installers throughout delivery.

Skills

SAS

Cloud ETL

Data migration

Knowledge transfer

Informatica

Tools

Informatica

Job description

Job Description

£650 - £700 / day (Inside IR35)

12 Months (Likely to extend)

Job Description

SAS Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Active SC Clearance

£650 - £700 / day (Inside IR35)

12 Months (Likely to extend)

Remote working with once a month in Manchester or Blackpool

Our Central Government client is looking for a SAS Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide deep technical domain expertise to guide the re-platforming of legacy SAS analytics workloads and ensure the seamless migration of underlying data into a modern cloud data warehouse.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture and Strategy: Advise on SAS system architecture, data flows, and optimal cloud re-platforming approaches.
• Migration and Validation: Define data migration and validation frameworks in close collaboration with the Data Engineering team.
• Design and Documentation: Support high-level (HLD) and low-level design (LLD) documents, along with knowledge base articles for SAS components.
• Data Assurance: Ensure absolute data integrity across migration phases and dual-running periods.
• Technical Guidance: Mentor, guide, and support SAS engineers and installers throughout delivery.

Key Skills And Experience

• SAS Expertise: Comprehensive, subject-matter level knowledge of SAS platforms and analytics environments.
• Cloud Re-platforming and ETL: Proven track record in complex ETL design, data flows, and migrating legacy SAS workloads into cloud data warehouses.
• Data Migration and Validation: Deep experience in large-scale data migration, dual-running validation, and data integrity testing.
• Knowledge Transfer: Strong capability in documenting technical architectures and upskilling engineering teams.
• Informatica knowledge. This role will also need a working knowledge of Informatica for ETL / data-integration pipeline. Ensuring that they are correctly re-engineered and data is migrated reliably into the cloud data warehouse.

SC Clearance: Active SC Clearance is required

£650.00 - £700.00 / hr