SAS Administrator – Migration Project

Zorba AI; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Zorba AI is looking for an experienced SAS Administrator to support a large-scale SAS platform migration project. The ideal candidate should have over 4 years of relevant experience in SAS Administration and migration projects, hands-on skills in SAS tools, and a strong troubleshooting mindset. Responsibilities include migrating SAS artifacts, conducting validation activities, and active user support during UAT cycles. This role requires strong analytical abilities and good communication skills.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience in SAS Administration and Migration projects.
• Strong hands-on experience in SAS administration and migration of SAS artifacts.
• Experience with user support and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Perform migration of SAS artifacts, jobs, workflows, metadata, and configurations.
• Conduct reconciliation and validation activities post migration.
• Provide support to business users and testing teams during UAT.

Skills

SAS Enterprise Guide (EG)

SAS Data Integration Studio (SAS DI)

SAS Enterprise Miner (SAS EM)

SAS Administration

SAS Metadata Management

Linux / Unix Administration

Troubleshooting and service monitoring

Database connections and library configuration

Job description

Job Title

SAS Administrator – Migration Project

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAS Administrator to support a large-scale SAS platform migration initiative. The ideal candidate should have strong hands‑on experience in SAS administration, migration of SAS artifacts, Linux/Unix administration, user support, and troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform migration of SAS artifacts, jobs, workflows, metadata, and configurations to the target SAS platform.
• Conduct reconciliation and validation activities post migration to ensure data and process integrity.
• Provide active support to business users and testing teams during UAT cycles.
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain SAS environments and related components.
• Monitor SAS services and perform restart/recovery activities as required.
• Troubleshoot system, application, and connectivity issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Manage users, groups, roles, permissions, and security configurations within SAS environments.
• Configure authentication mechanisms, libraries, metadata repositories, and database connections.
• Support workflow optimization and transformation activities within SAS DI/SAS EM environments.
• Work closely with infrastructure, DBA, application, and migration teams to ensure smooth deployment and platform stability.
• Prepare technical documentation, migration runbooks, SOPs, and support procedures.

Required Technical Skills

• SAS Enterprise Guide (EG)
• SAS Data Integration Studio (SAS DI)
• SAS Enterprise Miner (SAS EM)
• SAS Administration
• SAS Metadata Management
• SAS migration project experience
• SAS artifact migration and reconciliation
• Installation, upgrade, patching, and configuration
• User/group administration and security setup
• Authentication and access management
• Linux / Unix Administration
• Shell scripting
• Troubleshooting and service monitoring
• Database connections and library configuration
• Knowledge of relational databases and connectivity management

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience in enterprise SAS migration projects
• Experience optimizing SAS DI and SAS EM workflows
• Exposure to performance tuning and workflow optimization
• Knowledge of scheduling and batch processing environments
• Familiarity with enterprise security and authentication integrations
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Good communication and stakeholder coordination skills
• Strong troubleshooting mindset
• Ability to work independently in production support environments
• Good documentation and process management skills

Experience Required

4+ years of relevant experience in SAS Administration and Migration projects.