Technology Consulting - AI and Data - SAS Viya - Technical Manager

EY; Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY GDS is seeking a SAS Viya Technical Manager with robust leadership and deep SAS Viya expertise to own the platform end-to-end in Data & AI.

You will lead SAS Viya admins, optimise CAS performance, manage upgrades, and ensure security, governance and incident management across multi-environment deployments.

The role requires 8–12 years of analytics platform experience and a proven track record in enterprise SAS Viya implementations for clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering required.
• 10–12 years of SAS-based analytics platform experience.
• Proven SAS Viya architecture, administration, and CAS tuning.
• Experience delivering enterprise SAS Viya implementations.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical authority for SAS Viya architecture and standards.
• Lead platform administration, upgrades, backup, and stability.
• Manage CAS performance and scale analytics workloads.
• Ensure security, identity, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee monitoring, logging, and incident management.
• Troubleshoot data issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Govern content, data access, promotions, and releases.
• Lead and mentor SAS Viya admins and platform engineers.
• Contribute to documentation and best practices.

Skills

SAS Viya architecture

CAS optimization

Platform administration

Security governance

Mentoring teams

Incident management

Client communication

Analytics pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

SAS Viya Administration Certification

SAS Viya Architecture Certification

Tools

SAS Viya

CAS server configuration

Cloud certifications

Job description

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SAS Viya – Technical Manager, Data & AI, Technology Consulting (EY GDS)

EY GDS is seeking a SAS Viya Technical Manager with robust technical leadership and deep expertise in data and analytics, specifically focusing on SAS Viya. The role involves end-to-end ownership and governance of the SAS Viya platform and participation in the growing Data & AI practice within EY GDS.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical authority for SAS Viya architecture, platform design, configuration, and standards across environments.
• Lead platform administration and lifecycle management, including upgrades, patching, backup, recovery, and ensuring environment stability.
• Manage and optimise CAS performance, workload execution, scalability, and resource utilisation for analytics and AI workloads.
• Ensure robust security, identity, access management, and regulatory compliance in line with enterprise policies.
• Oversee monitoring, logging, observability, and incident management to ensure platform reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data issues and performance bottlenecks across real-time and batch analytics pipelines.
• Govern SAS Viya content, data access, environment promotions, and release management.
• Lead and mentor SAS Viya administrators and platform engineers, establishing SOPs and best practices.
• Contribute to technical documentation, code/configuration reviews, and continuous platform improvement.

Required Skills And Experience

• 8–12 years of experience in analytics platforms, data engineering, or enterprise Data & AI environments with strong exposure to SAS technologies.
• Extensive technical expertise in SAS Viya architecture, administration, and CAS performance optimisation.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale analytics platforms in complex, multi-environment landscapes.
• Strong understanding of data platforms, analytics pipelines (batch and real-time), and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with platform operations, monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident management.
• Strong knowledge of security, identity, access management, and governance in regulated environments.
• Ability to translate business and analytics requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Experience in leading and mentoring technical platform teams, setting standards and best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills, especially in high-pressure delivery environments and client engagements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field.
• 10–12 years of experience in SAS-based analytics platforms, including SAS Viya.
• Strong experience in SAS Viya architecture, administration, CAS server configuration, and performance tuning.
• Proven track record in delivering enterprise-grade SAS Viya implementations and translating business requirements into secure, high-performance analytics solutions.
• Expertise in SAS Viya security (identity management, authorisation, CAS permissions, credential domains).
• Experience with SAS Viya lifecycle management (upgrades, patching, environment promotions, production support).
• Ability to lead and mentor SAS Viya administrators and platform engineers.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder communication skills.
• SAS certifications in SAS Viya Administration or Architecture are strongly preferred; cloud certifications are a plus.

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