SAS Developer (Malaysia)

Thakral One; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Thakral One in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an experienced SAS Developer to design, develop, and optimise SAS ETL processes that support risk management and regulatory reporting. You will lead data enrichment projects, troubleshoot backend processes, and deliver scalable solutions aligned with enterprise data strategies while collaborating with IT and business units.

The role requires strong SAS Data Integration skills, SQL proficiency, and a good grasp of Unix/Linux environments to ensure efficient

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of development experience with SAS ETL (using SAS Data Integration).
• At least 10 years of experience in software development life cycle and processes.
• Domain knowledge in banking and financial services, risk management, regulatory reporting, or Basel II/III.

Responsibilities

• Analyse, design, develop, test, implement, and maintain SAS ETL processes and related projects.
• Coordinate data enrichment and enhancement deliverables between IT and business units to support MIS and analytical reporting.
• Research and recommend technologies and solution designs to fulfil business requirements.
• Troubleshoot backend SAS processes and ensure data quality and batch performance.

Skills

SAS ETL

SAS Data Integration

SQL

Scripting

Unix/Linux

Tools

SAS Data Integration

SQL

Scripting languages

Job description

As a SAS Developer, you will design, develop, and optimise SAS ETL processes to support business enabler systems, risk management, and regulatory reporting. You will lead data enrichment projects, troubleshoot backend processes, and deliver scalable solutions aligned with enterprise data strategies.

What You’ll Do and How You’ll Succeed

• Analyse, design, develop, test, implement, and maintain business enabler systems and related projects.
• Coordinate data enrichment and enhancement deliverables between IT and business units to support MIS and analytical reporting.
• Perform feasibility studies, gap analysis, and functional/technical design for data profiling, cleansing, and transformation.
• Design, document, implement, test, and deploy systems and end-to-end solutions to meet business needs.
• Build SAS ETL programs to create datasets from databases, external sources, and other inputs.
• Reconstruct and manage data marts and user data mapping from a business perspective.
• Strategically plan for scalable data warehouse roadmaps.
• Research and recommend technologies and solution designs to fulfil business requirements.
• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, and technical delivery teams to ensure quality and timely delivery.
• Work closely with organisational units and external parties during system implementation.
• Prepare technical, administrative, operational, and CAB documentation for supported systems.
• Follow security guidelines for handling confidential information.
• Provide testing support including SAS batch execution, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Proactively seek application enhancements to improve performance and reduce batch load.

We’d Love to Hear From You If…

Experience

• You have at least 7 years of development experience with SAS ETL (using SAS Data Integration).
• You have at least 10 years of experience in software development life cycle and processes.
• You have domain knowledge in banking and financial services, risk management, regulatory reporting, or Basel II/III.
• You have experience with SAS backend processes and troubleshooting.
• Advantageous: experience in database modelling, data model design, risk model implementation, and warehouse/big data projects.

Technical Expertise

• You have deep understanding of SAS and server applications to ensure efficient ETL generation.
• You are proficient in SAS, SQL, and scripting languages.
• You have strong knowledge of metadata, database models, and business data model concepts.
• You are skilled in fine-tuning and optimising complex SAS ETL, SAS batch, and data integrations.
• You are experienced in data profiling and data quality concepts.
• You have good knowledge of Unix, Linux, and Windows interfaces.
• You understand and follow Group Project Life Cycle and System Development Life Cycle.

Ways of Working

• You analyse business requirements to perform feasibility studies, impact analysis, and gap analysis.
• You design concepts, documentation, proposals, and implement solutions end-to-end.
• You collaborate effectively with project managers, analysts, and technical teams.
• You proactively seek enhancements to improve performance and efficiency.
• You follow security guidelines and maintain accountability in system operations.

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Who We Are

Thakral One is a consulting and technology services company headquartered in Singapore, with a pan-Asian presence. We focus primarily around technology-driven consulting, adoption of value-added bespoke solutions, enabling enhanced decision support through data analytics, and embracing possibilities in the cloud. We are heavily inclined towards building capabilities collaboratively with clients and believe strongly in improving grounded and practical outcomes.

This approach is possible through our partnership with leading global technology providers and internal R&D teams. Our clients come from Financial Services, Banking, Telco, Government, Healthcare, and Consumer-oriented organisations.