SAS Grid Administrator

Globenet Consulting Corp; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Opportunity for advancement

Training & development

Job summary

The AES Group is seeking an experienced SAS Grid Administrator to support a highly available SAS 9.4 GRID environment across dual sites. The role focuses on SAS infrastructure administration, production support, and ensuring reliable batch and ad hoc processing.

Ideal candidates will have strong SAS administration skills, Oracle database experience, Linux scripting, and experience with SDLC and change management. Join a team delivering cutting-edge cloud, data, and engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering SAS GRID environments.
• Expertise with SAS Management Console, Metadata Server, and Metadata Repository.
• Experience with job scheduling and load balancing.
• Strong knowledge of Base SAS, SAS Macros, and SAS/ACCESS to Oracle.
• Strong Oracle database knowledge with SQL programming expertise.
• Experience with Linux shell scripting and Crontab scheduling.
• Experience working within formal SDLC and change management processes.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support a highly available SAS 9.4 GRID environment.
• Monitor and support SAS, Oracle, and SQL Server batch and ad hoc processing.
• Troubleshoot production issues, including job failures, connectivity, permissions, and scheduling.
• Support SAS, Oracle, and SQL Server development activities.
• Manage SAS Management Console, Metadata Server, and Metadata Repository.
• Configure and maintain job scheduling, workload balancing, and system performance.
• Follow SDLC standards and change management processes.
• Create and maintain technical documentation.

Skills

SAS Grid Admin

SAS Management Console

Metadata Server

Metadata Repository

Job Scheduling

Load Balancing

Base SAS

SAS Macros

SAS/ACCESS Oracle

Oracle SQL

Linux scripting

Crontab

SDLC processes

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Job description

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development

SAS Grid Administrator

Location: Audubon, PA

Join The AES Group

The AES Group is a premier technology and engineering company with over 20 years of experience delivering innovative solutions across cloud, data, AI, engineering, and emerging technologies. We partner with leading enterprises to build impactful technology solutions and are looking for talented professionals to join our growing team.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAS Grid Administrator to support and maintain a highly available (HA) dual-site SAS 9.4 GRID environment. This role is responsible for administering SAS infrastructure, supporting production environments, troubleshooting job failures, managing users and servers, and ensuring reliable batch and ad hoc processing. The ideal candidate has strong expertise in SAS administration, Oracle databases, Linux scripting, and production support.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support a highly available SAS 9.4 GRID environment.
• Monitor and support SAS, Oracle, and SQL Server batch and ad hoc processing.
• Troubleshoot production issues, including job failures, connectivity, permissions, and scheduling.
• Support SAS, Oracle, and SQL Server development activities.
• Manage SAS Management Console, Metadata Server, and Metadata Repository.
• Configure and maintain job scheduling, workload balancing, and system performance.
• Follow SDLC standards and change management processes.
• Create and maintain technical documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience administering SAS GRID environments.
• Expertise with SAS Management Console, Metadata Server, and Metadata Repository.
• Experience with job scheduling and load balancing.
• Strong knowledge of Base SAS, SAS Macros, and SAS/ACCESS to Oracle.
• Strong Oracle database knowledge with SQL programming expertise.
• Experience with Linux shell scripting and Crontab scheduling.
• Experience working within formal SDLC and change management processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing and debugging complex SAS ETL processes against Oracle.
• Experience automating complex business processes.
• Experience supporting multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Knowledge of SAS and Oracle performance tuning.
• Experience installing and administering SAS servers.
• Familiarity with Altair SLC Hub.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.