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Della Infotech

Senior SAS Developer

Della Infotech, Columbia, South Carolina, us, 29228


Job Title

Senior SAS Developer

Start Date

October 2022

Duration

12 months (2,000 Hours).. Good possibility of an extension.

Hours Per Week

40 hours per week

Working Location

Columbia, SC .. 2 days per week onsite.

This is a hard requirement and written in our contract. Not negotiable.

Citizenship Requirements

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and live in the United States.

DESCRIPTION and RESPONSIBILITIES

SAS is seeking a full-time SAS Senior Advanced Developer with strong Healthcare domain experience to work with our client, a Healthcare department for the State.QUALIFICATIONS - ESSENTIAL

The Customer requires a Senior Advanced Base SAS programmer. Essential duties and responsibilities include the following, with hands-on, proven experience with SAS programming to maintain and develop advanced SAS coding techniques to write maximum efficient and performance optimized code.• A minimum of Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Business

Administration, or a related field is required and equivalent work experience required.• Minimum of 6+ years' experience of SAS\SQL programming experience.• Analytical Programming experience in SAS as well as experience with SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Visual analytics• Relevant experience in the Healthcare industry preferred (commercial or govt).• Lead and/or actively participate in SAS knowledge-sharing activities.• Be proficient in Base SAS programming ( DATA step ),

SQL

programming (i.e., use of SQL pass-through or PROC SQL), as well as the SAS

Macro

language for use in making code more efficient.• Good written and spoken communications skills in English and thought-leadership skills.• SAS Product Knowledge:• SAS Enterprise Guide• SAS Studio• SAS Visual Analytics (VA)

• Skillset:• SAS Base Programming• SQL• Excellent Communication Skills• Detailed Oriented• Works well on a team, and also works independently with minimal guidance once fully

onboarded to a project.

Preference:

Healthcare Industry Experience• Knowledgeable on ETL processing• SAS 9.4 Base Programmer Certification• Linux

MAJOR RESPONSIBILTIES/ACTIVITIES:

Services may include focus on and require the Consultant to:• Apply and demonstrate expertise with efficient DATA step, SQL programming, SAS Macro programming, ODS, Reporting and Summary procedures and SAS Array processing.• Must have project experience with implementing advanced SAS coding techniques to optimize performance and have developed best practices for efficient coding.• Must have project experience with sophisticated Base SAS development for performance enhancement and advanced SAS Dataset storage best practices.• Have good oral and written communication skills.• Lead and/or actively participate in SAS knowledge-sharing activities.• Must be able to read, and understand existing coding and processing to troubleshoot and resolved issues as they arise.• Demonstrate the ability to work with little direct supervision; Excellent troubleshooting skills; Imaginative, inquisitive, with a self-motivating personality and a strong work ethic; Customer focused demeanor.• Gathering data requirements and designing/developing the Data Warehouse/ Data Marts• Performing analytical and programming activities including analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation of integrating the data management solutions• Enhances client's datamarts and the enterprise data warehouse by working closely with internal and