SAS Viya Administrator – Job Description

Position Title:

SAS Viya Administrator

Location:

Dallas TX

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAS Viya Administrator to manage, maintain, support, and optimize enterprise SAS Viya environments. The ideal candidate will have expertise in SAS Viya administration, Kubernetes, Linux, security, user management, monitoring, performance tuning, and cloud deployments. The role involves ensuring platform availability, reliability, scalability, and compliance while supporting business-critical analytics workloads. SAS Viya administrators typically manage authentication, authorization, monitoring, backups, upgrades, and operational support of the platform.

Key Responsibilities

SAS Viya Administration

• Administer and support SAS Viya environments across development, QA, and production.
• Manage platform configuration, deployment, upgrades, patches, and hotfixes.
• Perform environment health checks and troubleshoot platform issues.
• Administer CAS (Cloud Analytic Services) servers, libraries, and workloads.
• Configure and manage SAS Viya services, applications, and integrations.

Kubernetes & Infrastructure Management

• Support SAS Viya deployments running on Kubernetes.
• Monitor pods, namespaces, services, ingress, and storage components.
• Perform platform maintenance, scaling, and troubleshooting activities.
• Collaborate with Kubernetes and Cloud administrators on infrastructure operations.

Security & Identity Management

• Configure authentication and authorization using LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, or Kerberos.
• Manage users, groups, roles, permissions, and access controls.
• Implement security policies, SSL certificates, and compliance requirements.
• Conduct security audits and remediate vulnerabilities.

Monitoring & Performance Optimization

• Monitor system health, application logs, resource utilization, and platform performance.
• Analyze CPU, memory, storage, and network metrics.
• Optimize CAS performance and workload management.
• Implement proactive monitoring and alerting solutions.

Backup, Recovery & Disaster Recovery

• Develop and maintain backup and recovery procedures.
• Perform regular recovery testing and disaster recovery exercises.
• Ensure business continuity and data protection standards are met.

Automation & Support

• Automate administrative tasks using Shell scripting, Python, Ansible, or SAS administrative tools.
• Support CI/CD processes for platform deployments.
• Provide Level 2/Level 3 support and incident resolution.
• Create operational documentation and SOPs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of SAS Administration experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on SAS Viya administration experience.
• Strong Linux/Unix administration skills.
• Experience with Kubernetes administration and containerized environments.
• Knowledge of SAS Viya architecture, CAS, Compute Server, and Environment Manager.
• Experience with LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OAuth, and security administration.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with monitoring tools, log analysis, and performance tuning.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAS Platform Administration Certification.
• Kubernetes Certification (CKA/CKAD).
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, Ansible, or Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience supporting regulated environments (Healthcare, Financial Services, Pharma).
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices.

Technical Skills

SAS Technologies

• SAS Viya 4.x
• CAS Administration
• SAS Environment Manager
• SAS Administration CLI
• SAS Studio

Infrastructure

• Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux)
• Kubernetes
• Docker/Containers

Security

• LDAP
• Active Directory
• Kerberos
• SAML
• OAuth/OpenID Connect

Cloud

• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform

Automation

• Shell Scripting
• Python
• Ansible
• Terraform

Nice-to-Have

• SAS Visual Analytics administration
• SAS Model Manager
• SAS Data Management
• MLOps platform administration
• Observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and Kibana

This role is ideal for professionals with a blend of SAS administration, Kubernetes, Linux, cloud, and security expertise, capable of managing modern SAS Viya deployments in enterprise environments.