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Location: Jersey City, NJ
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Start Date: October 19, 2026
Engagement: Contract
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced SAS AML Developer to support a large-scale Anti-Money Laundering (AML) transformation program within the banking and financial services industry.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with SAS AML 7.1/7.2, Base SAS, SQL, Oracle, AML transaction monitoring, customer segmentation, detection scenarios, and AML data processing.
The role will focus on implementing business-driven AML enhancements, developing transaction monitoring scenarios, enhancing detection models, building preparation jobs, and customizing the SAS AML platform.
Primary Skills
- SAS AML 7.1 / 7.2,
- SAS AML Development,
- AML Scenario Development,
- AML Scenario Customization,
- Base SAS Programming,
- SQL,
- Oracle Database
- Transaction Monitoring
- AML Detection Models
- Customer Segmentation
- Risk-Based Monitoring
- Risk Scoring
- AML Prep Jobs
- AML Data Processing
- Unix / Linux Scripting
- Suspicious Activity Detection
- AML Regulatory Compliance
Secondary Skills
- SAS DataFlux,
- DataFlux Integration,
- AML Platform Customization,
- Detection Rule Configuration,
- Threshold Tuning
- AML Data Modeling
- Large-Scale Data Processing
- Unit Testing
- SIT / UAT Support
- Defect Resolution
- Production Deployment
- Production Support
- Banking
- Financial Services
- Compliance Technology
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and enhance AML detection scenarios within the SAS AML 7.1/7.2 platform.
- Build and maintain customer segmentation models and risk-based monitoring logic.
- Develop and modify AML preparation jobs, datasets, and data processing workflows.
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical AML solutions.
- Configure and tune transaction monitoring scenarios, rules, thresholds, and risk-scoring logic.
- Develop enhancements to existing AML detection models.
- Support implementation of new transaction monitoring scenarios.
- Perform unit testing and support SIT/UAT activities.
- Investigate and resolve application and data-related defects.
- Support production readiness and deployment activities.
- Collaborate with AML business teams, compliance professionals, technology teams, and other project stakeholders.
- Support AML platform customization and data-processing requirements.
- Contribute to production implementation and post-deployment support.
Required Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with SAS AML 7.1 or 7.2.
- Strong experience developing and customizing AML scenarios.
- Expert-level proficiency in Base SAS programming.
- Strong SQL development skills.
- Strong experience with Oracle Database.
- Experience with Unix/Linux scripting.
- Understanding of AML transaction monitoring processes.
- Knowledge of suspicious activity detection and AML compliance requirements.
- Experience working with large-scale banking or financial services AML programs.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical AML solutions.
- Experience with testing, defect resolution, and production implementation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with SAS DataFlux development and integration.
- Experience integrating SAS AML with enterprise data environments.
- Experience with customer segmentation and risk-based monitoring.
- Experience tuning AML rules, thresholds, and risk-scoring models.
- Experience supporting large-scale AML transformation initiatives.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by applicable law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may request assistance.
Employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment screening, which may include background and reference checks and, where permitted by applicable law and applicable to the position, drug testing. All such screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
