Locals to Columbus, OH Onsite 5 days a week.

• 8+ years of experience with SAS Enterprise BI Server administration.
• 2+ years of experience with SAS Viya platform administration
• 8+ years of experience installing SAS BI server from scratch on a multitier platform.
• Design and configure SAS internal folder structures to facilitate user access and provisioning.
• 4+ years of experience in creating and running AIX scripts and jobs as necessary for Server provisioning and administration.
• 4+ years of experience - Perform Server patching and maintenance as necessary.
• 2+ years of experience on SAS VIYA administration and worked in the architect capacity.
• Provide management reports from both the SAS server and the AIX OS upon request.
• Strong knowledge and practice implementing standard security policies and procedures for both SAS Server and SAS clients.
• Regularly provide access for SAS users and accessible resources (data sets and database connections)
• Good experience in working with Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.
• Effective communication, presentation, & organizational skills.
• Familiar with Project Management methodologies.
• Ability to create and execute written project plans
• Ability to establish priorities & follow through on projects, paying close attention to detail with minimal supervision.
• Required Education: BS/BA degree (in computer science or related field) or combination of education & experience

DESIRED Skill Sets:

• Demonstrate effective leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Required excellent written and oral communication skills with technical and business teams.
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
• Stay abreast of current technologies in area of IT assigned
• Establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Recognize patterns and opportunities for improvement throughout the entire organization
• Ability to discern critical from minor problems and innovate new solutions

·        Strong documentation skills in readable English

·        Ability to create reports from both SAS Enterprise Server and AIX Operating system

·        Strong familiarity with both Windows and AIX/Linux operating systems

·        Familiarity with SQL programing in both Oracle and MS SQL

·        Experience Installing an entire SAS BI server on a multitier platform

·        Experience packaging, installing, and troubleshooting SAS 9.4 client applications on Windows OS.

·        Strong experience troubleshooting both SAS Server and Client performance issues

·        Strong knowledge of basic networking (firewalls, switches, routing, etc.) and diagnosing performance bottlenecks.

·        Ability to recommend improvement changes in SAS Server, SAS client, and SAS user analytic procedures to benefit the entire organization

·        Exceptional ability to work as part of a team and to interact with other teams both inside and outside of the organization.

·        Experience setting up SAS AUTH provisioning for accessing external data and database systems.

·        Experience in using Directory Services (LDAP, AD, other) groups for provisioning access in SAS.

·        Strong ability to provide technical explanations to SAS Technical support teams, to facilitate troubleshooting issues for both SAS Server and SAS user issues.