SAS Administrator - Johannesburg Verfied

Salary Negotiable Johannesburg, Gauteng Johannesburg, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 10-01-2017 12:57:11 PM
07-02-2017 12:57:11 PM
PBT Group, leaders in Business Intelligence, is looking for SAS Administrators.

With in-depth knowledge of Business Intelligence solutions and experience that spans more than two decades in over 25 countries, PBT Group has engaged with many of the Top 100 companies, answering to diverse needs to give clients not only a competitive edge, but also a sustainable advantage. Worldwide expertise and local wisdom - that’s what makes us different!

If you are passionate about what you do, confident in your own ability and hungry for knowledge where you wish to be part of a company where you can learn, grow and prosper – then don’t be afraid to spread your wings and to challenge outdated boundaries. You may just have what it takes to be a PBT Consultant. Integrity, Quality, Professionalism, Accountability, Respect, Teamwork, Ethics and Trust.

Unlock your true potential - join PBT today.

DUTIES:
- Responsible for managing the relationship between the software development teams and infrastructure teams to ensure common technology direction.
- Responsible for ensuring the enterprise technical infrastructure are consistently aligned with enterprise-wide standards for new application development and improvements for future releases.
- Responsible for evaluating and implementing industry emerging technologies that may support the business.
- The SAS Administrator supports application development for the SAS platform in the systems domain.
- Responsible for the success of the system administration working with the business and infrastructure team to requirements definition.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Knowledge of SAS
- 2+ years of systems and/or business analysis or design experience in application support and/or development.
- 2+ years’ experience supporting and administering SAS system or other comparable administration.
- 1+ years’ experience working in a multiple server environment.
- Administration of SAS foundation.
- Experience installing SAS and applying patches.
- Serves as primary Technical Platform Support Serves as primary analyst on the scripts (rollout, clean up and refresh), manages script development, file processing, and the overall import process.
- Ensures scripts are thoroughly tested in all environments.
- Executes scripts.