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GEICO's Platform and Architecture Team is currently seeking a SAS Grid and Viya Administrator to provide day-to-day operation of the SAS GRID platform, support and migrating the SAS applications in Viya. The candidate certification in SAS/SAS Grid/SAS Viya. Should be highly experienced in Linux Server Administration, GPFS, and LSF. Additional System administration knowledge of other BI Applications like Qlik, R Studio, MSTR is a Plus. The Candidate must be aware of Monitoring, NOC calls Support, backup, and recovery of the SAS Grid application. Further, experience with at least one of the authentication processes like Azure AD, SAML, and LDAP is required.
Key Areas of Responsibility:- Responsible for Enterprise SAS Grid implementation, installation, upgrade, architecture design, and administration.
- Performing application monitoring and optimization of Enterprise SAS system with a good understanding of Splunk and Dynatrace.
- Experience and familiarity with GPFS and NFS file systems.
- Establish and administer SAS Viya Platform, perform CAS Administration, manage CASLIB's, and In-memory space management.
- Provide technical guidance and support to migrate the platform to SAS VIYA.
- Prioritizing Tickets and Incidents and address the file system changes based on requirements.
- Proficient in Linux system administration and operations.
- Able to operationalize the applications in Azure and IBM cloud with application deployments in SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS.
- Ensure the High Availability and backups for the SAS Grid servers.
- Assist in the planning, coordination, and implementation of various SAS products while troubleshooting system related problems.
- Ability to understand the SAS logs and perform debugging and troubleshooting issues with SAS EG, SAS Studio, and SAS Viya
- Understanding of Microservices, AKS/Kubernetes, and ability to perform SAS Viya operations.
- Perform SAS License management, applying SAS hotfixes, system upgrades, testing, user communications, and coordinate SAS Days/KT sessions.
- Maintain the SAS GRID environment, support Daily Job and Queue maintenance, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and SAS software roadmap.
- Certified in SAS Grid/SAS Administration/SAS Viya Administration;
- Certified in Red Hat Linux Administration or similar platforms.
- Must be BS/MS in Software/Computer Engineering.
- Have expertise in Enterprise SAS Version 9.X and maintain SAS Grid in Linux Environment.
- System implementation, installation, configuration, upgrade, architecture design, and administration.
- Highly experienced in managing SAS Grid and SAS Administration on Linux.
- Can understand bash and shell scripts to understand and update the code to perform troubleshooting.
- Experience in SAS Management Console (SMC), user and Role management, defining Servers, and creating SAS, and RDBMS libraries.
- Must understand Authentication, Azure AD, SAML, and SSO and be proficient in Network connectivity from SAS to backend data sources.
- Performed setting up Grid Manager, SAS Environment Manager, GPFS configurations, LSF management.
- Ability to connect SAS with data sources like Netezza, SQL Server, Snowflake.
- Have expertise in SQL and SAS Code, with managing SAS connectivity to DB2, Netezza, Hadoop, and MS SQL Server.
- Proficient in managing SAS Tools like SAS Studio, SAS Enterprise Guide, and Viya Studio.
- Experience and proficiency in Linux system administration, SAS Grid Management, LSF, and Cluster management.
- Hands-on experience with migration and support of SAS VIYA and deploying and supporting implementations at an Enterprise-scale
- Be a proactive and self-starter with excellent communication and technical writing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects efficiently and able to meet deadlines.
- May be required to be on call for production support 24x7
- Premier Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance with no waiting period
- Paid Vacation, Sick and Parental Leave
- 401(k) Plan with Profit Sharing
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Training and Licensures
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