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About the job

The Advanced Analytics division is looking for a Senior Systems Architect to work alongside other members of the R&D Platform Engineering Architecture team to lead broad architectural initiatives, provide technical direction, and ensure excellence as we continue to release cloud-first, cloud-native, as-a-service offerings within multiple R&D divisions.

As a member of the team, you will:

• Evolve SAS software architectures to incorporate new technologies that better serve our business objectives and customer requirements.
• Establish, document, and advocate for standards, methodologies, and best practices as the technical expert for the Advanced Analytics division. 
• Represent the technical perspective of the Advanced Analytics division during planning, scoping, and sizing efforts, ensuring key dependencies are identified and risks are mitigated.
• Collaborate with product managers, other architects and developers to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new and existing applications.
• Ensure all products adhere to a common architecture as necessary for them to work well together, form a cohesive product line, and meet customer expectations.
• Organize and maintain detailed documentation about technical designs with supporting justification for architectural and design choices.
• Perform all primary responsibilities on complex projects independently; effectively manage projects to achieve expected results.
• Be a change agent, regularly looking for and implementing process improvements.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, preferably in Computer Science or related field.
• 8 years of software development experience with languages such as Java or Golang
• 3 years of experience building cloud-native applications with Kubernetes
• 5 years of experience with scripting languages such as Python

Preferred qualifications

• Broad understanding of SAS product line and architecture as well as several domains in advanced analytics.
• Familiarity with SAS languages, including datastep, DS2, and CASL.
• Experience with open-source languages, such as Python and R, but also familiar with general-purpose computer programming language such as C or C
• Experience with CLANG/LLVM or other compiler
• Experience delivering software with global reach – Internationalization and Localization
• Experience supporting stateful applications running in Kubernetes
• Broad and in-depth understanding of system software design in areas such as enabling technologies, analytics and solutions.
• Ability to comprehend the details of complex system software and the implications of architectural changes.
• Ability to write requirements for multiple, highly complex systems.
• Broad understanding and embrace of Agile software development.
• Broad understanding and embrace of DevOps and CI/CD principles.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native principles and the impacts of cloud economics on software architecture and design.

World-class benefits 

Highlights include... • Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans. • Medical plan options include…• PPO with low annual deductible and copays. • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center). • Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge! • An industry-leading 401k plan. • Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1. • Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days. • Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees

Additional Information

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

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