What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAS Administrator position at AssuranceAmerica?
About The ROLE
Each day at AssuranceAmerica is different, but as a SAS Administrator in IT , you will:
Each day at AssuranceAmerica is different, but as a SAS Administrator in IT , you will:
- Bear responsibility for the overall availability and health of the SAS environment through user training, maintenance, performance tuning, and troubleshooting system-related issues.
- Maintain custom SAS processes as needed or directed (SAS re-rater, reporting, automation, etc.)
- Administer the SAS platform by controlling security, accessibility, connections to data sources to align with company compliances.
- Learn and maintain best practices for deployment, implementation, and administration of various SAS products.
- Apply SAS security “Hot Fixes” as required to align with IT procedures.
- Work with cross-functional teams to create, implement, and deploy business solutions as needed.
- Proactively communicate directly with business representatives to extract requirements and review work in progress.
- Abide by all company or department policies.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the department manager.
- Attend and participate in department meetings.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced automated production environment.
- Good oral and written communications skills.
- Well-developed critical thinking skills.
- Ability to work as a team player throughout the company.
- Ability to maintain an acceptable level of integrity and professionalism.
- 4-year degree in a related technical/data analytics field.
- At least 4 years of SAS experience (analytics)
- Strong knowledge of SQL and data structures
- Experience in the insurance industry, particularly non-standard auto
- 8 or more years of SAS experience (analytics administration)
- Experience with PowerBI
- Experience with ArcGIS
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.
- May be required to work on-call or long hours in case of system malfunction.