Cloud Build & Implementation Engineer

Cloud Build & Implementation Engineer

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About the job

The Cloud Information Services team is looking for a Cloud Build & Implementation Engineer. You will work collaboratively with customers, analysts, developers, and implementation team members to deploy, manage, diagnose, debug, design, and prototype SAS and third-party enterprise class software systems.

You will work with global Product R&D, Technical Support, and other CIS teams to drive customer satisfaction and ensure service quality across all our SAS Cloud Hosted and Remote Managed Service environments.

You will contribute and help the team in efforts to improve quality, efficiency, and automation around service delivery tasks. A keen eye for continuous improvement and a passion to drive it in all aspects of the job is required.

As a Cloud Build & Implementation Engineer, you will:

• Install, administer, support, and maintain SAS Enterprise software and solutions.
• Integrate SAS software with systems and other third-party software.
• Generate documentation for architecture, installation and on-going operational support of customer environments.
• Diagnose, document, report, and resolve system problems both independently and in a group setting.
• Engineer Software implementations based on requirements and sizing assessments to ensure scalability and reliability.
• Contribute to tooling, automation, and system engineering efforts, freeing yourself and others from day-to-day toil.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Individuals who excel in this role:

• Understand software development & how to read/write code or scripts.
• Are familiar with deployment methodologies and best practices such as CI/CD and Waterfall
• Have worked in complex infrastructure environments with a variety of services working both independently and together.
• Understands the interdependencies between multiple systems and software within a computing infrastructure.
• Have knowledge of security, performance, server design, cross-platform architectures, SAS products, SAS solutions, storage, networking, and enterprise hardware.
• Understands the interdependencies between multiple systems and software within a computing infrastructure.

Technologies you will work with on day one:

• SAS 9.4 & Viya Product Suites.
• Azure, AWS, and VMware-based cloud computing environments (compute, storage, networking, etc.)
• External and integrated databases – Oracle, Postgres, MSSQL
• Containerized software applications and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• API-driven tools and software
• Middleware / Web-based applications (tcserver, apache, JBoss, etc.)
• Commercial, Opensource, and custom monitoring/alerting tools – Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana

Required qualifications

• Strong analytic and deductive reasoning skills
• 3 years of experience with UNIX or Linux supporting SAS or Enterprise class applications.
• 3 Years of Experience with implementing SAS on complex architectures within Cloud and Hosting Technologies (Microsoft Azure (Preferred), AWS, etc...)
• Designing and implementing SAS solutions on Cloud & Hosted Infrastructure
• Deployment, testing, delivery and maintenance activities
• Integration of SAS Products with different third-party tools and technologies
• Installation, Configuration, deployment and administration of:
• Metadata, Clustered Metadata, Metadata Server
  • Web Server and Web Application Server
  • Users and User Groups, Identity & Access Management
  • Multitenant Environments
  • Product Hot-Fixes
  • SAS Client Tools
  • Base SAS Codes and Reports
• Cloud Implementation Experience/knowledge on SAS Solutions:
  • Data Management
  • Risk Management
  • Open Integration
• PowerShell and Unix Shell scripting
• Linux system administration tasks including configuration, troubleshooting, and automation.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Nice to have / Preferences:

• SAS 9.4, Viya Certifications
• Experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud – COMPUTE, STORAGE, NETWORK, SECURITY
• Know-how – Authentication techniques and their integration along with debugging
• Working knowledge of Python and Ansible for automation.

You are welcome here.

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our inclusive workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. 

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