Sr Systems Developer

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Are you a problem solver, explorer, and knowledge seeker - always asking, “What if?”

If so, then you may be the new team member we’re looking for. Because at SAS, your curiosity matters - whether you’re developing algorithms, creating customer experiences or answering critical questions. Curiosity is our code, and the opportunities here are endless.

**What we do**

We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Our curiosity fuels innovation, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo and changing the way we live.

**Summary**:
SAS is expanding remotely managed and hosted Cloud Services for all SAS platforms into a growing list of global locations, including [EMEA, APAC, LatAm]. As a Senior Systems Developer, you will work directly with customers and SAS teams in delivering robust SAS Cloud solutions into various cloud providers, with an emphasis on [AWS, Azure, GCP]. As a critical member of the SAS Cloud delivery team, you will lead in providing design expertise and delivery of cloud-based infrastructure, networking, customer connectivity, and installation of a full range of SAS Cloud products. Equipped with deep level of public cloud expertise, your contributions will enable SAS services to further grow and allow customers to fully capitalize on the skill, knowledge, and proficiency of SAS experts across the globe. You will focus on the underlying cloud services supporting SAS as well as specializing in specific technical areas in deploying and configuring highly available, performant, and scalable architectures.

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Designs, Develops, Automates and Improves delivery of remotely managed and hosted SAS Cloud Offerings.
- Provides product and services expertise for a breadth of SAS Cloud products and services, including installation, maintenance, documentation, customization, and utilization of product features.
Work with customers on interpreting SAS’s environment sizing recommendations and how they translate to actual infrastructure design and availability.
- Advising customers on authentication/authorization/single sign-on capabilities of SAS solutions.
- Advising customers in the areas of SAS Cloud operational management, high availability, disaster recovery, and security frameworks.
- Onboard customers into SAS Cloud and maintain standardized customer-specific documentation.
- Prepares and conducts system and validation tests requiring interfacing of hardware and software.
- Diagnoses and resolves preliminary software and hardware connectivity issues realized during delivery phase.
- Collaborates with other SAS Cloud teams to:

- Determine product offerings based on market demand and feedback loops
- Define and improve processes, workflows, internal documentation
- Identify opportunities for automation and develop tools, programs and systems that allow us to provide excellent service to a growing customer base using a lean and efficient support team
- Occasionally asked to participate in 24-hour, on-call service in support of the global SAS Cloud Operations rotation
- Staying current on Cloud technologies, SAS offerings, certifications, training, latest Analytics industry trends and general regulatory landscape.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management

**Additional Responsibilities**:

- Guides, coordinates, trains, and assist peers.
- Participates in establishing departmental objectives.
- Provides quality assurance internal review for other members of the group.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Experience with Terraform and/or Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes technologies in [GCP, AWS, Azure] cloud platform
- Working knowledge of networking concepts and various cloud/hybrid/on-prem networking implementations in [GCP, AWS, Azure] cloud platform
Excellent work breakdown, organization and prioritization abilities
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to find creative solutions to complex technical problems
- Collaborating with peer teams work well with others
- Experience interpreting complex system architectures and infrastructure designs
- Ability to independently learn new products, technologies and services using supplied documentation and other information sources.
- Travel as necessary up to 15%
- [LatAm] Ability to have technical conversations in Portuguese.

**Education**

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related quantitative field.

**Experience**

Preferred Cloud specific certifications (or equivalent experience):

- GCP
- Google Cloud Certified: Professional Cloud Architect
- Google Cloud Certified: Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
- AWS
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
- Azure
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

***Why SA