SAS Code Modernization Specialist

Key Responsibilities:

· Automate SAS code reviews and code assessments to identify dependencies, inefficiencies, and optimization opportunities.

· Decompose complex SAS programs into logical components for input, processing logic, and output.

· Modernize and refactor legacy SAS code for compatibility with SAS Viya 4 and Snowflake.

· Handle advanced SAS constructs, including macros, nested jobs, include statements, and shell script integrations.

· Develop scripts and tools to assess and validate code compatibility for cloud environments.

· Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate modernized SAS code into CI/CD pipelines.

· Provide recommendations for improving performance, scalability, and security of migrated code.

· Perform data lineage and impact analysis for migration planning and execution.

· Document findings, modernization strategies, and implementation plans.

Qualifications:

· Expert-level SAS programming skills, including Base SAS, Macro, and SQL.

· Experience with SAS Viya 4 programming environments and SAS Studio.

· Strong understanding of Snowflake and explicit pass-through SQL integration.

· Proficiency in analyzing and migrating self-service user-coded programs at scale.

· Hands-on experience with Unix shell scripting and automation frameworks.

· Familiarity with code analysis tools and techniques for identifying optimization opportunities.

· Experience in CI/CD pipeline integration for SAS workloads (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins).

· Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS/Azure) and DevOps methodologies.

Preferred Skills:

· Exposure to SonarQube or equivalent tools for code quality enforcement.

· Experience with workflow orchestration tools like SAS Workflow Orchestrator or Control-M.

· Ability to work with data engineers and DevOps teams for pipeline automation.

· Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and performance optimization skills