SAS Viya Administrator

About the role

The role involves designing and architecting SAS Viya deployments based on business, performance, and scalability requirements. The successful candidate will install, configure, and deploy SAS Viya in cloud and on-premises environments, administer and manage CAS and SAS Compute, and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes resources.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect SAS Viya deployments based on business, performance, and scalability requirements
• Install, configure, and deploy SAS Viya in cloud and on-premises environments
• Administer and manage CAS and SAS Compute, including session management and resource allocation
• Manage containerized workloads, namespaces, ingress, storage classes, persistent volumes, and other Kubernetes resources
• Install, patch, upgrade, and validate SAS Viya software releases
• Monitor system health, logs, events, and resource utilization across SAS and Kubernetes environments
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve platform, application, and connectivity issues
• Implement performance tuning for CAS, compute servers, and supporting services
• Conduct capacity planning and forecast infrastructure growth requirements
• Develop, test, and maintain disaster recovery and backup strategies
• Perform regular recovery drills to validate disaster recovery readiness
• Manage user authentication and authorization using LDAP/Active Directory/SAML/OAuth
• Implement encryption for data at rest and in transit (TLS, certificates, key management)
• Integrate SAS Viya with enterprise databases and validate secure connectivity
• Automate administrative tasks using Python, Shell scripting, and CI/CD pipelines
• Implement automated monitoring, alerting, and incident response mechanisms
• Utilize monitoring tools for observability
• Optimize cloud resource utilization and manage cost efficiency
• Create and maintain detailed architecture diagrams and system documentation
• Support SAS Studio, Model Studio, and other Viya applications
• Assist SAS developers and analysts with onboarding, environment usage, and troubleshooting
• Coordinate with storage, network, database, and security teams for platform alignment
• Participate in change management processes for environment updates and enhancements
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, audit requirements, and regulatory standards
• Evaluate new tools, features, and methodologies to improve SAS platform operations
• Serve as escalation point for production incidents and critical system issues
• Conduct periodic health checks and recommend system improvements
• Maintain configuration management and environment version control
• Support migration activities from legacy SAS environments to SAS Viya

Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science is required.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $140,000 to $160,000 per year.