Pinnacle Solutions, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced SAS Senior Developer / Report Developer-Analyst as an addition to our elite SAS Consulting Team for one of our Clients - a large Retail Company, located in New York City, NY for a 6-Month Contract-to-Hire, Full-time, Remote, Start Date in October 2020.
NOTE! Candidate - please specify a desired HOURLY rate in application questions.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE! The Client intends for the Candidate to become their employee after the 6-month contract if the Candidate and the Client are happy. Please do not apply unless you accept this model (remote) and CAN be hired FT.
DESCRIPTION & RESPONSIBILITIES
The consultant will perform data management (most of the data is in snowflake on AWS),
SAS\SQL programming, Enterprise Guide reporting \ analytics, and Tableau reporting to
perform ad-hoc reporting to analyze, interpret customer behaviors, product performance and
trends.
The consultant must have excellent communication skills and must be able to communicate about the techniques developed and results of analysis both to executives and other analysts in the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS '“ ESSENTIAL
Successful candidates will possess:
The client requires a Senior Advanced Base SAS\SQL programmer\developer with strong SAS
Enterprise Guide and Tableau experience. Essential duties and responsibilities include the
following, with hands-on, proven experience with SAS programming to maintain and develop
advanced SAS coding techniques to write maximum efficient and performance-optimized code.
Experience developing reports and content with SAS 9.4 including:
'¢ 7+ years of SAS\SQL programming, data architecting and technical design.
'¢ 5+ years of advanced SAS Enterprise Guide experience.
'¢ 5+ years of Tableau report and dashboarding development experience.
'¢ AWS cloud experience is preferred.
'¢ Snowflake database experience is preferred.
'¢ Lead and/or actively participate in SAS knowledge-sharing activities.
'¢ Be proficient in Base SAS programming (DATA step), SQL programming (i.e., use of SQL
pass-through or PROC SQL), as well as the SAS Macro language for use in making code
more efficient.
'¢ Strong SAS Enterprise Guide experience
'¢ Good written and spoken communication skills in English and thought-leadership skills.
'¢ Leveraging and utilizing SAS Output Delivery System (ODS) to MS-Excel experience IS REQUIRED.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
'¢ Develop and response to Ad hoc reporting and analysis requests.
'¢ Develop and create visual reports, dashboards and key metrics reporting.
Services may include focus on and require the Consultant to:
'¢ Apply and demonstrate expertise with efficient DATA step, SQL programming, SAS Macro
programming, ODS, Reporting and Summary procedures and SAS Array processing.
'¢ Must have project experience with implementing advanced SAS coding techniques to optimize
performance and have developed best practices for efficient coding due to constraints of
hardware storage and memory.
'¢ MUST have project experience with sophisticated Base SAS development for performance
enhancement and advanced SAS Dataset storage best practices.
'¢ Project experience with efficiently handling and managing large volumes of data.
'¢ Lead and/or actively participate in SAS knowledge-sharing activities.
'¢ MUST be able to read, and understand existing coding and processing to troubleshoot and
resolved issues as they arise.
'¢ Demonstrate the ability to work with little direct supervision; Excellent troubleshooting skills;
Imaginative, inquisitive, with a self-motivating personality and a strong work ethic; Customer
focused demeanor.
'¢ Gathering data requirements and designing/developing the Data Warehouse/ Data Marts.
'¢ Performing analytical and programming activities including analysis, design, development,
testing, implementation, and documentation of integrating the data management solutions.
'¢ Designs and develops reusable software modules that meet customer requirements while
upholding high standards of reliability, security, maintainability, and performance.
'¢ Enhances client's datamarts and the enterprise data warehouse by working closely with
internal and external teams. Participates in strategic planning to improve the organization's
ability to produce reports and data requirements for end-users.
'¢ Provides production, development, QA support and performance tuning as needed to meet
project deadlines.
'¢ Advises management on how products and processes could be improved. Identify and
evaluate industry trends in Analytical systems to serve as a source of information and
advice for upper management.
'¢ Must be able to read, and understand existing coding and processing to troubleshoot and
resolved issues as they arise.
'¢ Must be able to perform both production support role as well as new development tasks.
'¢ Creates '˜Best Practices' guidelines for creating and maintaining SAS projects/programs;
participate in peer reviews for designs, code, and other work products.
'¢ Provides production, development, QA support, and performance tuning as needed to meet
project deadlines.
'¢ Good written and spoken communication skills in English and thought-leadership skills.
EDUCATION
'¢ A minimum of Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Business
Administration or a related field is required and equivalent work experience required.
Successful candidates will possess:
DETAILS:
LOCATION(S): Remote (Client is in New York City, NY)
WORK TYPE: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire
WORK MODEL: Full-time, M-F, 40 hours per week, Remote
RATE: DOE
Pinnacle Solutions is a trusted SAS Gold Alliance & Resell Partner, an Amazon Web Services Advanced Consulting Partner, and creator of the Pinnacle Backpack,â„¢ an all-in-one, unprecedented, and must-have specialized toolkit solving all our client's data demands. To attract the most sought-after, elite SAS & all other technology professionals, we specialize in flexible career models with above-market compensation. Our specialists serve as a member of our internal development team, or they may provide on-site or remote consulting expertise for our key Client positions. Our mission is to empower organizations to analyze and interpret the 'œmountain of data' that they collect and utilize to improve business outcomes, support decision-making, and enable process improvements '“ from data management and integration to data visualizations and predictive analytics. Join our talented and elite Consulting Team now by applying to this job posting or contact us via email at hr@thepinnaclesolutions and learn more about us at thepinnaclesolutions.
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