Data Architect - SAS

Data Architect - SAS

Posted 3 days ago by GIOS Technology

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Negotiable
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Onsite
Telford, England, United Kingdom
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Cloud Computing Cloud Technology Data Quality Data Warehousing Enterprise Architecture On Prem SAS (Software) Scalability Security Clearance

Summary: The Data Architect - SAS role in Telford, UK, involves owning the architecture and technical design of SAS-based solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards. The position requires active SC Clearance and entails collaboration with various teams to resolve complex issues while maintaining security, performance, and data quality. The ideal candidate will have strong experience as a SAS Architect or Senior SAS Technical Lead, particularly in legacy SAS environments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Own the architecture and technical design of SAS-based solutions across legacy SAS and SAS Viya environments.
  • Provide design assurance and governance for SAS services, ensuring alignment with data platform and enterprise architecture standards.
  • Support and guide teams consuming data warehouse sources (on prem and/or cloud) from SAS.
  • Define and document integration patterns between data warehouses and SAS platforms.
  • Advise on migration, coexistence and modernisation strategies between legacy SAS and Viya.
  • Act as the technical authority for SAS-related decisions, risks and trade-offs.
  • Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams and vendors to resolve complex issues.
  • Ensure solutions consider security, performance, scalability and data quality.

Key Skills:

  • Strong experience as a SAS Architect or Senior SAS Technical Lead.
  • Hands-on architectural experience with Legacy SAS (Base SAS, SAS Grid, SAS 9.x).
  • Proven experience integrating SAS with enterprise data warehouses.
  • Experience working in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments.
  • Experience supporting or designing modernisation journeys from legacy SAS to Viya.
  • SAS Viya (cloud or containerised environments).
  • Exposure to cloud platforms.
  • Familiarity with data lake / lakehouse patterns alongside traditional warehouses.
  • Experience working in multi-supplier or federated delivery models.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Telford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

We are looking for Data Architect - SAS at Telford, UK – 2 days per week Onsite

Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance is must have

Own the architecture and technical design of SAS-based solutions across legacy SAS and SAS Viya environments

Provide design assurance and governance for SAS services, ensuring alignment with data platform and enterprise architecture standards

Support and guide teams consuming data warehouse sources (on prem and/or cloud) from SAS

Define and document integration patterns between data warehouses and SAS platforms

Advise on migration, coexistence and modernisation strategies between legacy SAS and Viya

Act as the technical authority for SAS-related decisions, risks and trade-offs

Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams and vendors to resolve complex issues

Ensure solutions consider security, performance, scalability and data quality

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience as a SAS Architect or Senior SAS Technical Lead
  • Hands-on architectural experience with Legacy SAS (Base SAS, SAS Grid, SAS 9.x)
  • Proven experience integrating SAS with enterprise data warehouses
  • Experience working in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments

Desirable Experience

  • Experience supporting or designing modernisation journeys from legacy SAS to Viya
  • SAS Viya (cloud or containerised environments)
  • Exposure to cloud platforms
  • Familiarity with data lake / lakehouse patterns alongside traditional warehouses
  • Experience working in multi-supplier or federated delivery models
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