SAS Viya Platform Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by 1758695848
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The SAS Viya Platform Engineer role involves designing, deploying, and supporting SAS Viya environments, requiring expertise in cloud engineering and SAS platform administration. The position focuses on provisioning the SAS Viya platform, ensuring secure connectivity, and enabling API integration with enterprise applications. Collaboration with data scientists, developers, and IT infrastructure teams is essential for success in this role. Candidates should possess strong technical skills and experience in managing cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy, configure, and manage SAS Viya on cloud or on-premises environments.
- Automate environment provisioning using IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, ARM, etc.).
- Ensure scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery configurations for SAS Viya.
- Configure Private Link/Private Endpoints for secure connectivity.
- Implement role-based access control (RBAC), TLS/SSL certificates, and security best practices.
- Work with networking teams to configure VNET peering, firewalls, load balancers, and DNS.
- Enable and manage SAS Viya REST APIs for integration with external applications.
- Support developers and business teams in consuming SAS APIs for analytics workflows.
- Monitor and optimize API performance, security, and access governance.
- Perform monitoring, logging, and alerting of the SAS Viya environment.
- Troubleshoot performance issues, system errors, and connectivity problems.
- Collaborate with SAS support and internal teams for incident resolution.
- Partner with Data Science, Analytics, and IT Infrastructure teams to align SAS Viya with enterprise needs.
- Document setup procedures, runbooks, best practices, and architecture diagrams.
- Provide knowledge transfer and training to other engineers and administrators.
Key Skills:
- Hands-on experience with SAS Viya administration and deployment.
- Strong background in cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS/Google Cloud Platform), focusing on networking and security.
- Proven expertise in setting up Private Link/Private Endpoints or equivalent private connectivity solutions.
- Familiarity with REST API enablement and integration in SAS or other analytics platforms.
- Proficiency in Linux administration, shell scripting, Kubernetes/OpenShift.
- Experience with infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible, ARM/Bicep, Helm).
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex system and integration issues.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
we are seeking an experienced SAS Viya Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and support SAS Viya environments. The role requires expertise in provisioning the SAS Viya platform, configuring secure connectivity (e.g., Private Link/Private Endpoints), and enabling APIs to support integration with enterprise applications. This position is ideal for candidates with strong cloud engineering and SAS platform administration skills, who can work closely with data scientists, developers, and IT infrastructure teams.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Provisioning & Administration
Deploy, configure, and manage SAS Viya on [Azure/AWS/Google Cloud Platform/On-Premises] environments.
Automate environment provisioning using IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible, ARM, etc.).
Ensure scalability, high availability, and disaster recovery configurations for SAS Viya.
Networking & Security
Configure Private Link/Private Endpoints for secure connectivity between SAS Viya and enterprise systems.
Implement role-based access control (RBAC), TLS/SSL certificates, and security best practices.
Work with networking teams to configure VNET peering, firewalls, load balancers, and DNS.
API Enablement & Integration
Enable and manage SAS Viya REST APIs for integration with external applications, reporting tools, and data pipelines.
Support developers and business teams in consuming SAS APIs for analytics workflows.
Monitor and optimize API performance, security, and access governance.
Operations & Support
Perform monitoring, logging, and alerting of the SAS Viya environment.
Troubleshoot performance issues, system errors, and connectivity problems.
Collaborate with SAS support and internal teams for incident resolution.
Collaboration & Documentation
Partner with Data Science, Analytics, and IT Infrastructure teams to align SAS Viya with enterprise needs.
Document setup procedures, runbooks, best practices, and architecture diagrams.
Provide knowledge transfer and training to other engineers and administrators.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Hands-on experience with SAS Viya administration and deployment.
Strong background in cloud infrastructure (Azure/AWS/Google Cloud Platform), with focus on networking and security.
Proven expertise in setting up Private Link/Private Endpoints or equivalent private connectivity solutions.
Familiarity with REST API enablement and integration in SAS or other analytics platforms.
Proficiency in Linux administration, shell scripting, Kubernetes/OpenShift.
Experience with infrastructure automation (Terraform, Ansible, ARM/Bicep, Helm).
Strong problem-solving skills with ability to troubleshoot complex system and integration issues.
Excellent communication and documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
SAS Certified Platform Administrator or SAS Viya Administration certifications.
Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, OpenShift).
Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Prior experience in data/analytics environments supporting large user bases.
Education & Experience
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
5+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or SAS administration.