SAS Architect/SAS Technical Lead - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford and remote - 6 months+
Posted 1 week ago by Octopus Computer Associates
£656 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford and remote, UK
Summary: The SAS Architect/SAS Technical Lead role requires an individual with SC clearance to oversee the architecture and technical design of SAS-based solutions, specifically within Legacy SAS and SAS Viya environments. The position involves providing design assurance, guiding teams, and acting as the technical authority for SAS-related decisions. The role is based in Telford with a hybrid working arrangement, requiring onsite presence two days a week. The contract duration is expected to be over six months with a competitive daily rate.
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): £656 per day
City: Telford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
SAS Architect/SAS Technical Lead - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £656 per day inside IR35
One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a SAS Architect/SAS Technical Lead
For this role you will need to be onsite in Telford 2 days per week.
Please find some details below:
Job Description:
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
Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.