£402 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Manchester
Summary: The SAS Viya QA Engineer role involves supporting testing activities for SAS Viya platform implementations, focusing on hands-on testing, automation, and data validation. The position requires collaboration with developers and data engineers to ensure high-quality delivery of data analytics and reporting solutions. The role is based in Manchester with a hybrid working arrangement of 2 days onsite per week. The contract duration extends until December 17, 2026.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and execute functional, integration, and data validation tests for SAS Viya applications
- Validate SAS components including:
- SAS Studio
- CAS (Cloud Analytic Services)
- Visual Analytics
- Model Manager
- Test data ingestion, transformation workflows, and reporting outputs
- Support validation of analytical models and scoring pipelines
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts (UI, API, and data validation)
- Use tools such as:
- Selenium/Playwright (UI automation)
- Postman/Rest Assured (API testing)
- SQL/Python for Back End validation
- Perform data integrity checks across SAS datasets and external systems
- Validate business logic, transformations, and aggregations
- Support performance and scalability testing for SAS Viya workloads
- Identify, log, and track defects using tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps
- Collaborate with developers and data engineers to resolve issues
- Support test execution and reporting within Agile teams
- Hands-on experience with SAS Viya (3.x/4.x)
Key Skills:
- Base SAS, PROC SQL
- Data processing and transformation workflows
- Strong SQL and data validation skills
- Experience with API testing and automation tools
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
Salary (Rate): £402/Day
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
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Role Title: SAS Viya QA Engineer
Location: Manchester- 2 days onsite/week
Duration: 17/12/2026
Role Description:
We are seeking an experienced SAS Viya QA Engineer to support testing activities for SAS Viya platform implementations. The role focuses on hands-on testing, automation, and data validation to ensure high-quality delivery of data analytics and reporting solutions.
Key responsibilities:
- Design and execute functional, integration, and data validation tests for SAS Viya applications
- Validate SAS components including:
- SAS Studio
- CAS (Cloud Analytic Services)
- Visual Analytics
- Model Manager
- Test data ingestion, transformation workflows, and reporting outputs
- Support validation of analytical models and scoring pipelines
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts (UI, API, and data validation)
- Use tools such as:
- Selenium/Playwright (UI automation)
- Postman/Rest Assured (API testing)
- SQL/Python for Back End validation
- Perform data integrity checks across SAS datasets and external systems
- Validate business logic, transformations, and aggregations
- Support performance and scalability testing for SAS Viya workloads
- Identify, log, and track defects using tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps
- Collaborate with developers and data engineers to resolve issues
- Support test execution and reporting within Agile teams
- Hands-on experience with SAS Viya (3.x/4.x)
Experience with:
- Base SAS, PROC SQL
- Data processing and transformation workflows
- Strong SQL and data validation skills
- Experience with API testing and automation tools
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.