Senior SAS Data Analyst – GCP Migration
Posted 2 weeks ago by MANNING SERVICES LIMITED
Negotiable
Undetermined
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London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior SAS Data Analyst will lead the evaluation of existing SAS environments and facilitate the migration of analytical workloads to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role requires in-depth analysis of SAS jobs and data flows to design efficient cloud-native solutions. The analyst will collaborate with architects and business users to ensure successful migration and optimization of data processes. Mentoring junior analysts on best practices in SAS and data analysis is also a key aspect of the position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess current SAS landscape – jobs, macros, stored processes, and data flows.
- Perform data lineage and dependency mapping across systems.
- Document business logic, transformation rules, and process flows.
- Identify optimization opportunities before migration.
- Partner with architects to design target-state solutions on GCP (BigQuery, DataProc, GCS, Airflow).
- Support SAS-to-GCP migration planning and risk assessment.
- Collaborate with SMEs and business users for validation and reconciliation.
- Mentor junior analysts on SAS and data analysis best practices.
Key Skills:
- 10+ years of experience as a Data Analyst/Programmer with strong SAS skills (Base SAS, Macros, SAS SQL).
- Proven experience in data lineage, impact analysis, and SAS documentation.
- Strong SQL skills with RDBMS (Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server).
- Prior exposure to migration or modernization projects.
- Familiarity with GCP services (BigQuery, DataProc, GCS, Airflow).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in banking or financial services is a plus.
- Exposure to BigQuery SQL or SAS-to-GCP translation.
- Experience with Python or PySpark for cloud analytics.
- Knowledge of risk management or regulatory data flows.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior SAS Data Analyst to lead the assessment of existing SAS environments and support the migration of analytical workloads to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) . The role involves analyzing SAS jobs, data flows, and dependencies to design efficient, cloud-native solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess current SAS landscape – jobs, macros, stored processes, and data flows.
- Perform data lineage and dependency mapping across systems.
- Document business logic, transformation rules, and process flows.
- Identify optimization opportunities before migration.
- Partner with architects to design target-state solutions on GCP (BigQuery, DataProc, GCS, Airflow).
- Support SAS-to-GCP migration planning and risk assessment.
- Collaborate with SMEs and business users for validation and reconciliation.
- Mentor junior analysts on SAS and data analysis best practices.
Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of experience as a Data Analyst/Programmer with strong SAS skills (Base SAS, Macros, SAS SQL).
- Proven experience in data lineage, impact analysis, and SAS documentation .
- Strong SQL skills with RDBMS (Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server).
- Prior exposure to migration or modernization projects .
- Familiarity with GCP services (BigQuery, DataProc, GCS, Airflow).
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in banking or financial services is a plus.
Nice to Have
- Exposure to BigQuery SQL or SAS-to-GCP translation .
- Experience with Python or PySpark for cloud analytics.
- Knowledge of risk management or regulatory data flows .
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related field.