SAS Viya Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Dallas, United States of America
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
$ 160K

Job location

Dallas, United States of America

Tech stack

Microsoft Active Directory
Cloud Computing
Configuration Management
Software Documentation
Databases
Continuous Integration
Disaster Recovery
Monitoring of Systems
IT Management
Python
Key Management
Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP)
Microsoft SQL Server
OAuth
Oracle Applications
Performance Tuning
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
SAS (Software)
Session Management
Shell Script
Snowflake
Grafana
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Software Version Control

Job description

  • Monitor system health, logs, events, and resource utilization across SAS and Kubernetes environments

  • Perform root cause analysis and resolve platform, application, and connectivity issues

  • Implement performance tuning for CAS, compute servers, and supporting services

  • Conduct capacity planning and forecast infrastructure growth requirements

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Design and architect SAS Viya deployments based on business, performance, and scalability requirements

  • Install, configure, and deploy SAS Viya in cloud and on-premises environments

  • Administer and manage CAS (Cloud Analytic Services) and SAS Compute including session management and resource allocation

  • Experience with managing containerized workloads, namespaces, ingress, storage classes, persistent volumes, and other Kubernetes resources.

  • Install, patch, upgrade, and validate SAS Viya software releases.

  • Monitor system health, logs, events, and resource utilization across SAS and Kubernetes environments

  • Perform root cause analysis and resolve platform, application, and connectivity issues

  • Implement performance tuning for CAS, compute servers, and supporting services

  • Conduct capacity planning and forecast infrastructure growth requirements

  • Develop, test, and maintain disaster recovery and backup strategies

  • Perform regular recovery drills to validate disaster recovery readiness

  • Manage user authentication and authorization using LDAP/Active Directory/SAML/OAuth

  • Implement encryption for data at rest and in transit (TLS, certificates, key management)

  • Integrate SAS Viya with enterprise databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake, etc.) and validate secure connectivity.

  • Automate administrative tasks using Python, Shell scripting, and CI/CD pipelines

  • Implement automated monitoring, alerting, and incident response mechanisms

  • Utilize monitoring tools (Prome theus, Grafana, etc.) for observability

  • Optimize cloud resource utilization and manage cost efficiency

  • Create and maintain detailed architecture diagrams and system documentation

  • Develop installation guides, operational runbooks, and standard operating procedures

  • Support SAS Studio, Model Studio, and other Viya applications

  • Assist SAS developers and analysts with onboarding, environment usage, and troubleshooting

  • Coordinate with storage, network, database, and security teams for platform alignment

  • Participate in change management processes for environment updates and enhancements

  • Ensure compliance with IT governance, audit requirements, and regulatory standards

  • Evaluate new tools, features, and methodologies to improve SAS platform operations

  • Serve as escalation point for production incidents and critical system issues

  • Conduct periodic health checks and recommend system improvements

  • Maintain configuration management and environment version control

  • Support migration activities from legacy SAS environments to SAS Viya

Requirements

Do you have experience in System tuning?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Design and architect SAS Viya deployments based on business, performance, and scalability requirements

  • Install, configure, and deploy SAS Viya in cloud and on-premises environments

  • Administer and manage CAS (Cloud Analytic Services) and SAS Compute including session management and resource allocation

  • Experience with managing containerized workloads, namespaces, ingress, storage classes, persistent volumes, and other Kubernetes resources.

  • Install, patch, upgrade, and validate SAS Viya software releases., Qualifications : BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

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