SAS Administrator

• Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
• Vast

• Voltijds

• 13 uren geleden

• Help design, build and continuously improve the clients online platform.

• Research, suggest and implement new technology solutions following best practices/standards.

• Take responsibility for the resiliency and availability of different products., * Ensure platform stability, availability, security, compliance, and continuous improvement while supporting business-critical analytics workloads.

• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, database, and application teams to maintain a reliable, secure, and highly available SAS ecosystem.

• Administer and support SAS 9.4 environments, including Metadata Server, Object Spawner, Workspace Server, Stored Process Server, and Web Infrastructure Platform.

• Perform SAS platform installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and routine maintenance.

• Manage SAS user access, metadata security, roles, and permissions, integrating with LDAP and Active Directory where required.

• Monitor platform health and ensure availability, reliability, security, and operational excellence.

• Identify opportunities for performance optimization and continuous platform improvement.

• Plan and execute SAS platform deployments, upgrades, and migrations across environments.

• Support environment refreshes, platform modernization, and infrastructure migration initiatives.

• Coordinate deployment and migration activities with infrastructure, database, security, and application teams.

• Validate platform functionality, integrations, and performance following migrations or upgrades.

• Ensure deployment activities comply with established operational procedures and change management requirements.

• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 (L2/L3) support for enterprise SAS production environments.

• Troubleshoot platform-related incidents, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and implement corrective and preventive actions.

• Monitor platform performance, identify potential issues, and proactively resolve operational problems.

• Participate in incident, problem, and change management processes in accordance with ITIL practices.

• Support production maintenance windows, on-call activities, and critical incident resolution.

• Manage support tickets, track issues, and coordinate resolution through tools such as Jira.

• Monitor and optimize SAS platform performance to support business-critical analytics workloads.

• Perform SAS Grid monitoring and troubleshoot resource utilization, job execution, and performance-related issues.

• Support authentication and authorization integrations using LDAP and Active Directory.

• Use Bash shell scripting to automate administrative tasks, monitoring, and operational processes.

• Ensure adherence to enterprise security policies, access controls, and compliance requirements.

• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, deployment guides, and troubleshooting runbooks.

• Collaborate with global infrastructure, security, database, and application teams to resolve technical issues.

• Communicate incident updates, technical findings, and service improvement recommendations to relevant stakeholders.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on platform stability, automation, and operational efficiency.

• Strong practical experience administering and supporting enterprise-scale SAS 9.4 platforms.

• 8-10 years of overall IT experience, including at least 5 years of hands-on SAS Administration experience.

• Experienced Senior SAS Administrator to manage, support, and optimize the enterprise SAS platform within a mission-critical production environment.

• Strong expertise in SAS platform administration, deployment and migration, production support, performance tuning, and security integration., * Proven experience with SAS platform deployment, migration, upgrades, patching, and maintenance.

• Experience supporting business-critical production environments and resolving complex technical issues.

• Strong knowledge of Linux administration, shell scripting, SAS Grid monitoring, and performance tuning.

• Experience with LDAP, Active Directory, and enterprise security integration.

• Good understanding of ITIL-based service management processes, including incident, change, and problem management.

• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with global teams and stakeholders in a production support environment.

• Mandatory Skills: SAS Platform Administration, SAS 9.4 Administration, SAS Deployment and Migration, SAS Grid Monitoring, Performance Tuning, LDAP and Active Directory Integration, Bash Shell Scripting, Production Support (L2/L3), ITIL Processes, Jira, Linux Administration, Incident, Change, and Problem Management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Benefits Fixed Term Employment Contract Work-Life Balance Flexible Work Mode What GeekSoft Consulting Offers

• International, collaborative consulting culture with clear career development paths.

• Comprehensive Dutch benefits package emphasizing well-being, mobility, and career growth.