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# SAS Administrator

- **Company:** GeekSoft Consulting
- **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, JIRA, Bash Shell, Databases, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux System Administration, Metadata, Performance Tuning, SAS (Software), Shell Script, Systems Integration, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.nl/job/nl52c0787dc1092a93b4ad4a3acf61c4f3/eaa

## About the Role

* 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)

## Description

* 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.