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# Sr SAS Platform Administrator

- **Company:** Blu Omega
- **Location:** Ashburn, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Analytics Applications, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Data Security, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Azure Data Lake, SAS (Software), Usage Analysis, Scripting, Software Troubleshooting, Kubernetes, Azure AKS, Databricks
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bd90a7d8d08008c5

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience with SAS platform administration and production support, including hands-on SAS Viya.
 * Strong experience administering SAS components, configurations, users, permissions, and workloads.
 * Experience troubleshooting SAS environments using platform logs and resolving infrastructure, connectivity, or user-code issues.
 * Knowledge supporting enterprise platform upgrades, incident resolution, licensing, and production operations.
 * Knowledge of Linux/RHEL administration and cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, storage, and access controls.
 * Experience with Kubernetes-based environments supporting SAS Viya deployments.
 * Understanding of enterprise security practices, permissions management, least-privilege access, and secure platform connectivity.
 * Strong troubleshooting, communication, and technical documentation skills.
 * Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
 * Must be a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card holder)., * Experience administering Posit Workbench, Posit Connect, or Posit Package Manager.
 * Experience with Databricks administration, including workspace permissions and cluster policies.
 * Familiarity with Azure services supporting analytics platforms such as AKS, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure Key Vault.
 * Experience supporting SAS 9.4 environments or migrations to SAS Viya.
 * Scripting skills in Python or R for platform administration and troubleshooting.
 * Experience supporting federal government, healthcare, or regulated environments.
 * Master's degree.

## Description

Blu Omega is seeking a Sr SAS Platform Administrator to support supported mission area. This role is responsible for the administration, reliability, security, and performance of enterprise SAS environments, primarily focusing on SAS Viya., * Administer and maintain development and production SAS Viya environments, ensuring platform availability, stability, security, and performance.

 * Manage SAS users, groups, permissions, configurations, workloads, and security controls.
 * Plan and execute platform upgrades, maintenance, and infrastructure changes across Kubernetes/AKS, Linux/RHEL, networking, storage, and supporting services.
 * Monitor platform health and troubleshoot issues related to service, connectivity, data access, sessions, workload, and performance.
 * Analyze platform logs to identify and resolve infrastructure, configuration, and application-related issues.
 * Support capacity planning, licensing, backups, disaster recovery, and platform usage analysis.
 * Provide secondary operational support for Posit and Databricks environments, including access, configuration, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
 * Partner with infrastructure, security, networking, and development teams to resolve platform issues and improve reliability.
 * Maintain platform documentation and support user onboarding, troubleshooting, and knowledge sharing.