Written by Maud on 2010-02-12
Location: USA
Job Category: Tech Contract / Information Technology
Ref #: TC–0262
PostedOn: 2/10/2010
Job Description:
Title: SAS Developer
Experience: 5 – 10 Years
Education: Bachelors Degree
Responsibilities:
This opening is focused on an experiences SAS developer with strong technical, mathematical, and analytical skills. Good communication skills are essential, as is the ability to work independently and follow standards. Daily requirements include support of our overnight batch SAS processes Monday through Saturday, as well as analysis and development of new requirements based on functional specifications.
Skills:
Serve as the company expert and point–of–contact for SAS / RD and other SAS development tools:
* Direct hands–on experience using SAS, SAS/RD & SAS/BI
* Work with the relevant stakeholders to incorporate best
practices into the SAS environment
* Own and maintain SAS system documentation.
* Assess business needs and identify potential solutions
* Validate functional requirements
* Validate requirements gathering completeness & on–going maintenance
* Validate test cases against functional requirements
* System test execution
* Validate development & execution of test plan
* Validate test data scenarios
* Ensure that system controls are in place to meet compliance requirements.
* Estimate work efforts accurately
* Ability to mentor junior SAS developers
* Ability to stabilize and automate existing processes efficiently
* Strong math and analytical skills related to curve and cube definitions based on risk dimensions
* Understanding of financial markets and terminology
* Ability to translate functional user requirements into value added technical solutions
* Good oral and written communication skills are essential
* The ability to multi–task, change priorities and change direction are essential