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About the job

The position is located at the Pune R&D Centre, within the SAS R&D Pune facility, specifically in the SAS9 team. We are seeking Software Developers for Viya 3.5 Platform software to perform builds creation, update the software bill of materials (i.e., third-party dependencies), validate security fixes, execute automated tests, and verify the installation/migration process and performance testing.  

You will be joining a friendly team with a broad range of experience, to develop and maintain SAS 94/Viya 3.5 services and products.  

Primary Responsibilities 

• You will be deploying the builds on the test servers,
• Perform complex customer scenarios such as perform migration, upgrade in place etc.
• Deployment and Administration of databases (Oracle, Postgres)
• Maintain the automated build and deployment scripts.
• Changes to build scripts and create builds.
• Execute automated security tests.
• Work with customers and technical support for resolution of issues related to deployment, configurations etc.
• You will be delegating, monitoring with work to be done by associate developers and testers
• Validation and testing of multiple SAS Viya 3.5 services and products.
• Work with developers, technical support product managers in analysis of customer report issues and resolution.
• Demonstrate aptitude for problem solving and debugging of complex software systems.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test frameworks, tools, and scripts that address specific needs. 
• Design and implement test plans (cases, scenarios, usage). 
• Identify risks, issues, potential defects, or defects in any phase of the project life cycle, managing them through closure. 
• You will be mentoring associate testers to ensure the seamless development of the platform solutions.

Experience:  9+ Years

Experience of these items would be useful: 

• Experience in Technical Leadership including estimation, scoping, delegation, monitoring and reporting for work.
• A minimum of 9+ years of experience build, installation, deployment, administration of enterprise software.
• Experience with DevOps Tools like Puppet, Chef, Ansible etc
• Experience of Gradle/Maven, Groovy.
• Working knowledge of Jenkins pipeline, GitHub Actions
• Good knowledge of Linux scripting Administration.
• Understanding of Software testing concepts, automated testing, CI/CD knowledge etc
• Good knowledge of Cloud concepts, AWS, Azure, GCP, Containerization etc.
• Expertise in Scripting with Python, Shell scripting and a flair for automation.
• Installation and administration of databases (Postgres, Oracle)
• Knowledge of Java programming language
• Systems knowledge including authorization, storage, networking etc in Linux
• Knowledge of Security Scans and tools such as Sync, ZAP etc
• Experience of working with Global Teams in a software engineering or customer support role.
• Use of AI Dev tool ( GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude code etc)

Mandatory Technical Skills

• A minimum of 9+ years of experience build, installation, deployment, administration of enterprise software.
• Experience in Technical Leadership including estimation, scoping, delegation, monitoring and reporting for work.
• Experience with DevOps Tools like Puppet, Chef, Ansible etc
• Experience of Gradle/Maven, Groovy
• Working knowledge of Jenkins pipeline, GitHub Actions
• Understanding of Software testing concepts, automated testing, CI/CD knowledge etc
• Good knowledge of Linux scripting, Administration.
• Knowledge of Security Scans and tools such as Sync, ZAP etc
• Experience of working with Global Teams in a software engineering or customer support role.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

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