Role: Database Administrator 

Are you a problem solver, explorer, and knowledge seeker – always asking, “What if?” 

If so, then you may be the new team member we’re looking for. Because at SAS, your curiosity matters – whether you’re developing algorithms, creating customer experiences or answering critical questions. Curiosity is our code, and the opportunities here are endless. 

What we do  

We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Our curiosity fuels innovation, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, and changing the way we live. 

What you’ll do

We’re looking for a Database Administrator for the SAS Managed Cloud Services (MCS) team in SAS’s Cloud and Information Services division, you will be responsible for all aspects of our data management systems in SAS MCS.

As a Data Platform Administrator for RDMBS, you will be responsible for operations of our hosted data platform environment in SAS MCS. You will work collaboratively with support, analysts, developers and other implementation team members to maintain operational integrity of our database installations and to manage, diagnose, debug, and maintain SAS and third-party enterprise class software systems. You will support SAS MCS with expertise, mentoring and best practices with respect to data platform technology and architecture.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Mandatory - This is 24x7x365 shift based role and team members would need to work in required shift as per roster.
• Mandatory - Participate in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation as per business demand.
• Operational management and monitoring of various Data Platform systems.
• Perform upgrades, scripting, task automation, backups/recovery
• Creating and maintaining engineering documents and system designs
• Maintain appropriate written documentation for operational procedures and system design
• Experience with monitoring systems and diagnostic tools
• SQL and performance tuning at all levels
• Adherence and enforcement of security standards and policies
• Ability to learn other data platform technologies (Snowflake, Kafka, etc.) as supported by the SAS MCS Data Platform team
• Multi-tasking in a hosting and production support driven environment

• Serve as technical escalation and support other team members.
• Contribute to overall service quality by identifying and /or improving the customer experience with SAS MCS.

What we’re looking for:

• 2 to 12 years of technical hands-on experience in Oracle or PostgreSQL Database Technology as Database Administrator.
• Experience with 3rd party tools such as SQL Developer, pgAdmin or other design and database access products
• Experience with OCI (Oracle Cloud Infra), Microsoft Azure or AWS
• Experience with Ansible, Python, PERL or other shell/batch scripting languages
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix and Windows Operating Systems
• Experience with Kafka and Snowflake will be added advantage.
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Additional Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, as well as strong decision-making skills
• Ability to handle a fast-paced environment and possess the ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a team setting
• Ability to interact well with development groups and end users
• Ability to diagnose and resolve problems in a timely fashion
• Ability to work flexible business hours as required by global customer / business needs.
• Able to meet the associated challenges of different cultures, work practices and time zones.

Preferences:

• Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager/Oracle Cloud Control
• Experience with Oracle Data Guard or other database replication solutions
• Experience with Oracle Exadata, Oracle RAC or other HA database solutions
• Experience with PL/SQL or another database procedural language
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) including RDS, S3 etc.
• Experience with SAS software

Equivalency:

• Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the requirements stated above.
• The level of this position will be determined based on the applicant's education, skills and experience.

Why SAS

• We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Our curiosity fuels innovation, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo and changing the way we live. 
• We love living the #saslife and believe that happy, healthy people have a passion for life, and bring that energy to work. No matter what your specialty or where you are in the world, your unique contributions will make a difference.   Our multi-dimensional culture blends our different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Here, it isn’t about fitting into our culture, it’s about adding to it - and we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring.
• SAS looks not only for the right skills, but also for a cultural fit. We seek colleagues who will contribute to the unique culture that makes SAS such a great place to work. We look for the total candidate: technical skills, culture fit, relationship skills, problem solvers, good communicators and, of course, innovators. Candidates must be ready to make an impact.