SAS Programmer/Analyst

$124,800 - $166,400/Yr

ARK Solutions - Richmond, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Richmond, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The SAS Programmer Analyst role at Ark Solutions focuses on developing Medicaid Care Management and Encounter Processing Solutions. The position requires expertise in SAS Enterprise Guide and visual analytics to design data conversion strategies, real-time analytics, and reporting solutions. The role involves working with various data sources to meet business requirements and creating automated data extracts and reports.

Responsibilities

• Identifying data sources and data elements to meet business requirements
• Creating and supporting automated data extracts and interface processes
• Creating extract files, reports, and analytics dashboards
• Modifying existing processes to meet business requirements
• Designing, developing, and testing solutions that meet complex business requirements
• Working with business users to understand requirements
• Collaborating with team members and stakeholders at all levels of the organization, external agencies, and vendors
• Managing multiple assignments concurrently and meeting important target dates

Requirements

• Experience with SAS Enterprise Guide and visual analytics for data analysis and reporting (5 years)
• Experience with data architecture, data integration, data visualization, reporting, and process automation (5 years)
• Experience with SAS programming, R, and PL/SQL (5 years)
• Experience with Oracle, DB2, and MS SQL Server (5 years)
• Experience with ETL tools and Business Analytics tools (5 years)
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and test solutions for complex user and agency requirements (5 years)
• Development experience using Software Development Life Cycle methodologies (5 years)
• Experience communicating verbally and in writing with technical colleagues and business users (5 years)
• Experience providing accurate estimates of effort and duration to complete assignments (5 years)
• Experience creating documentation including technical design, flow diagrams, test results, and user documentation (5 years)
• Experience working with SAS scheduler (1 year)
• Experience creating CI/CD pipelines and software build automation in platforms like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline (2 years)
• Experience with GIT version control software and GIT workflows (2 years)

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Data Warehousing, ETL Architecture, Business Intelligence, Data Modeling, Data Governance (5 years)
• Experience with Production Support and issue resolution (5 years)
• Experience with MongoDB (2 years)
• Experience with SAS Viya (1 year)
• Experience with SAS Administration (1 year)
• Experience with Qlik (1 year)
• Working knowledge of JSON, XML, multi-schema files, parquet, etc. (2 years)
• Experience with Talend (1 year)

Benefits

• Contract position with hourly pay ranging from $60 to $80
• Expected hours of 40 per week