Environment & Configuration Engineer

Job Title

Environment & Configuration Engineer (SAS)

Max Rate: £550p/d via Umbrella

Clearance Required: SC is required - candidate cannot start until SC is approved (transfer/share or new application)

Duration: 6 Months

Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain SAS environments including SAS 9.4, SAS Viya 3.5, and SAS Viya 4.
• Support the migration of legacy SAS platforms to cloud native SAS Viya 4 environments, including namespace separation and Kubernetes orchestration.
• Implement and manage configuration objects, service data, and translation objects within SAS environments.
• Collaborate with data engineers and DevOps teams to integrate SAS with Oracle, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and other enterprise platforms.
• Monitor and optimise platform performance, ensuring high availability and compliance with security standards.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for SAS users and developers.
• Automate environment provisioning and data transfers using approved EA integration patterns.
• Participate in community knowledge sharing and contribute to best practice documentation.

Essential Skills and Experience

• SAS Enterprise Guide (EG) - workflow orchestration and user support.
• SAS Data Integration Studio (DI) - job development and deployment.
• SAS Studio - job development and deployment.
• SAS Viya 3.5 / Viya 4 - platform configuration, migration, and containerisation (Kubernetes).
• SAS Visual Analytics (VA) and SAS Visual Investigator (VI) - dashboard and investigation tool support.
• Oracle - integration and data pipeline support.
• Configuration Management - experience managing service objects, deployment artefacts, and environment baselines.
• Testing Lifecycle Knowledge - including test strategy design, environment comparison utilities, and automated testing integration.

Desirable Attributes

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of scheduling tools - Airflow.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
• The successful candidate will also need to be SC Vetted.