• Job Description

  Req#: 36399

  Job Description

  Nice to meet you!

  We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

  We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.

  What you’ll do

  In this role, you will provide SAS programming, data management, data validation, and data quality consulting to internal and external customers for SAS EVAAS (Education Visualization And Analytics Solution) products and reporting. SAS EVAAS uses longitudinal student, assessment, and accountability data systems to provide value-added and other analyses to districts, schools, and educators. For more information about EVAAS, visit this page: https://www.sas.com/en_us/software/evaas.html.

  As an Analytical Consultant, you will:

  • Serve as data lead and owner for data services associated with assigned client and project responsibilities
  • Lead customer sessions for requirements gathering and data discovery
  • Translate customer needs into data requirements and business rules to document and follow when processing data
  • Support and leads efforts of data acquisition, validation, transformation, cleaning, preparation, standardization, and management from incoming data sources to facilitate EVAAS analysis and reporting
  • Identify data anomalies and works to understand implications on broader EVAAS deliverables
  • Manage multiple longitudinal databases consisting of millions of records
  • Collaborate and provides knowledge transfer in relevant expertise to ETL team members as well as members of other EVAAS functional teams
  • Contribute to development efforts to improve ETL-specific, as well as, EVAAS-wide processes
  • Manage multiple, concurrent workstreams, and client responsibilities amid strict deadlines with a sense of urgency and conscientiousness
  • Recognize and seizes opportunities for process improvement through automation and efficiency

  Required Qualifications

  • Graduate degree in Analytics/Statistics/Computer Science/Math/Economics OR Undergraduate degree in related field WITH relevant data/SAS programming experience
  • Master's degree or Bachelor's degree with 2-5 years of relevant experience
  • Experience programming using Base SAS - emphasizing the use of the Data Step, Proc SQL, and SAS Macros & Macro variables
  • Methodical and process oriented in work tasks
  • Excellent organizational skills and extreme attention to detail
  • Analytical mindset and passion for problem solving
  • Propensity for asking questions and using additional resources to find solutions when faced with a problem
  • Ability to perform in both team and individual environments
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with others from a variety of technical backgrounds
  • You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience with ETL processes, such as exploring, cleaning, and standardizing otherwise 'messy' data
  • Prior experience with ticketing systems such as JIRA
  • SAS Certification
  • Experience programming in other languages such as Powershell
  • Experience interacting with APIs (Specifically pulling data)

  Location

  Cary, NC HQ/Hybrid or Remote (East coast only)

  World-Class Benefits

  Highlights include...

  Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.

  Medical plan options include...

  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).

  Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!

  An industry-leading 401k plan.

  Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.

  Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.

  Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

  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.

  Additional Information:

  To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

  Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.

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• About the company

  SAS was developed at North Carolina State University from 1966 until 1976, when SAS Institute was incorporated.

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