SAS Programmer

 

Job Description:

−    The SAS programmer (Jr. / Sr.) hired for this position is expected to work with a multicultural team comprising of data operations, data management /BI reporting and Statisticians  and help the team in their strategic as well as tactical in-house project delivery requirements. This person will also interact (as a team) with Logitech business units spread across geographies to understand their business requirements and address their queries.

−    This is an individual contributor position (hands-on) and offers lot of opportunities for learning and contributing and is critical to the on-going tactical initiatives of the Data Content Group at Logitech. The job demands strong hands-on programming expertise in Base SAS and Macros and involves good amount of reporting and process automation using SAS, SQL and Excel VBA.

Responsibilities:

1.       Understand business requirements and identify data requirements to address specific business questions.

2.       Become a subject/data expert in specific line(s) of business

3.       Be the 'Go-to' person on data management using SAS and also help other team members with knowledge sharing in tool, data and business processes

4.       Access, manage, maintain databases and systems required for efficient reporting and analytical processes

5.       Over a period of time, assume delivery ownership of standard and ad-hoc BI reports and dashboards required for multiple business units

6.       Help build automated processes and algorithms for efficient data access, management, analysis and reporting

7.       Work with BI/Analytics team members and help them prepare data for statistical analyses / data mining

 

Requirements:

Work Experience             : 3-6 years of hands on experience in SAS with max 6 -7 of total work experience

Academic Qualification: Should be B.E. / B.Tech., B.Com., B.Sc., M.Sc. or MCA

Skill Set:

·         3-6 years of strong hands on programming experience in Base SAS/SAS EG, Macros, SAS ETL and SQL in the areas of data access and management (multiple domain experiences preferred)

·         Work experience involving data preparation for analytics teams

·         Hands on experience in handling large volumes of data (GBs and millions of records) and accessing multiple source databases and systems

·         Good understanding of Data Warehousing, ETL Processes and BI reporting concepts

·         Reporting, process automation skills using SAS

·         Decent MS Office skills in Excel and PowerPoint

 

Optional/ Nice to have:

1.       Experience in other SAS tools like DI/BI Studio, E-Miner etc

2.       Exposure to other programming languages like Hadoop, SPSS, VBA / .Net

3.       Dashboard creation using Business Objects or Xcelsius

4.       Understanding of basic statistical concepts and their applications

 

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