Technical Specialist (Lead)

Location: Columbus or Minneapolis

3 month contract to hire

Main focus is someone with SAS development experience building AML software.

As a senior SAS Lead developer be a part of the development team amp be responsible to build and support AML application. This is a high availability application and handles high volume of transactions monitoring various customer activities.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure that assigned deliverables are planned and completed. Participate in planning/scope estimates provide detailed design development unit testing defect fixes implementation planning/execution change controls and production support/incident resolution.
• Track and report on the development progress completing deliverables code documentation estimates etc.
• Provide technical leadership via design direction code reviews and unit testing direction.
• Provide partnership and guidance to testers analysts and stakeholders.
• Diagnose root causes to complex technical problems like data quality issues performance availability of application.
• Provide L3 production support 24/7/365 spread across the team.
• Research and facilitate the monitoring high availability and support methodology for our production environment.
• Maintain evergreen system documentation containing design content developer guidelines onboarding procedures and troubleshooting guides.

Basic Qualifications

• 7 years of hands-on development using SAS base amp advanced programming technologies stored process.
• 7 years of hands-on experience in SQL programming and ability to extract large volume of data from Oracle/SQL Server/Snowflake DBs.
• Should have exposure to Agile methodologies.
• Hands-on experience in SAS AML v7 or higher creating scenarios for various business functions.
• Exposure to AML product in banking domain is critical.
• SAS Base/Advanced Certifications required.
• Expertise in using GitHub Repositories.
• 7 years using Oracle/SQL Server/Snowflake or other relational database and Unix/Linux commands.
• Must possess in depth knowledge on working in multi-tiered SAS AML Platform with excellent debugging skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication design documentation analytical and SDLC skills.
• Work independently and with minimal supervision.
• Experience using monitoring tools like Dynatrace Zenoss Splunk and log files to evaluate the health of mission critical production applications and to identify root causes for performance and functional issues.
• Ability to work independently and multitask within a collaborative work environment
• Willingness and aptitude for continuous improvement
• Do the right thing attitude while being a strong team player
• Strong communication and collaboration skills focus on customer service.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs tests debugs documents and implements those programs.
• Consults with users to design modify and explain program changes or to provide technical support.
• Resolves problems which occur in production systems.
• May serve as project leader in the development of automated systems or procedures.
• Provides direction and training to other team members.