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SAS · 1 month ago

Senior Technical Architect- Remote

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

SAS is a leader in data and AI, inspiring customers globally to transform data into intelligence. They are seeking a Senior Technical Architect to guide the migration and modernization of analytic workloads to SAS Managed Cloud Services, primarily focusing on Azure transitions and compliance assurance.

AnalyticsData GovernanceData ManagementEnterprise SoftwarePredictive AnalyticsSoftware

Culture & Values

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Serve as the dedicated technical architect for all customer modernization initiatives, including Viya 4 solution mapping, Azure migration planning, and compliance assurance

Act as a product and solution expert for SAS Viya and related SAS platforms, providing thought leadership to bridge new R&D advancements into managed application services for government analytics workloads

Design, document, and maintain scalable, resilient, and compliant hosting architectures across SAS datacenters, Azure, and future Azure Government environments

Develop technical solutions to accelerate delivery cycles. Provide input and direction on leveraging automation, standardized deployment models, and advanced cloud capabilities (AKS, Azure Networking, Azure Storage, Data Platforms)

Lead architectural reviews and technical risk assessments to keep alignment with NIST 800-53, HIPAA, CJIS, FERPA, and other data protection requirements

Collaborate cross-functionally with SAS R&D, Cloud & Information Services, and Security to resolve technical blockers and support ongoing environment migration and integration

Drive platform modernization by developing cloud-native, scalable resource strategies for both stateful and stateless services, ensuring efficient use of cloud resources and operational excellence

Communicate actionable recommendations regarding security, reliability, operational performance, and cost optimization to both SAS and customer stakeholders

Support delivery and migration scheduling, production readiness, and post-migration technical validation for major program workstreams

Stay current with SAS Managed Cloud Services architecture standards, Azure platform advancements, and compliance frameworks

Provide technical leadership and direction to other technical resources and engineers

Be encouraged to participate in open-source projects on behalf of SAS

Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals

Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do

Qualification

SAS ViyaAzureTechnical ArchitectureCloud ModernizationMicroservicesDockerKubernetesCI/CD PipelinesProblem SolvingCommunication SkillsNegotiation SkillsDocumentation

Required

Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science, engineering or similar

8+ years of technical architecture experience

Excellent problem solving, organizational, decision-making written, oral and interpersonal skills

Ability to conceptualize client needs and translate into specific solutions

Advanced negotiation skills to manage customer expectations

Experience architecting for public cloud delivery. Azure preferred

Experience with microservices based applications

Experience architecting for stateless and stateful services

Experience with Docker containers and Kubernetes

Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Produce and communicate design documentation (architecture diagrams, non-functional requirements, and detailed solution architecture)

Excellent written and verbal communication in English

Travel: as business requirements dictate

Equivalant combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications

Preferred

Demonstrated leader in architecture topics (publishes articles, leads demand generation activities, and speaks at technical tracks for conferences and events)

Strong facilitation and communications skills

Good knowledge of common technical environment technologies

Experience with SAS Viya

Experience with SAS 9

Experience with Azure Well-Architected practices or other enterprise architecture frameworks

Benefits

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.

Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development

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.