Eli Lilly and Company · 16 hours ago
SAS Platform Admin
Indianapolis, IN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$64K/yr - $185K/yr
5+ years expEli Lilly and Company is a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated to making life better for people around the world. They are seeking an experienced SAS Platform Administrator to deliver reliable, secure, high-performing SAS Grid and R/Posit environments, ensuring smooth operations and long-term platform health for critical analytics.
BiotechnologyHealthcarePharmaceuticalHealth CareMedical
No H1B
Responsibilities
You will administer and optimize SAS 9 Grid, including metadata servers, compute nodes, workload management, patching, upgrades, and performance tuning
You will operate R/Posit environments (Workbench, Connect, Package Manager), ensuring reliable access, upgrades, package governance, and reproducibility
You will manage JMP desktop deployments, including licensing, distribution, and integration with identity groups
You will integrate platforms with enterprise IAM (AD/LDAP/SSSD), enabling secure access and enforcing RBAC
You will automate operations using Bash, Python, and configuration management tooling (Ansible/Terraform preferred)
You will collaborate with GIS infrastructure teams to support Linux (RHEL), networking, storage, and certificate management (TLS/PKI)
You will support backup/restore, DR validation, and change‑controlled updates aligned with regulated‑industry expectations
You will provide operational support, lead incident troubleshooting, and drive root‑cause analysis with strong documentation discipline
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma with 5+ years of platform/system administration experience
Experience with SAS Grid Platform Administration – SAS 9.4 Grid on Linux and Viya 4.0 on AWS EKS
Experience with SAS Desktop tools (SAS EG, PC SAS) installation and maintenance
Knowledge of SAS Viya cloud deployments and administration
Knowledge of JMP tool, R administration
Familiarity with regulated environments (life sciences, pharma, healthcare)
Cloud knowledge (AWS or Azure) and hybrid infrastructure experience
Prior experience with Posit/RStudio products, SAS administration, or JMP at scale
Proficiency in Linux (RHEL), automation (Bash/Python/Ansible/Terraform), and CI/CD workflows
Ability to diagnose performance issues across distributed analytics workloads
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and documentation skills
Experience partnering with InfoSec, compliance, or validation teams
Linux Administration – Server setup & monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting
Demonstrated experience with upgrades, configuration, monitoring, and enterprise deployments
Experience supporting enterprise BI operations, migrations, DR planning, and governance frameworks
Experience with ServiceNow or similar ticketing systems
Strong documentation skills for Security and CSQA compliance
Preferred
Automate operations using Bash, Python, and configuration management tooling (Ansible/Terraform preferred)
Collaborate with GIS infrastructure teams to support Linux (RHEL), networking, storage, and certificate management (TLS/PKI)
Support backup/restore, DR validation, and change‑controlled updates aligned with regulated‑industry expectations
Provide operational support, lead incident troubleshooting, and drive root‑cause analysis with strong documentation discipline
Benefits
Company bonus
401(k)
Pension
Vacation benefits
Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
Flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts)
Life insurance and death benefits
Certain time off and leave of absence benefits
Well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities)
Company
Eli Lilly and Company
We're a medicine company turning science into healing to make life better for people around the world.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5M2024-02-12Post Ipo Debt· $6.5M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
David Ricks
Chair, CEO
Lucas Montarce
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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