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SAS Admin & Developer for Analytical Platform (DE)

Closing date for applications: 02/03/2021
OVERVIEW OF ROLE
Specialist role
 Data engineer
Summary of the work
 Opportunity to use your SAS expertise and knowledge on a cloud based analytical platform.
Latest start date
 08/03/2021
Expected contract length
 initial contract is up to 12 months. Option of extension dependent of funding
Location
 London
Organisation the work is for
 Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
Maximum day rate
 £200
ABOUT THE WORK
Early market engagement
Who the specialist will work with
 The team is embedded with the Analytical community and serves other external departments, but all users are Analysts (Statisticians, Economists, Operational Researchers and Social Researchers).
What the specialist will work on
 1. Monitoring SAS servers so that they are running in the most efficient state.2. Support others to develop their own SAS capabilities, including ProcSQL and maintenance.3. Ensure data stored in SAS server is held securely and stored efficiently.4. Help develop technology paths so other databases and software packages to access SAS.5. Using best coding techniques to get the best out of SAS capabilities.6. Support Analytical Platform support team.
WORK SETUP
Address where the work will take place
 Westminster, London
Working arrangements
 Currently working for home during lockdownPost covid - hybrid work form home and office based (london)
Security clearance
 Willing to undergo Security Clearance (SC).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional terms and conditions
EVALUATION CRITERIA
How many specialists to evaluate
 3
Cultural fit criteria
 -Able to work in a small multi-skilled team - 5 points -Willing to help develop other colleagues' capability - 5 points -Able to communicate complex solutions in a simple manner for non-technical users - 10 points -Transparent and able to report back on feedback, positive and negative - 5 points
Assessment methods
Evaluation weighting
 Technical competence 45% Cultural fit 20% Price 35%
EXPERIENCE
Essential skills and experience
  • Experience of administration of SAS Server
  • Experience of using BASE SAS, Enterprise Guide, Graph and another major SAS component
  • Experience of at least one scripting language, such as VB Script, Python, R, PHP or a similar language
  • Experience of working with OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE data
  • Experience of using Metacode
Nice-to-have skills and experience
  • Experience of transferring data between SAS and other applications, such as MS SQL Server
  • Experience of MS Excel and MS Access 2010 or later
EXPRESS INTEREST
Closing date for applications: 02/03/2021

SAS Admin & Developer for Analytical Platform (DE)

Closing date for applications: 02/03/2021


Specialist role:

Data engineer

Location:

London

Organisation:

Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

Maximum day rate:

£200
FULL DETAILS / EXPRESS INTEREST HERE
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