Senior Cloud Platform Administrator - MCS

SAS Institute • Pune, IN

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About The Position

As a Senior Cloud Platform Administrator for the SAS MCS team in SAS's Cloud and Information Services (CIS) division, you will be responsible for all aspects of our hosted and remote managed SAS application environments. You will work collaboratively with customers, analysts, developers, and implementation team members to deliver world class SAS service. You will support the team with training, expertise, mentoring, and best practices related to enterprise application technology, architecture, and support. You will work with global R&D, Product, Technical Support, global PSD/Partners, and CIS teams to drive customer satisfaction and ensure service quality across all our hosted and remote managed customer environments. You will lead the team in efforts to improve quality, efficiency, and automation around service delivery tasks. A keen eye for continuous improvement and a passion to drive it in all aspects of the job is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, such as Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• 12+ years of technical experience including:
• 8+ Years of experience in SAS Administration, Deployment, integration.
• 4+ years of experience with Kubernetes / CaaS.
• 5+ years of experience Enterprise Platform Support.
• 5+ years of experience in systems support, user support, customer support, consulting, or training for enterprise class software and/or hardware.
• 5+ years of experience with UNIX or Linux supporting enterprise class applications.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with cloud-based platforms like MS Azure, AWS, GCP, or OpenShift.
• Installing, using and administrating SAS software and solutions.
• Programming in SAS - Good to have.
• Experience with Python, Ansible or Kubernetes.
• Scripting experience (bash, PowerShell, etc.).
• Java or Web development experience.
• Deploying and managing JavaEE web applications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent customer service using a customer first and continuous improvement mindset.
• Provide hands-on administration, maintenance, and installation of SAS Enterprise software and solutions.
• Lead the team through MI or any outages caused by external vendors like Amazon, MS or Google.
• Queue reviews and assignments through Service Now and Jira.
• Ability to impart training within the team on evolving technologies.
• Able to report on the team metrics and drive them through improvements with SLA based service.
• Provide support for global PSD/Partner delivered ETL and automations.
• Manage day-to-day work through SAS Cloud ticketing systems using CIS best practices for ticket update quality and frequency.
• Use IT Service Management best practices for change, incident, and problem management to meet and support Service Level Agreement requirements SAS Cloud customers.
• Create and maintain service documentation including runbooks, knowledge base articles, and wiki content.
• Configure, manage, monitor, and debug mid-tier software.
• Manage, monitor, and maintain container-based applications deployed in cloud container services.
• Develop tools and software to manage SAS and third-party software.
• Diagnose, document, report, and resolve system problems.
• Work directly with external customers and interface with other support teams and vendors.
• Participate in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation.

Benefits

• A culture that values diversity and inclusion.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Flexible work environment.
• Health and wellness programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees