Sr SAS Programmer

Okemos, MI (2 days a week)

Qualifying Criteria

COMMUNICATION is key

SAS programming

Relational database concepts

SQL

Base SAS (data manipulation, information storage and retrieval, descriptive statistics and report writing).

Requirements/Design experience

Experience creating Excel and PDF reports

Open to participating in 24-hour on-call rotation in support of the platform.

Knowledge/Experience supporting systems

Tableau, Looker, Python – nice to have

Insurance industry preferred

Prefer local, but open to out of state, but first day required onsite no assistance with relocation

Description:

We are looking for a Senior SAS Programmer to join our Data Insights Team. Will work to support several reporting platforms. Programmer will create Excel and PDF reports using Base SAS as described by business requirements documents and test system components as needed.

Responsibilities:

Participates in requirements and design sessions, then develops and implements new system components or fixes to resolve system defects using business intelligence software and related tools.

Reads and understands business requirements, seeks clarification to unclear requirements, follows standard change control and configuration management practices and conforms to departmental application development standards and systems life cycle.

Incorporates source code reuse wherever possible.

Sets up and executes component tests as well as tracks and documents system defects.

Participates in software design and programming reviews.

Recommends improvements to design and programming standards, procedures and guidelines.

Perform other related assigned duties as necessary to complete the Primary Job Responsibilities as described above.

Participates in 24-hour on-call rotation in support of the platform.

Required Skills/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with coursework in computer science, information systems, engineering or related field and five years' related work experience in applications design and programming. Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.
• Position requires 5 years of advanced knowledge of SAS programming and administration
• 3 years of relational database concepts and SQL
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex problems
• Self-Starter, ability to communicate equally with business and technical staff.

Desired Skills/Qualifications

• Experience in the insurance industry, specifically with the health care industry.

Experience in system administration and on call processes.