SAS Lead

About Us:

MUFG Bank, Ltd. is Japan's premier bank, with a global network spanning in more than 40 markets. Outside of Japan, the bank offers an extensive scope of commercial and investment banking products and services to businesses, governments, and individuals worldwide. MUFG Bank's parent, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, the Group has about 120,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to be the world's most trusted financial group through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges.

MUFG Global Service Private Limited:

Established in 2020, MUFG Global Service Private Limited (MGS) is 100% subsidiary of MUFG having offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai. MGS India has been set up as a Global Capability Centre / Centre of Excellence to provide support services across various functions such as IT, KYC/ AML, Credit, Operations etc. to MUFG Bank offices globally. MGS India has plans to significantly ramp-up its growth over the next 18-24 months while servicing MUFG's global network across Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.

Job Profile:

Position details:

As a part of Compliance Technology, the SAS Developer/Implementer supports multiple business lines through implementation and enhancement of SAS GRID, VIYA, and related technologies. This individual works closely with business analysts, developers, and modelers to understand requirements and create Functional Design Documents (FRDs), Detailed Design Documents (DRDs), Data Sourcing Documents (DSDs) and Unit Test Plans (UTPs). They also support development and testing environments for SAS solutions and advise on necessary patches and upgrades.

The Developer/Implementer partners with geographically distributed stakeholders across a variety of businesses and functions. Experience in various Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Waterfall and Agile, and having a solid understanding of Base SAS, SAS Macros, SAS Viya, SAS Grid and SQL programming is a must. Knowledge on Alteryx, Dataiku, Python, R is a plus.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for administering and maintaining non-production environments for SAS GRID, and SAS VIYA
• Responsible for extraction, transformation and load of data using SAS Base code through various hops of SAS AML Platform, Alteryx, Dataiku.
• Responsible for creating Functional and Detailed Design documents, Software Configuration Plans and Unit Test Plans.
• Create Visual Analytics reports for data analysis. Also responsible for ad-hoc data analysis reports to support production issues.
• Create UNIX shell scripts to call SAS jobs from scheduling tools. Create scripts to handle calls between SAS modules.
• Analysis, preparation and update technical documentation within the project team following prescribed Bank technical policy and procedures.
• Identification and escalation of risks, issues and blockers
• Collaboration with business analysts to understand requirements, review designs, conduct testing and demonstrate products.
• Proactive communication of compliance application changes to Operations & Technology and business stakeholders

Job Requirements:

Bachelors' Degree (or foreign equivalent degree) in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Experience in the financial services or banking industry is preferred.

• Must have 8+ years of SAS Viya and or, SAS Grid Development & Administration Experience
• Must have 8+ years of experience writing complex queries in Oracle, DB2 or SQL Server.
• 5+ years of Base SAS, SAS Macros Programing
• Programing experience in SAS Script or Python,
• 5+ years of Unix shell scripting, script runner behaviors, scripted fields, and listeners, etc.
• 4+ Years of ETL experience (preferably Informatica), DWH
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Autosys Enterprise Scheduler. Or any relevant
• Familiarity with data architecture, data integration, data governance, and data lineage concepts. Good understanding of Data Warehouse concepts and relational databases.
• Experience working in Agile environments and DevOps Methods is Plus
• Creates guidelines, goals, checkpoints, and objectives for employees to improve productivity while also providing support and coach team member to deliver task effectively.