Sas Administrator

**Title/Position**: SAS Administrator

**Job Location**:Pune

**Experience**:
**4** + Years

**Employment Type**:Full Time

**Shift Timings**:UK Timings
- 3 PM to 12 Midnight

**Description**:
**Stratacent is looking for a SAS Administrator who can work not only as an individual contributor but also as a good team player with mínimal supervision. Should be result driven, self-motivated with a desire to excel and must possess good problem-solving skills. Must have worked in direct client (preferably international clients) facing roles and possesses excellent verbal/written communication skills. They will be part of dedicated SAS Admin team with diverse experience across domains and geographies.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Installation of SAS Software including grid on Linux operating system.
- Checking the status and operations of SAS servers, including starting, stopping, and/or pausing the servers used in the various tiers of the SAS system.
- Managing metadata repositories / Using SMC to administer metadata.
- Performing and scheduling regular backups of the Metadata Server and physical files.
- Monitoring, logging, and/or troubleshooting SAS servers, including using system logs or setting logging options as well as options within SAS Management Console (SMC).
- Understanding SAS installation directory structures, where to find things related to servers, configurations, content, etc. Administering the scheduling of jobs and reports with LSF or other schedulers.
- Adding / managing libraries to the Metadata Server. Troubleshooting performance problems in a logical, scientific manner.
- Understanding the concept of SAS repositories, what they are, why they are used, and how to create/maintain them. Resetting SAS passwords. Assisting with problems pertaining to accessing the SAS server(s) or data
- Monitoring for availability and then installing updates to SAS software (patches/maintenance releases/hotfixes, etc.)
- Monitoring and logging SAS servers and spawners, and then optimizing memory usage or tuning servers for optimal performance.
- Creating, modifying, and maintaining various folder structures within SMC.
- Providing knowledge transfer, mentoring and expert advice to the client on the efficient administration of the SAS system.
- Working with a team setting: working with system; network; backup; database administrators; etc. to facilitate SAS implementation and integration within organization.
- Working with alternative authentication domains such as Active Directory and LDAP. Also working with customers utilizing encryption and SSH certificates.
- Researching and learning 3rd party products. For example: third-party distributed storage; third party failover systems.

**Skills Required**:

- Working knowledge on cloud environment including storage, server, networking etc.
- Good hands on with Linux operating system.
- Exposure on end-to-end installation of SAS environments and regular monitoring in independent manner
- Should be able to convey regular status updates to concerned stakeholders via mails and calls in timely manner and helping with smooth delivery of projects.
- Performing basic system administration tasks such as monitoring CPU / RAM / Disk space utilization, port utilization and running processes on applicable OS.
- Very good exposure on SMC with excellent understanding of all metadata components such as libraries, user management, server/software components & folder structures.
- Open to learning new technologies / tools and adapt to changing landscape as per organization / project requirements.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent professional experience.

**About Stratacent**
Stratacent is an IT Managed Services firm, headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, with two global delivery centers in New York City area and New Delhi area plus offices in London, Canada and Pune, India.

We are a leading IT services provider focusing in Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare and Life Sciences. We help our customers in their digital transformation journey and provide solutions around cloud infrastructure, containers, AI, Client & Analytics and Automation.

We have partnerships with SAS, Automation Anywhere, Snowflake, Azure, AWS and GCP.

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**Company Benefits**
- Group Medical Insurance
- Cab facility
- Meals/snacks
- Continuous Learning Program
- Stratacent India Private Limited is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, ancestry, handicap, or any other factors._