Description
**SAS Consultant - £60,000 - Remote Working**Computer futures are working with a marketing leading global consultancy in the great location of Oxford. Their consultancy projects offer a variety of experiences from application development to business intelligence & analytics to data migration.
The ideal candidate will be a driven and motivated individual being able to manage the delegation and resolution of incidents within the clients SLA's. You will be able to undertake impact analysis of new SAS software releases for supported clients.
The role is paying up to £60,000 depending on experience and skill set with great benefits including: profit and reward bonuses, great pension contributions, 31 days holiday, bikes to work scheme, childcare vouchers, memberships to professional bodies and support for obtaining industry recognised certifications.
Essential skills:
-Strong communication and organisational skills
- 4 years minimum of SAS experience including use and administration of the SAS intelligence platform.
-Experience of base SAS programming (desirable)
-Ability to gather facts to diagnose and solve technical issues
-BSc in a numerical, software engineering or computing science subject.
Roles and Responsibilities:
-Providing first line support
-Plan and execute maintenance tasks
-Support the release management process including release testing and documentation
-Undertake impact analysis of new SAS software releases
-Providing input to the development of managed services
-Perform ongoing study of industry developments
-Perform ongoing self-instruction of new SAS procedures, techniques and solutions
-Train and mentor technical staff
-Promote awareness to colleagues of a new SAS developments, emerging industry standards and other vendor developments impacting SAS
If you would like to join this great team, then please send an up to date CV to Marc Powell at Computer Futures ( ).
If this role is not for you but you know someone of this skill set, we offer a referral fee of £200! If you refer a friend or colleague and we end up placing them in a role, we will give you £200 worth of shopping vouchers of your choice.