Damia Group LTD
Telford, Shropshire
Damia Group LTD
SAS Environment & Configuration Engineer – £525 per day inside IR35 – 6 months – Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office
Purpose:
The SAS Platform Environment and Configuration Engineer is responsible for the setup, configuration, and ongoing support of SAS environments across development, test, and production landscapes. This includes managing deployments, ensuring platform stability, and supporting integration with technologies such as Oracle and Microsoft 365. The role is critical to enabling secure, scalable, and performant analytics platforms, particularly in the context of SAS Viya migrations and multi-tenant deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, configure, and maintain SAS environments including SAS 9.4, SAS Viya 3.5, and SAS Viya 4.
Support the migration of Legacy SAS platforms to cloud-native SAS Viya 4 environments, including namespace separation and Kubernetes orchestration.
Implement and manage configuration objects, service data, and translation objects within SAS environments.
Collaborate with data engineers and DevOps teams to integrate SAS with Oracle, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and other enterprise platforms.
Monitor and optimise platform performance, ensuring high availability and compliance with security standards.
Provide technical support and troubleshooting for SAS users and developers.
Automate environment provisioning and data transfers using approved EA integration patterns.
Participate in community knowledge sharing and contribute to best practice documentation.
Essential Skills and Experience:
SAS Enterprise Guide (EG) – workflow orchestration and user support.
SAS Data Integration Studio (DI) – job development and deployment.
SAS Studio – job development and deployment.
SAS Viya 3.5/Viya 4 – platform configuration, migration, and containerisation (Kubernetes).
SAS Visual Analytics (VA) and SAS Visual Investigator (VI) – dashboard and investigation tool support.
Oracle – integration and data pipeline support.
Configuration Management – experience managing service objects, deployment artefacts, and environment baselines.
Testing Lifecycle Knowledge – including test strategy design, environment comparison utilities, and automated testing integration.
Desirable Attributes:
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated deployment pipelines.
Knowledge of scheduling tools – Airflow
Strong documentation and communication skills.
Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams.
This temporary contract is inside IR35 and will require working under the direction of the client delivery manager as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The successful candidate will follow established delivery processes and working practices
This role requires the successful candidate to undergo and be eligible for UK Security Vetting at SC level. Clearance sponsorship will be provided where required. Due to the nature of the work, candidates should meet the relevant residency requirements. If applicable, reserved post nationality restrictions will be confirmed by the client. Damia is committed to inclusive recruitment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have, or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance
More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:
United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK
List of national security vetting clearance levels with guidance on who requires clearance and what checks are completed.
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Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
Should the role require the successful candidate to undergo and be eligible for UK Security Vetting. Clearance sponsorship will be provided where required. Due to the nature of the work, candidates should meet the relevant residency requirements. If applicable, Reserved Post nationality restrictions will be confirmed by the client. Damia is committed to inclusive recruitment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.