AddressLocation: Chatham/London/Bradford/Petersfield
Salary:
Closing Date: Tuesday 19 March 2024
Principle SAS Administrator, 12 Month FTC
Location: Bradford, Chatham, Petersfield or London
Working Pattern: Our working style is hybrid, but we recognise the importance of
collaborative working with our colleagues often 2 days per week in one of our offices
Benefits: Discretionary annual bonus, 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service), pension scheme with matched company contributions up to 10%, 1 paid day to ‘give back’
Don’t hesitate to apply for a role even if you don’t meet all the criteria; your unique strengths and eagerness to learn can be just as valuable.
You and Your Team:
As a Principle SAS Administrator you will be the technical adviser of the Windows based Base SAS 9.4 On-Prem Platform, and also the Microsoft Azure based SAS 9.4 Grid (aka VCAP) and SAS Viya 3.5+ Analytical Platforms (aka SAS Viya on Azure)
You will work within a small team of SAS Administrators, and are responsible for the day-to-day running of the SAS platforms in terms of workload delivery, stakeholder management, user management and access to data in the SAS Platforms, Infrastructure and Software Patching and SAS License and Certificate renewals.
In your day-to-day role, as a Principle SAS Administrator, you will:
- Be an SME for the SAS On-Prem and SAS in Azure platforms for entities across the whole group.
- Support the technical aspects and delivery of the SAS On-Prem and SAS in Azure platforms across Vanquis Bank, Moneybarn, and PFG in their entirety.
- Ensure the SAS On-Prem and SAS in Azure platforms remain stable, resilient, and performant (within working hours).
- Provide in-hours support for the SAS On-Prem and SAS in Azure platforms and their entire user-base across Vanquis Bank, Moneybarn, and PFG.
- Ensure the SAS On-Prem and SAS in Azure platforms conform to security requirements via the SAS On-Prem Deployment Manager, SAS 9.4 Management Console, SAS Viya Environment Manager, on Windows and Linux.
- Troubleshoot and resolve the SAS On-Prem and SAS in Azure platforms infrastructure issues (configuration, performance, stability).
- Perform Root Cause Analysis for Production issues and remediate issues as required.
What will make you stand out?
- Enthusiastic and passionate interacting with customers and colleagues alike.
- Focused and driven even when working to stretched goals and deadlines.
- Articulate and professional.
- SAS 9.x (and/or SAS Viya 3.5) Certified Platform Administrator.
- SAS 9.x Certified Base Programmer, with SQL Passthrough and SAS Macro experience.
- Microsoft Windows Administration including PowerShell familiarity.
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Familiarity (ideally Certified).
- Windows experience in infrastructure administration.
- Linux experience in infrastructure administration.
- Experience as a SAS Administrator.
Our average process takes up to 4 weeks but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team throughout the process.
As this role involves working within a regulated environment any offer will be subject to satisfactory background checks including criminal record check, credit check, fraud check and employment references.
Your working life: If you prefer to work part-time, we'll make this happen whenever we can - whether this is to help you meet other commitments or strike a great work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible.
Why work for us?
Back in 1880, our founder, JK Waddilove started to provide factory workers in Bradford, with essentials, when others wouldn’t, like coal and clothing.Times have changed since then, society has moved on, and our market and customer needs have evolved. What has not changed though, is our long-established desire to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.Today we have stayed true to our purpose, just as we’ve always done, in our communities, for our customers, in an evolving and changing world.It’s why we are here, it’s how we will stay, and as Vanquis Banking Group, we can look to the future, and look back at our past with pride.
At Vanquis Banking Group we believe in looking after our colleagues, so we do our best to create a rewarding, engaging, and supportive work environment across our various divisions.
We let our colleagues know we appreciate their hard work by offering competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group wide recognition scheme. All colleagues are eligible to join a pension scheme, and, after six months’ service, you can join our ‘Save as you Earn’ and 'Buy as you Earn' schemes.
We offer a range of training and development opportunities to help each of our colleagues maximise their potential, whatever their role. From your first day working with us, we’ll help you settle into your new role and are happy to talk to you about your career aspirations.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone’s unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, martial or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age – your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, its our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we’re here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.
If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available to help. You can contact us at Talent.Aquisition@vanquisbankinggroup.com
