SAS Admin, AVP

Your key responsibilities

• Help to deliver on the RiskFinder vision via a commitment to code quality and architectural improvement
• Design, develop, enhance and maintain a large SAS9.4 and Cloudera installation.
• Collaborate with users and technical teams in London, Pune and Cary
• Work in a fast paced environment with competing priorities with a constant focus on delivery
• Balance business demands and IT fulfilment in terms of standardization, reducing risk and increasing IT flexibility

Your skills and experience

• This role is for a dedicated technologist with strong core application knowledge and good exposure to broader programming & technology topics, who would like to further their career in a headline risk platform that forms the strategic nucleus of the banks risk strategy.
• The technology stack is complex, including SAS, C, C++, Oracle PL/SQL, Lua, Python, REST over XML/HTTPS.
• Degree holder in numerate subject
• Deep experience and certification in SAS Platform Administrator, SAS Grid Manager, Hadoop
• Experience across other languages particularly shell, Perl, Python
• Strong hands-on delivery track record
• Good exposure to computational concepts
• A willingness to learn all layers of the Market Risk stack, including trialing new tech and auto deployment tools, to be able to collaboratively deliver front-to-back solutions, as well as champion best practice deployment techniques.
• Experience with source control (Git), build tools (Maven) and continuous integration (TeamCity / Jenkins)
• Experience working in massive programs in a geographically distributed environment

Other desirable attributes

• Quantitative, analytical, confident, articulate, enthusiastic and able to operate independently
• Very strong written and oral communication skills to wide ranging audiences from offshore developers to traders
• Knowledge relevant Market RiskExposure to risk and financial calculations an advantage
• Proficiency in VA, HPRisk, shell (bash), Python,
• Working knowledge of maintaining UNIX, PaaS, Hadoop infrastructure