SAS Developer - Enterprise Guide

ERGO Technologies and Services IndiaERGO Technology & Services India (ET&S India) is the newest part of the ERGO Technology & Services Management the main outsourcing provider of IT for ERGO worldwide. It is backed up by ERGO an 18 Billion Euro Organization with a presence in 15+ countries have a charter to provide technology services to the ERGO countries in multiple countries.

ET&S India will be fueling the Digital aspirations of ERGO world in years to come. With ambitious plan to build a large offshore development centers in multiple cities of the country ETS India shall be at the forefront in developing capabilities and providing career opportunities to employees in diverse technologies across domains of Insurance.

Role Description:

• Adhere to security and control, and change control processes
• Design, develop and maintain SAS code to meet support and/or project requirements.
• Interface with business and IT teams to understand business requirements and translate business requirements into formal technical requirements and application code.
• Work with IT support teams (DBA, server teams) to ensure support and project requirements are developed and successfully implemented
• Develop and execute unit test and integration plans/scripts to validate that application changes meet technical specifications.
• Code versioning (Endevor, / GIT)
• Responsible for an important part of the full System Development Life Cycle
• Work with business team to complete acceptance testing and participate in integration testing
• Participate in production support/ duty rotation including weekend and off-hour support coverage
• Provide Solution Delivery Methodology artefacts associated with application components.
• Participate in technical reviews at appropriate stages of development

Key Competencies & Skills required Technical:

• SAS (SAS EG, SAS Macro, SAS Base, SAS VA, SAS Studio) and SQL.
• Experience handling Big Data (prerequisite)
• Experience in all components of software delivery with concentration in requirements, design and development.
• Quick starter to troubleshoot/resolve incidents and business support items
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Perform application support tasks like: systems support, security reviews, & maintenance tasks
• Testing experience
• Ability to learn new technologies and methodologies quickly

Nice to have:

• JCL (desirable, can be learnt downstream)
• DB2, MS-SQL (desirable, can be learnt downstream)
• IT technical background & mainframe programming experience (desirable)

Behavioral Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for working in a global environment
• Willingness to learn and quickly adapt to changing requirements
• Proactive approach to identifying issues and presenting solutions and options
  

Previous Experience & Qualifications

Education/Qualification:

• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent or a related discipline; or equivalent work experience

Knowledge & Experience:

• 3 -5 years of SAS Development background in design, analysis and coding (s.a technical Skills)
• IT technical background & mainframe programming experience
• Significant experience of Service Management, Change and Release Management and Quality Management techniques gained through IT program / project delivery and in an IT support environment.
• Working knowledge of ISPW
• Experience of working within multi-location teams.