Systems Engineer - LONG-TERM Assignment - Chicagoland area

In this role you will work independently and with a team of technical professionals on a variety of installation and maintenance assignments. We seek 3+ years of SAS experience, including installation and support of Release 9 of SAS in a distributed environment.

The candidate must demonstrate sound analytical and diagnostic skills when dealing with issues that are not readily defined and know where to obtain information needed to make the appropriate decisions. She/he must break a problem down to manageable pieces so as to implement effective, timely solutions. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to deal with problems that require involvement of others to solve and careful evaluation of alternative solutions and risks before taking action.

The candidate must maintain partnerships across the organization, and be able to influence senior management, peers and staff through an inclusive style and recognition of their abilities to achieve results. The success of the team is paramount.

This position requires the candidate to create an atmosphere where the business partner's issues are dealt with professionally, and in a timely manner. He/She must suggest solutions that make sense and are in line with future technology direction. He/She must communicate openly and effectively in a manner consistent with the audience and demonstrate an adaptive style that is flexible and effective in gaining cooperation of others.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES/PROJECT:
• Installation and maintenance of SAS on HP-UX, AIX and Windows
• Installation of SAS clients on user desktops
• Support end users with access and connectivity issues
• Monitor environment for performance and proper operation.
• Troubleshoot errors and work with the team and Unix Engineering on problem resolution & product deployments
• Serve as the single point of contact for request for services from SAS developers and business users

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
Minimum B.S Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other technical discipline

REQUIRED WORK EXPERIENCE:
5-7 years of experience in Information Technology primarily in the installation and maintenance of system software in a Unix/Linux environment.
Good working knowledge of:
- Linux,UNIX and Windows
- SAS administration
- SAS version upgrade and SAS Migrate
- Enterprise Miner
- JMP
- SAS connect for DB2 & Oracle
- Enterprise Guide

Additionally, experience in the use of the SAS product, reporting and knowledge of product capabilities is desirable. Experience in SAS performance tuning will be considered a plus. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and facilitation skills not only with regard to technical team communications, but also business user communications; An eagerness to learn new technology and the initiative to improve the environment will distinguish the candidate.

As mentioned, this is a LONG-TERM (estimated to be 1-yr in length) assignment.

Please contact JIM BOUDREAU at Jim@atsus.net