Clearance: Current SC clearance required, ideally with recent central government exposure
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford, 2 days per week on site
A major public-sector technology programme is looking for an experienced Data Architect / SAS Architect to support the design, governance and modernisation of SAS-based data services across both legacy SAS and SAS Viya environments.
The role will suit someone who has operated as a technical authority for SAS platforms in large, regulated or enterprise-scale environments, with strong experience integrating SAS with enterprise data warehouse platforms.
Job Description
* Own the architecture and technical design of SAS-based solutions across legacy SAS and SAS Viya environments
* Provide design assurance and governance for SAS services, ensuring alignment with data platform and enterprise architecture standards
* Support and guide teams consuming data warehouse sources (on prem and/or cloud) from SAS
* Define and document integration patterns between data warehouses and SAS platforms
* Advise on migration, coexistence and modernisation strategies between legacy SAS and Viy
* Act as the technical authority for SAS-related decisions, risks and trade-offs
* Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams and vendors to resolve complex issue
* Ensure solutions consider security, performance, scalability and data quality
* Strong experience as a SAS Architect or Senior SAS Technical Lead
* Hands-on architectural experience with Legacy SAS (Base SAS, SAS Grid, SAS 9.x)
* Proven experience integrating SAS with enterprise data warehouses
* Experience working in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments
* Experience supporting or designing modernisation journeys from legacy SAS to Viya
* SAS Viya (cloud or containerised environments)
* Exposure to cloud platforms
* Familiarity with data lake / lakehouse patterns alongside traditional warehouses
* Experience working in multi-supplier or federated delivery models
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