Data Architect - SAS (Legacy & Viya)
Clearance Required: Current HMRC SC
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford - 2 days on site
IR35 Status: Mandated PAYE only
Responsibilities
* 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 Viya
* Act as the technical authority for SAS-related decisions, risks and trade-offs
* Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams and vendors to resolve complex issues
* Ensure solutions consider security, performance, scalability and data quality
Essential Skills & Experience
* 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
Desirable Experience
* 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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