SAS Architect/Technical Lead (Viya) - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford and remote - 6 months+

Job Description

SAS Architect/Technical Lead (Viya) - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £656 per day inside IR35

One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a SAS Architect/Technical Lead (Viya).

For this role you will need to be onsite in Telford 2 days per week.

Please find some details below:

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 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

Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.