Senior SAS Systems Admin Software Engineer (Developer)

About the role

A federal government client, at the frontline of government service delivery, is seeking a Senior SAS Systems Administrator (EL1 equivalent) to support the SAS infrastructure platforms underpinning data analytics functions within Services Australia and the Department of Social Services. The position is at senior EL1 level, with an estimated start date of 1 January 2027 and an initial 12-month contract, extendable up to 24 months.

Key responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support and technical administration for several SAS products, including SAS VEA and SAS Viya
• Diagnose and resolve system issues and contribute to incident resolution
• Plan, test and execute patching activities to comply with security and regulatory policies and deliver system enhancements
• Prepare, review and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures
• Give specialist technical advice, including strategic advice to senior executives where appropriate
• Share knowledge as subject matter expert and mentor less experienced colleagues

Required profile

• Experience overseeing software development projects, writing optimised code and providing technical leadership to a team
• Degree in software engineering, computer science or a similar field highly desirable
• Australian citizen with an active negative vetting 1 clearance
• Hybrid work: onsite for the first 6 weeks, then flexible hybrid; the worker's residence should be within reasonable travel time of the site, which is in a capital city

Required skills

• SAS systems administration (SAS VEA, SAS Viya)
• Availability, capacity, IT infrastructure, problem management, systems design, installation and removal management at SFIA levels 4-5