SAS Data Engineer

Role overview

Role responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, secure, performant SAS-based data integration and analytics solutions.
• Build, operate, and improve data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, reporting, fraud detection, and analytics, with monitoring, alerting, and SLAs.
• Refine requirements with product teams and client stakeholders, aligning decisions with cost, performance, and security needs.
• Support incident resolution and service continuity.
• Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and contribute to engineering communities of practice.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and work with engineers, analysts, and business teams.
• Help develop, test, and support solutions in fraud detection, data management, business intelligence, application support, and analytics.

Skills and experience

• Experience delivering large-scale, complex data solutions as a Data Engineer.
• Expertise with SAS 9.x and SAS Viya 3.x/4; named tooling includes SAS Studio, Visual Analytics, Visual Investigator, VDMML, Intelligence Decisioning, and Environment Manager.
• Solid understanding of data modelling and ETL.
• Experience with batch scheduling using Airflow and/or native SAS schedulers.
• Knowledge of SAS performance optimisation, including database connectivity.
• Ability to partner with architects on robust, scalable solutions and apply CI/CD best practices.
• Excellent client-facing and consultancy skills.

Workplace

• Hybrid working blends company offices, client sites, and home; the role cannot be performed from home 100% of the time.

Security clearance

• Security Check (SC) clearance is required for appointment.
• Applicants must have resided continuously in the UK for the previous five years and meet other clearance criteria.
• Some posts may be restricted to sole UK nationals; citizenship and clearance eligibility may be assessed during recruitment.

Company information

• Capgemini describes a professional community with colleague support and wellbeing initiatives, including Mental Health Champions and wellbeing apps.