The company is currently looking for a SAS Data Engineer for our Bahrain operations with a focus on consolidating and analyzing financial data, building stored procedures, and developing SQL Server T-SQL procedures. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SAS tools, experience with database management systems, and the ability to handle distributed systems for both batch and streaming data.
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Requirements
- BE Computer Science and Engineering
- Professional training in SQL Development, SAS EG, SAS DI, Object-oriented Programming (e.g., C#, Java)
- Experience in SAS Management Console, SAS DI, SAS Enterprise Guide, Base SAS, SAS Web Report Studio, SAS Delivery Portal, SAS OLAP Cube Studio, SAS Information Maps, SAS BI
- Experience configuring/installing applications on servers (Windows/Linux/Unix)
- Basic knowledge of DNS, Ports, and Firewalls (3+ years)
- Experience managing and developing distributed systems and clusters for batch as well as streaming data (Hadoop/Spark and/or Kafka/Flink)
- Experience handling semi-structured data sets (e.g., JSON, XML) (3+ years)
- Experience in C# or Java (3+ years)
- Banking and Finance, Financial accounting and Reporting Environment
- Expertise in writing advanced SQL Query, Stored Procedures, and Functions
- Experience with ETL tools such as SAS DI, SAS Enterprise Guide, and Microsoft SQL Server
- Sound understanding of Financial Reporting (Balance Sheet/Profit and Loss) and Risk Reporting
- Minimum of 3+ years developing within databases, specifically Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle
Responsibilities
- Consolidate and analyze financial data (budgets, income statement forecasts, Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss) while considering the company's goals and financial standing
- Build stored procedures and ETL jobs to reconcile transactions by comparing and correcting data
- Contribute to data warehouse design and components, relational database management systems, and database design solutions
- Develop SQL Server T-SQL procedures/functions for batch processing as well as reports, in line with user requirements
- Build SAS EG and SAS DI jobs
- Research and resolve discrepancies in financial data; manage the month-end close process
Skills
- Solving complex problems
- Testing and troubleshooting
- Regulatory compliance
- Financial reporting
- ETL/ETT/ETM tools and processes
- Risk management
- Data warehouses
- Data marts
- Balance sheet, Profit & Loss, Market risk
- Data modeling
- SAS, SAS BI, MS SQL Server, T-SQL in data warehousing/batch
Domain
Bank
Years of Experience
5+ years
Location
Bahrain
