AVP, Principal Product Engineer

• Own day-to-day administration, operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement for SAS Viya 4 on AWS/EKS, ensuring stability, performance, and secure operations.
• Administer and support SAS Viya 4, including upgrades/patching, configuration management, and creation/maintenance of operational runbooks and standard operating procedures.
• Design, implement, and support cloud-native integrations and services including AWS EKS, RDS, IAM, S3, KMS, Route 53, and Redshift (or equivalent services as applicable).
• Architect and implement SAS Viya deployments aligned to core module deployment patterns in AWS, including HA/resilience, networking, security, scalability, and operational monitoring considerations.
• Drive DevOps automation for build/deploy/release processes using Jenkins, uDeploy, and GitHub (including branching strategies, pull request reviews, and release tagging).
• Develop, standardize, and enforce infrastructure and configuration-as-code practices; design and customize reusable Terraform modules/patterns where applicable to enable governed deployments.
• Support and integrate enterprise identity and access management patterns, including OKTA and Single Sign-On (SSO), and align with Active Directory and enterprise authorization standards.
• Partner with Cloud, Network, Security, Data Protection, and Architecture teams to implement platform controls (e.g., encryption standards, secrets handling, KMS usage, IAM least privilege, logging/monitoring).
• Work with enterprise tools and integrations such as StoneBranch, Protegrity, Active Directory, and Unix filesystem standards/controls to meet operational and compliance requirements.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis across Kubernetes/EKS, SAS Viya services, network/DNS, storage, and identity integrations; document findings and preventive actions.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including environment readiness, cutover planning, validation, and operational handover to support teams.
• Serve as Agile Technical Lead: lead technical planning for sprint work, clarify requirements, define technical approaches, estimate effort, and identify dependencies/risks early.
• Coordinate and guide resources/consultants (without direct people management) to deliver sprint commitments; delegate tasks, remove blockers, and ensure quality outcomes.
• Maintain transparent delivery execution: track work items in the team board, provide status updates to Product Owner and Scrum Master, and actively participate in all Scrum events.
• Promote engineering best practices: peer reviews, automation coding standards, documentation, operational readiness checks, and change management adherence.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with minimum 8 years of IT experience or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED and 7 years of IT experience
• Hands-on SAS Viya 4 administration on AWS with EKS deployment, including installation, operations, upgrades/patching, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EKS, RDS, IAM, S3, KMS, Route 53, and Redshift (or equivalent cloud-native technologies).
• DevOps and CI/CD experience using Jenkins and uDeploy; source control and collaboration using GitHub (branching strategies, pull request reviews, release tagging).
• Experience integrating enterprise identity solutions including OKTA and Single Sign-On (SSO); familiarity with Active Directory alignment and access control patterns.
• Ability to architect and implement SAS Viya solutions in AWS based on core module deployment patterns, including resilience/HA, security, networking, scalability, and monitoring.
• Experience with enterprise integrations and operational controls such as StoneBranch, Protegrity, Active Directory, and Unix filesystem standards/practices.
  • Delivery leadership in an Agile/Scrum model, including coordinating consultants/resources (without direct people management), communicating status/risks, and driving technical outcomes.