Tech Lead SAS

As a Technical Lead within the Infocentre team, you will play a key role in providing technical leadership and mentoring a team of developers. You will be responsible for overseeing and maintaining complex SAS/WPS solutions, ensuring their performance, reliability, and scalability.

You will ensure the technical consistency of projects by promoting and enforcing development standards and best practices, while also supporting the team in the continuous enhancement of their skills and expertise.

• Lead and oversee the development and maintenance of complex SAS/WPS solutions, ensuring their performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Ensure the technical consistency of projects by enforcing compliance with development standards and best practices.
• Mentor and support a team of developers by sharing expertise, conducting code reviews, and providing training and guidance.
• Manage relationships with software vendors and maintain continuous technology watch activities to anticipate industry trends, evolutions, and innovations.
• Oversee WPS environments and ensure their operational stability and availability.
• Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) phases with business stakeholders, proposing suitable solutions and ensuring deliverables meet requirements and quality standards.
• Manage incidents and support requests, leveraging deep technical expertise to quickly diagnose and resolve complex issues.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes, tools, and architectures to optimize the platform, including the Workbench and Hub environments.

Required Skills

• Proven expertise in SAS development (Macros, SQL, and DATA Step).
• Advanced proficiency in Linux Shell scripting, with the ability to automate and optimize processes.
• Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps tools (Repos, Pipelines, Releases) and version control using Git.
• Experience with client-server architectures, inter-server communications, and software installation/configuration, particularly Altair solutions.
• Strong focus on quality management, testing practices, and technology watch activities.
• Ability to propose innovative solutions and challenge technical decisions when appropriate.
• Previous experience in the Insurance industry would be considered an asset.
• Knowledge of Python/Spark and the Databricks platform would be a plus.

Soft Skills

• Natural leadership with the ability to lead, coach, and motivate a technical team.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Results-driven mindset with a strong commitment to customer satisfaction and quality.
• High level of autonomy, rigor, organization, and attention to detail.
• Intellectual curiosity and a strong interest in technological innovation.
• Excellent interpersonal, listening, and communication skills.

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in a similar role, with a proven track record of leading technical teams and delivering complex data and analytics solutions in enterprise environments.