Lead SAS Developer | Contract | Leeds

Lead SAS Developer

Government Sector

Leeds

Contract - 3 months +

Essential Experience:

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Experience in SAS to an advanced level (5.2)
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Use of SAS in a project environment,
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project management skills or knowledge of how a project is delivered (life cycle of a project)
-preferable is awareness of government systems

Main duties and responsibilities:

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Work with the Enterprise Architecture Group to ensure that standards, principles and policies are maintained and adhered to; co-ordinate the team's day-to-day technical activities.
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Mentor the other technical staff; contribute, alongside other development peers, to the setting and raising of standards of development.
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Hands on development, integration and configuration of systems as required
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Evaluate development requests and changes; manage the development team to complete preliminary analysis, evaluation and development of the request/change.
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Provide quality/technical assurance/audits to ensure that software development processes are adhered to.
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Provide a pro-active service to the organisation towards investigating software advances and developments; identify and co-ordinate activities to improve internal knowledge and understanding of technology advances.
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Evaluate and review programming methods and tools used for the organisation.
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Provide expert advice on some or all aspects of the programming methods, tools and/or standards used in the organisation.
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Ensure produced software and solutions are supportable, including documentation, knowledge transfer and transition requirements/documentation.

Key tasks and deliverables

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Ensure that standards, principles and policies are maintained and adhered to; co-ordinate the team's day-to-day technical activities.
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Mentor the other technical staff; contribute, alongside other development peers, to the setting and raising of standards of development.
-

Hands on development, integration and configuration of systems as required.