Job Description :
W2 Contractors Only!!!! Need to fill SAS Developer in Des Moines, Iowa
THIS CLIENT DOES NOT ALLOW LAYERS- MUST BE ON YOUR W2
Interview: Skype for non-local
Visa: GC, US Citizen.
Position : SAS Developer
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Duration: 6 Month
Top 3 requirements:
7+ years of SAS experience (Base/Macros)
Experience with MS Excel
Data Mapping
Knowledge of Life and Annuity business (Preferred)
Experience with Data validation, cleaning data.
Problem solving
Can you articulate examples of how to do processes in SAS. Pros and cons of doing things this way vs. that.
How do you get your requirements. Are you given tasks as part of a team to build something new? Have you worked
on a project that you get a problem and then try to solve it?
Have you done a data conversion project before? What is your experience with it?
This is not the actual conversion, but rather issues that have come up after the fact – dealing with policies that failed,
something is wrong. This is the process of finding data, setting up processes to deal with those policies. Working with
other parts of the company that will do some of the corrections and then get info out to policy holders.
Lots of sas coding. Some of the team, works with users to get requirements. Most of hers come in via email where
she has to analyze what they need. Coding to evaluate policies – pull those in and do some analysis to see various
indicators on it to specify what we can do with those policies. Few times – running something someone already setup,
but most of it is adhoc or adjusting items already done (new dynamic or expanding it
Project:
Increased workload on the conversion project and other Data Mart projects.
Your responsibility & % of time spent doing what:
Maintain Conversion Reporting Mart and generate reports. (50%)
Data Mapping and Analysis. Develop ETL processes for other Data Mart projects and reporting (50%
This % will change as we will move away from conversion.