SAS is a leader in data and AI, inspiring customers worldwide to transform data into intelligence. They are seeking a Technical Architect for Application Engineering to design and standardize application architectures on the SAS Viya platform, ensuring successful integration and deployment in managed cloud environments.
Responsibilities:
- Design and guide application architectures built on SAS Viya solutions, including integration with third-party services, data platforms, identity providers, and enterprise systems
- Establish engineering patterns and reference implementations that enable consistent development and operation of custom solution workloads across Azure and AWS
- Partner with consulting and customer delivery teams to enable successful implementation of solution architectures and integrations
- Define best practices for application configuration, deployment workflows, and lifecycle management within cloud-native environments
- Improve developer and operator experience by simplifying application onboarding, deployment, and troubleshooting processes
- Promote secure-by-design engineering practices aligned with organizational security and compliance requirements
- Evaluate emerging technologies and integration approaches to enhance SAS solution capabilities and customer outcomes
- Participate in technical communities and contribute thought leadership aligned with SAS innovation initiatives
- Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support secure software development goals
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science, engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in technical architecture, application engineering, or solution integration roles
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise application integrations upon distributed system architectures
- Hands-on experience with Azure and AWS cloud environments
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and microservices-based applications
- Understanding of APIs, service integration patterns, and application lifecycle management
- Demonstrated ability to produce technical documentation, including architecture diagrams and solution design documents
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
- Willingness to travel as business needs require
- Personal qualities aligned with SAS values: curiosity, passion, authenticity, and accountability
- Experience with SAS Viya, analytics platforms, or large-scale data processing environments
- Familiarity with Agile development and Scrum Product Owner practices
- Background in customer success, developer relations, or platform enablement