Senior Cloud Technical Lead

Senior Cloud Technical Lead Hybrid Ottawa Canada

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Were the leader in analytics. Through our software and services we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence and questions into answers.

Were also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If youre looking for a dynamic fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience youll find it here.

About the job

The SAS Cloud Operations team is looking for a Senior Cloud Technical Lead to provide technical leadership for our customer engagements running in our our rapidly growing team you will have exciting opportunities to collaborate with customers and colleagues across SAS to deliver outstanding service in our cloud environments.

As a Senior Cloud Technical Lead you will:

• Own all technical aspects of a customer environment from implementation through ongoing operations for a select portfolio of SAS Cloud customers.
• Oversee and approve all changes for assigned customers.
• Consult with customers as you learn their business and understand how SAS drives their business outcomes.
• Deliver excellent customer service using a customer first and continuous improvement mindset.
• Collaborate with global SAS R&D Product Technical Support Service Management Office and other CIS teams to drive customer satisfaction and ensure service quality for hosted and remote managed customers.
• Contribute to customer success through a close partnership with Cloud Service Delivery Managers.
• Participate and share lessons learned through a Community of Practice with global CTLs.
• Embrace curiosity passion authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required Qualifications

Language Requirement:
Candidates must be fluent in both French and English to effectively communicate with customers.

Security Clearance Requirement:

Candidates must be eligible to obtain Canadian government security clearance and maintain the clearance throughout their employmentas they will work in a protected space.

• 8 years of technical experience including:
• 3 years of experience in consulting systems support customer support or training for enterprise class software.
• 3 years of experience with UNIX or Linux supporting enterprise class applications.
• Bachelors degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science Information Technology or related field.
• Experience with containers container-based applications and/or container orchestration tools.
• Equivalent combination of related education training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with cloud-based platforms like MS Azure AWS GCP or OpenShift
• Experience with Python Ansible or Kubernetes

• Scripting experience (bash powershell etc)
• Experience with SAS
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

World-Class Benefits

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical prescription dental and vision plans and a health care spending account.
• Short- and long-term disability plans.
• Group RRSP matching program.
• Gym membership and fitness equipment reimbursement.
• Generous time away including vacation time a variety of paid holidays volunteer time off and unlimited sick days.
• Your well-being matters and thats why we support all dimensions of your well-being by offering programs that reduce stress and distractions to help you remain healthy and productive.

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Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS its not about fitting into our culture its about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority

to our leadership all the way up to the top; and its essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information

To qualify applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada and should not require now or in the future sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. SAS provides a barrier-free workplace and embraces all qualified applicants with varied perspectives and backgrounds. If youre a Canadian applicant with a qualified disability or a disabled veteran you can request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use For assistance please email

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