SAS Consultant

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Description:
Consultant is expected to work on-site in Albany, NY 12229. There is not expected to be any travel. This contract is for 1 year with the possibility of another year long extension. The Consultant must be scheduled to work an 8 hour day starting and ending within the standard business hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. However, occasionally hours outside the normal workday may be required at the discretion of OMH and not to exceed 10 hours per week and will require prior consent and approval of the consultant and the Project Manager. Need 2 professional references Under direction of the Project Manager, the Specialist 3 assignments will include, but not be limited to, the following: Provide maintenance and support for the current master recipient index. Incorporate additional sources into the current master recipient index. Conduct product reviews and investigations of alternative third party solutions. Extend the matching solution to other areas such as providers and practitioners. Document and transform SAS programs used in other Data Warehouse projects Mentor staff on best practices for all of the above. Mandatory Requirements Minimum Years of Experience Required Actual Years of Experience Dates of Experience 1. Experience in analytical problem solving and data analysis 8 2. Experience in software development utilizing SAS/BASE, and SAS macros 4 3. Experience in computer program design and development 8 4. Experience in a Datawarehouse environment including familiarity with Datawarehouse concepts, relational data bases, merging data from multiple sources and working on large tables. 2 5. Experience performing complex data manipulation procedures in a relational data base environment utilizing SAS. 3 6. Experience with software quality assurance using Unit and Regression Testing 1 7. Experience eliciting, documenting, and architecting solutions for user needs from a cross-disciplinary team including researchers, IT professionals and managers 3 8. Experience developing or using an enterprise master person index which utilizes deterministic and probabilistic matching techniques 1 9. Excellent English language written and verbal communication skills.* XX Desirable Requirements Demonstrated experience with health related and/or large government organizations XX Experience with Informatica version 6 or later XX Familiarity with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) data XX

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Job Created: Tue Oct 06 2009 04:31:43 AM
Last Modified: Sat Oct 10 2009 04:28:37 AM