Senior SAS Programmer - Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences

• Participates in requirements and design sessions, then develops and implements new system components or fixes to resolve system defects using business intelligence software and related tools.
• Reads and understands business requirements, seeks clarification to unclear requirements, follows standard change control and configuration management practices and conforms to departmental application development standards and systems life cycle.
• Incorporates source code reuse wherever possible.
• Sets up and executes component tests as well as tracks and documents system defects.
• Participates in software design and programming reviews.
• Recommends improvements to design and programming standards, procedures and guidelines.
• Perform other related assigned duties as necessary to complete the Primary Job Responsibilities as described above.

Requirements:

• Position requires 2+ years of advanced knowledge of SAS programming and administration.
• 1+years of relational database concepts and SQL.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex problems.
• Self-Starter, ability to communicate equally with business and technical staff.
• Experience in the insurance industry, specifically with the health care industry.