Further Particulars This document includes information about the role for which you are applying and the information you will need to provide with the application. 1. Role details Vacancy reference: 11887 Job title: SAS Developer Reports to: Lead Engineer (CoE Engineering) Salary: 31,656-37,768 Terms and conditions: Academic Related and Support Staff Grade: 7 Duration of post: Permanent Working hours: 37 Location: Walton Hall, Milton Keynes Closing date: Midday 4 January 2016 Type of application form accepted: Short Version with CV and covering letter Number of referees required: 2 Unit recruitment contact: Glyn Bailey Page 1 of 5
2. Summary of duties Responsibilities 1. Perform solution design activities on large programmes of work, ensuring consistency and integrity across design elements. 2. Analyse/develop high quality solutions to specification that complies with technical and quality standards. 3. To estimate and agree the effort and timescale of development/design. 4. Consult with teams as the subject matter expert in given technology specialisations. 5. Ensure that all delivery teams are aware, understand and comply with documented development standards, patterns and practices. Duties 6. Produce designs which are feasible and cost effective. 7. Provide technical expertise within a collaborative development environment. 8. Provide an impact analysis for change to systems. 9. Devise and document standard patterns and best practice for the design and development. 10. Ensure that all development work follows departmental methods and standards and conforms to agreed quality. 11. Participation within continuous improvement of the development method 12. Assist in, and contribute to the development and revision of standards and methods. 13. Keep abreast of, and advise on, new development tools and techniques. 14. Coach, and, on occasion, supervise more junior or less experienced colleagues within your own area of specialist expertise. (N.B. normally carried out by Senior Developer.) Page 2 of 5
3. Person specification Qualifications and experience 1. Expert in designing and maintaining Data Warehouses using SAS DI Studio 2. DI Studio and Base SAS Certification 3. Proven experience of Data Warehouse design and implementation and Data Warehouse modelling using Star Schema design 4. Proven experience of restructuring Data Warehouses to meet evolving business needs 5. Experience of maintaining the ETL process 6. Ability to work from design specifications and follow programming standards 7. Ability to produce design specifications that meet user requirements 8. Ability to produce documentation to a high standard. Must have experience of working with and maintaining data dictionaries 9. Excellent knowledge of database concepts, e.g. relational database structures for Data Warehousing (Inmon, Kimble, etc.) 10. Experience of SAS jobs scheduling, stored processes and web services 11. Knowledge of SAS programming language (at least version 8 and ideally 9.2) 12. Recent practical software development experience in a large IT department, including design, program build, testing/debugging and implementation of multi-user business applications 13. Recent practical experience of management information system delivery using SAS 14. Knowledge and experience of IT software development methods and standards, with experience of all stages of the software development lifecycle from change proposals to post-implementation system support 15. Practical experience of management information or analytics Personal Qualities 1. Organisation and planning skills to manage own work within the constraints of team and project plans 2. Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders but also work on own initiative 3. Can work under pressure whilst maintaining high levels of accuracy 4. Have good oral and written communication skills (including giving presentations). Able to translate complex technical issues into business language 5. Ability to communicate effectively with both business and IT colleagues, including at Director and executive level when required 6. Good influencing and negotiation skills, able to manage expectations. 7. Evidence of effective relationships and credibility with IT and business colleagues. 8. Can quickly grasp business problems and assess when and how IT can add value 9. Evidence of commitment to maintaining and improving processes and standards 10. Evidence of high level of personal performance and desire to improve performance Page 3 of 5
11. Willingness and potential to extend responsibilities into other areas such as testing and analysis. External Awareness 1. Keeps up to date with developments in professional field. 4. Role specific requirements e.g. Shift working N/A 5. About the unit/department INFORMATION ABOUT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) The Higher Education sector in England is undergoing dramatic change as institutions adjust to serious reductions in state funding for teaching and students have to bear more of the cost of their education. As well as these cost drivers, the entry of more private providers to the sector and the increasing consumer power of high fee-paying students will put a premium on service delivery and cost efficiency. In turn, this will throw emphasis on the development of robust, efficient, enterprise-scale IT systems to increase efficiency and customer choice. Information Technology provides and supports all central University IT services and is responsible for the University's technical infrastructure. In addition to this service and support provision, it develops systems to support the business requirements of the organisation. The IT Development department has a number of teams including Learning Media and Collaboration, Corporate Systems, Student Systems, Architecture and Quality Assurance.. It works closely with business partners to ensure that requirements are prioritised according to business value and then delivers agreed changes. Whilst much of the software is developed in-house, there are a number of packages that are used. These include applications from the Siebel Customer Relationship Management suite, EMC Documentum s Content Management as well as Finance Ledger, Payroll and Stock Control packages. In-house developed software includes transactional websites to provide self service facilities for students and staff, virtual learning, information websites, decision support, workflow and student and staff records management. 6. How to obtain more information about the role or application process If you would like to discuss the particulars of this role before making an application please contact: Alan Stevens, Head of Centre of Excellence Engineering (Resource) by email Alan.stevens@open.ac.uk If you have any questions regarding the application process please contact Glyn Bailey on 01908 653285 or email glyn.bailey@open.ac.uk 7. Where to send completed applications Please ensure that your application reaches the University by: Midday 4 January 2016 E-mail your application to: IT-Recruitment@open.ac.uk Page 4 of 5
Or, Post it to: Name/Job title: Mrs G Bailey / Recruitment Coordinator Department/Unit: Information Technology Address: Walton Hall Milton Keynes Post Code: MK7 6AA 8. Selection process and date of interview The interview panel is to be confirmed. The selection process for this post will include a formal interview. We will let you know as soon as possible after the closing date whether you have been shortlisted for interview. Further details on the selection process will also be sent to shortlisted candidates. Applications received after the closing data will not be accepted. Page 5 of 5