Job Description

SAS Programmer

Pierre, SD (Onsite)

12 months Contract with possibility up to four (4) one (1) year extensions





Responsibilities:

• Provide same-day support to staff for SAS programming, statistical analysis, and SAS software technical issues
• Provide regular output data files and reports (e.g., CSV, Excel, PDF) to support disease response efforts, including developing, troubleshooting, and executing SAS code
• Establish and maintain relationship with SAS Institute for training needs, software upgrades, and license files for annual renewals
• Coordinate with SAS Institute for in-person training at South Dakota locations
• Provide training to SAS users, including a minimum of six 1-hour training sessions annually
• Provide technical support to staff about specific SAS coding or statistical needs (e.g., age-adjusted or age-specific rate calculations, statistical tests based on data)
• Creates and maintains SAS code and datasets (e.g., code repository for common processes)
• Work with staff to review, streamline, and automate SAS code
• Assist with SAS programs to support federal or state reports and grant deliverables
• Build and maintain SAS process to extract blood lead data for quarterly submission to CDC
• Build and maintain SAS process to extract monthly OD2A-S data for monthly submission to CDC

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Master's degree in statistics or biostatistics
• SAS certifications
• Five years of experience using SAS
• Proficient in SQL language
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office tools
• Two years' experience working in a public health setting

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