Technical Training Consultant (Technical Enablement Academy)
Are you a problem solver, explorer, and knowledge seeker – always asking, “What if?”
If so, then you may be the new team member we’re looking for. Because at SAS, your curiosity matters – whether you’re developing algorithms, creating customer experiences or answering critical questions. Curiosity is our code, and the opportunities here are endless.
What we do
We’re the leader in analytics. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Our curiosity fuels innovation, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo and changing the way we live.
Are you a problem solver and love learning new technology? Do you enjoy teaching and helping others solve problems? Are you a skilled communicator that enjoys working as part of a highly motivated team to develop learning assets, presentations and collaborate on projects? If this excites you, then SAS Technical Training Services is the place for you! As a Technical Training Consultant, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with technical experts from across many divisions of the company to share new ideas, techniques, and approaches for developing and delivering training materials on a wide array of SAS software. You will work with leading edge software, tools, and resources to teach our customers how to solve their business problems.
SAS CEO Dr. Goodnight has said that the company’s most valuable asset are the employees, and SAS’ award-winning culture makes it all possible. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. That means we push boundaries daily and at SAS, you’ll be encouraged to use your imagination and constantly try new things.
To prepare you for an opportunity with SAS Technical Training Services, SAS invests in your curiosity by providing you a 14-week intensive technical training program. The Technical Enablement Academy provides training in core SAS technology areas and related technologies. You’ll receive the tools necessary to enable you to implement software to meet the complex computing and analytic needs of our customers. During the Technical Enablement Academy, key stakeholders provide guidance, coaching and expert feedback. You will also have an opportunity to achieve multiple professional SAS certifications. To enable your successful transition to technical training services, we will also provide best practices on customer interactions.
Academy start dates: February 2023 and July 2023
What you’ll do
- Build and apply expertise in programming and analytical techniques, SAS technologies, and related third party software
- Deliver training to customers, partners, and/or at academic institutions. This training may be face-to-face (when COVID has improved), or delivered using a web-based classroom
- Develop learning assets for e-learning, classroom training, and mentoring engagements
- Collaborate with experts across many SAS divisions to develop and deliver custom training based on our customers business problems and specific technology needs
- Directly assist customers who are using analytical enterprise-class, multi-tier software applications and solutions
What we're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Business Information Technology, or Management Information Systems or other related quantitative field
- Academic or work experience with R, Python, SAS or programming in a third or fourth generation language
- Academic or work experience with database concepts, preferably in technology areas as such as business application development, database management systems, Hadoop, data warehousing, data presentation and visualization, or web applications and services
- Ability to travel to deliver training at SAS offices and on-site at customer locations
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills, analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate with users with various technical backgrounds
- Technical writing experience
- Public speaking experience such as presenting papers or classroom teaching
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Experience with hardware environments supported by SAS software
The nice to haves
- Academic or work experience with domains such as Customer Intelligence, Risk, Fraud and Security Intelligence.
- Project and/or internship experience demonstrating individual and teamwork abilities
- Experience programming with the SAS language
- Experience programming with Python and/or R
Additional Information
- This is an entry-level position with 1-2 years of experience preferred
- Location: Any major U.S. city. Prefer Cary, NC or Dallas, TX areas.
- Travel Percentage: up to 25% (when COVID has improved)
Why SAS
- We love living the #SASlife and believe that happy, healthy people have a passion for life, and bring that energy to work. No matter what your specialty or where you are in the world, your unique contributions will make a difference.
- Our multi-dimensional culture blends our different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Here, it isn’t about fitting into our culture, it’s about adding to it - and we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring.
SAS looks not only for the right skills, but also a fit to our core values. We seek colleagues who will contribute to the unique values that makes SAS such a great place to work. We look for the total candidate: technical skills, values fit, relationship skills, problem solvers, good communicators and, of course, innovators. Candidates must be ready to make an impact.
Additional Information
To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, 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. For more information on US Equal Employment Opportunity, read more here: Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law. Also view the supplement EEO is the Law, and the Pay Transparency notice.
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