Senior Solution Architect-Sizing

Senior Solution Architect- Sizing Remote or Hybrid 

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About the job

The Benchmarking and Sizing team is seeking a Senior Solution Architect- Sizing to lead the creation of precise, scalable hardware sizing estimates for SAS platforms across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. In this global role, you'll collaborate with product, R&D, and customer advisory teams to design performance-driven sizing algorithms and deliver key services like Sizing Guides, Questionnaires, and a Self-Service Calculator—empowering pre-sales teams and enhancing the customer experience.

Our team is a passionate group of engineering professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional customer experiences through performance benchmarking, architectural influence, and hardware sizing. Grounded in the values of curiosity, passion, authenticity, and accountability, we drive innovation through collaboration, automation, and technical excellence, empowering sales, enhancing performance, and elevating the customer journey.

As a Senior Solution- Sizing Architect, you will:

• Service bespoke customer requests using sizing tools, standards, and technical expertise.
• Create and maintain accurate, scalable sizing estimates for SAS platforms and solutions.
• Support sizing across diverse deployment environments including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructures.
• Design and validate complex sizing algorithms informed by performance metrics and architecture.
• Deliver sizing estimates through standardized Sizing Services such as guides, questionnaires, and calculators.
• Support benchmarking initiatives to refine sizing assumptions and performance estimations.
• Automate workflows using SAS and open-source programming languages like Python and Bash, while providing mentorship and leadership within the team.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related quantitative field.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in one or more of the following: Cloud Architect, System Engineer, Performance Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Solutions/Enterprise/Platform Architect.
• An equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• Experience analyzing and interpreting CPU, memory, disk subsystem and networking to accurately model performance, scalability, and resource utilization across diverse deployment environments.
• Understanding of Kubernetes on cloud platforms, Azure AKS preferred, followed by AWS, GCP, OpenShift, and open source)
• Ability to think analytically, question assumptions, evaluate evidence, and communicate solutions
• Experience translating customer feedback into technical solutions
• Experience leading and/or support multiple projects using effective planning, time management, accountability, and communication for successful completion
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using GenAI to assist and expedite job responsibilities such as, document development, code generation, data manipulation, etc.
• Knowledge of SAS platform offerings, configurations, and Viya 4 architecture
• Knowledge of SAS software, analytics, machine/deep learning, and deployment models
• Programming skills in SAS and/or Python (related languages a plus)
• Power user knowledge of operating systems (Linux variants, Windows); awareness of Linux internals

World-Class Benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

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/Affirmative Action 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. Read more: Know Your Rights. 

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