SAS Data Engineering Consultant

Employment Type: Full-time Location Type: On-site

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Position Overview

Talan UK is seeking experienced and dynamic Consultants to join our existing team. As a SAS Data Engineering Consultant, you will engage with clients daily, understanding their challenges and delivering solutions. You will be based from one of our regional offices or on client site.

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About Talan UK

Talan UK is a leading Data Management and Analytics consultancy, collaborating with top software vendors and industry experts across various sectors to unlock value and insight from data. Innovation is central to our client offerings, and we help companies improve efficiency with modern processes and technologies like Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Our consultants are at the core of our operations, and we are proud to be recertified as a 2025 Great Place to Work®. This reflects our positive organizational culture and strengthens our reputation as an employer of choice. We invest heavily in team training and development and organize regular regional socials to foster engagement and networking.

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Your Skills and Attributes for Success:

• Excellent team player, with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent client-facing skills.
• Proactive and self-starting nature.
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to build internal and external relationships.
• Effective negotiating and influencing skills.
• Ability to think creatively and propose innovative solutions.
• Strong self-developer.
• Leadership skills.

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Qualifications

Essential:

• Multi-skilled experience in one or more of the following disciplines: Data Management, Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Data Modelling, Data Quality, Data Integration, Data Analytics, Data Visualisation, Data Science, and Business Intelligence.
• Delivery experience using SAS (SAS EG, SAS DI, SAS Viya).
• Ability to write complex SQL queries.
• Project experience using one or more of the following technologies: Tableau, Python, Power BI, Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Project lifecycle experience, having played a leading role in the delivery of end-to-end projects.
• Familiarity with different development methodologies and disciplines (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, DevOps, Testing).
• Experience of leading technical and/or project teams.
• Technical Business Analysis experience.
• Proactive awareness of industry standards, regulations, and developments.
• Willing to work on client sites, potentially for extended periods.
• Willing to travel for work purposes and be happy to stay away from home for extended periods.
• Eligible to work in the UK without restriction.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience of Relational Databases and Data Warehousing concepts.
• Experience of Enterprise ETL tools such as Informatica, Talend, Datastage, or Alteryx.
• Project experience using any of the following technologies: Hadoop, Spark, Scala, Oracle, Pega, Salesforce.
• Cross and multi-platform experience.
• Financial services sector experience.
• Line management experience.
• Team building and leading experience.
• Mentoring/staff development experience.

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What We Offer:

• BDP Plus: A reward program where you accrue points to trade against a 3-month paid sabbatical or cash equivalent.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• 5 days holiday buy/sell option.
• Private medical insurance.
• Life cover.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Eligibility for company pension scheme (5% employer contribution, salary sacrifice option).
• Employee assistance programme.
• Bespoke online learning via Udemy for Business.

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Department: Consulting Industry: Information Technology And Services Function: Consulting Experience Level: Not Applicable Language: English

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