Role Summary
Migration Lead with strong SAS background
to drive an end‑to‑end
SAS to Databricks modernization program
. The individual will own
discovery, migration strategy, execution planning, and governance
, working closely with business stakeholders, SAS SMEs, and Databricks engineering teams to ensure functional parity, performance validation, and scalable cloud adoption.
Key Responsibilities
Migration Leadership & Governance
Lead
SAS to Databricks migration initiatives
across discovery, PoC, pilot, and production scale phases
Act as the
primary migration authority
, coordinating between business, data engineering, and platform teams
Define migration waves, dependency mapping, rollout strategy, and risk mitigation plans
SAS Estate Discovery & Assessment
Perform
SAS inventory analysis
, covering:
SAS Base programs, Macros, PROC SQL
Statistical / actuarial models
SAS datasets, external data sources, scheduled jobs, and batch dependencies
Identify
business‑critical logic, regulatory reporting, SLA‑bound workloads
, and transformation complexity
Migration Strategy & Execution
Define target‑state architecture on
Databricks (Azure or AWS)
aligned with best practices
Drive conversion approaches:
SAS → PySpark / Spark SQL
Handling SAS quirks, data type handling, null logic, numeric precision, and edge cases
Oversee implementation across
Dev / Test / Prod
, including CI/CD and environment promotion
Validation & Quality Assurance
Ensure
functional equivalence
between SAS and Databricks outputs:
Record counts
Aggregations
Statistical results and reports
Validate
non‑functional requirements
: performance, scalability, cost efficiency
Review
data migration quality dashboards / observability
and exception reporting
Stakeholder & Client Engagement
Work directly with
business custodians of SAS models
to ensure no loss of analytical flexibility
Present migration progress, risks, and outcomes to
client leadership and data governance forums
Support pre‑sales conversations, solution walkthroughs, and scale‑up planning when required