SAS Data Engineer

Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions
Telford, Shropshire, SY2 5TN, United Kingdom
2 days ago
£50,000 – £70,000 pa

Salary

£50,000 – £70,000 pa

Posted
17 Apr 2026 (2 days ago)

SAS Consultant / Data Engineer

Location: Telford or Worthing (hybrid working 2 days onsite)

Type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 DOE + comprehensive benefits package

Deerfoot Recruitment is working with a major consultancy partner on a long-term public sector engagement and is seeking experienced SAS Consultants / Data Engineers to join a growing data team.

This is a key role within a large-scale data portfolio, supporting critical programmes focused on revenue optimisation, fraud detection, data management and analytics. The successful candidate will play a hands-on role in designing, building and supporting robust SAS-based data solutions, working closely with product owners, architects, engineers and senior client stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

Designing and delivering secure, high-performance SAS solutions for data integration and analytics

Building and enhancing data pipelines covering ingestion, transformation, reporting and fraud detection

Supporting live services, incident resolution and continuous improvement

Collaborating in Agile delivery teams and contributing to engineering best practiceKey skills and experience:

Minimum 5 years experience as a data engineer or similar role

Strong background as a Data Engineer on complex, large-scale data platforms

Proven expertise with SAS 9.x (SAS Viya (3.x / 4) bonus to have)

Solid ETL, data modelling and batch scheduling experience

Understanding of performance optimisation, CI/CD and scalable solution design

Confident client-facing and consultancy skills🔐 Security Clearance:

This role requires SC clearance, or eligibility to obtain it. Applicants must have lived in the UK continuously for the past 5 years. Some restrictions may apply based on nationality and residency.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on high-impact public sector systems within a collaborative, technically strong environment.

Apply today through Deerfoot Recruitment to find out more.

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Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading independent tech recruitment consultancy in the UK. For every CV sent to clients, we donate £1 to The Born Free Foundation. We are a Climate Action Workforce in partnership with Ecologi. If this role isn't right for you, explore our referral reward program with payouts at interview and placement milestones. Visit our website for details. Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

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