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Both environments are hosted in Azure but not built \"Azure-native,\" are accessed via Citrix thick clients, and rely on a home-grown, undocumented job scheduler (\"Wise Runner\") that no current employee fully understands. Neither environment has dedicated in-house SAS platform expertise; both were originally stood up by infrastructure, biometrics, and security teams rather than SAS specialists.\nKey Responsibilities\nJob Responsibilities :\nConduct a comprehensive current-state assessment of both existing SAS 9.4 environments (Worldwide and Catalyst), including compute/capacity, patch levels, installed software and utilities, folder structures, access-control model, and job scheduling.\nDesign a target-state, best-in-class SAS 9.4 architecture with standardized, validated Dev/Test/Prod environments, deployed natively on Azure (Azure-native, not simply lifted-and-shifted infrastructure).\nDefine the migration approach and roadmap to move all active and completed Catalyst studies to the new/target environment, and support decommissioning of the legacy Catalyst environment ahead of its license expiration.\nEvaluate the current Citrix/thick-client access model and recommend a thin-client, browser-based access approach; coordinate with the client’s IOMC (identity/access) team on the resulting access-control changes.\nEvaluate \"Wise Runner\" (the client’s undocumented, home-grown job scheduler) and recommend a standard, supportable replacement - either native SAS scheduling capability or an industry-standard scheduling tool - noting that Wise Runner does not currently support Azure-native deployment.\nRedesign the study folder structure and access-provisioning model (blinded/unblinded data, sponsor-level segregation, study archiving for inactive studies), addressing the current Microsoft folder-count ceiling (~1,000 folders) and prior audit findings around overly broad top-folder access.\nDesign an access-governance process, including automatic revocation of study access after a defined inactivity period (e.g., 60 days) with a clean re-request/approval workflow.\nDefine standards for data extracts, archiving, and ticket-handling/support workflows so ongoing HCL support operations are consistent, efficient, and able to meet SLAs (including off-hours support).\nProduce clear, opinionated recommendations - not a like-for-like migration - covering what \"good\" looks like across architecture, tooling, process, and folder/access design, and build the phased execution plan to get there.\nPartner with the HCL Program Lead to size effort and resourcing, and support production of rough estimates to help the client secure internal funding approval.\nLead and participate in technical discovery workshops with client SMEs (data management, biostatistics) to capture as-is knowledge and validate architecture findings.\nEnsure the target architecture and migration plan meet GxP/validation expectations for a regulated clinical computing environment supporting active FDA/EMA submission timelines.\nCoordinate with the client’s infrastructure, biometrics, and security teams throughout assessment and execution.\nSkill Requirements\nSkill Requirement :\n8+ years designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise SAS platforms, with deep SAS 9.4 administration and architecture experience.\nDemonstrated experience leading two or more SAS environment build-outs and/or platform migrations within a regulated pharma, biotech, or CRO environment.\nHands-on experience architecting validated (GxP) Dev/Test/Prod SAS environments.\nExperience migrating SAS platforms to Azure, specifically Azure-native deployments rather than infrastructure-as-a-service lift-and-shift.\nStrong knowledge of SAS folder/access security models and clinical study data governance (blinded/unblinded access, sponsor-level segregation, archiving of inactive studies).\nExperience replacing thick-client (Citrix) SAS access with browser-based/thin-client access (e.g., SAS Studio or equivalent).\nExperience with SAS batch job scheduling and migrating off custom or homegrown schedulers to standard/supportable tooling.\nFamiliarity with Pinnacle 21 and standard CDISC/clinical-data compliance tooling.\nStrong 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