Lead SAS Engineer

At ING, we’ve built our bank’s brand and customer experience online and have done so for over 20 years in Australia.  We’re not afraid to do things differently if it improves our customer experience.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for guiding the team for delivering credit risk solution along with getting hands on with SAS development. You’ll be required to have understanding across projects managed by your chapter, ensure that ING has a best practice analytical platform to make effective, fact-based decisions, support our regulatory, head-office reporting commitments and bring an understanding of end-to-end data flows covering source systems, data warehouse and reporting systems.

This is a critical role involved in maintaining and implementing critical regulatory process that has a high impact to the bank, and as such requires a high degree of diligence and focus on developing high resilience solutions.

What you’ll do …

• Participate in standard agile ceremonies for your squad including stand up, refinements, reviews and retrospectives.
• Provide solutions that support business requirements in SAS, help refine, size and complete user stories in the squad backlog.
• Design and develop programs and processes using SAS to ING’s standards.
• Identify and resolve SAS related technical issues, estimate effort and effectively identify and mange risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies in work tasks and new initiatives.

What we’re looking for…

• Proven industry experience in SAS preferably in within the Financial Services/Banking sector or consulting background.
• Advanced knowledge of SAS Software (BASE, STAT, GRAPH, MACRO)
• Hands-on experience on Advanced SQL, Data Warehousing concepts, AWS, SAS Viya, Python.
• Excellent communication & stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge and/or experience working in an Agile & Continuous Delivery environment.
• A diligent critical thinker who is constantly seeking out opportunities for process improvement. 

What’s in it for you?

• Drop everything and learn with over 16,000 professional and personal development courses to choose from.
• Discounted ING Health Insurance.
• An additional Rest Day to support your wellbeing.
• An IMPACT Day to volunteer on approved sustainability activity.

About Us

At ING, we want to make life simpler and more worthwhile – for everyone who banks with us, for the people who work with us, and the community at large, too. 

When you come to work at ING, you’re joining a team where individuality isn’t just accepted, it’s encouraged. We’ve built a culture that’s fun, friendly and supportive – it’s the kind of place where you can be yourself and make the most of whatever you have to offer. 

We give people the freedom to think differently, take ownership of their work, and make great things happen. We’re here to help you get ahead. And with our global network, there’s plenty of scope to take your career in new directions, perhaps even ones you’ve never considered. 

We are all about celebrating success and as a result we are proud to be a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and a certified Family Inclusive workplace.  

Sound like the kind of place you’d feel at home. We’d love to hear from you. 

(One last thing, ING operates a direct talent sourcing model. So, no agency introductions, please.) 

Need more?
Contact Mia Annamalai at mia.annamalai@ing.com. Application close date 5/3/2025.

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