GoAhead Solutions has a great opportunity in Columbus, OH for a Junior SAS Programmer. This would be a six to twelve month contract to hire.   Job Description: The Programmer is responsible for analysis, design, coding, component and assembly testing of all application code owned by the Application Team.   SAS programmer with SAS business programming skills will support ongoing operations and enhancements to the DODD billing application in order to ensure timely processing of roughly 1.2 billion dollars a year in claims supporting over 30,000 persons enrolled on waivers supported by over 17,000 providers. The developer must have knowledge of using SAS in a batch (not interactive) environment. The developer must be able to create and manipulate SAS datasets using the SET and INPUT statements. The developer must be comfortable with using the following SAS command verbs and PROCs: -SORT -MERGE -UPDATE -PROC PRINT -PROC SUMMARY -PROC TABULATE -PROC FREQUENCY   The Programmer is responsible for analysis, design, coding, component and assembly testing of all application code owned by the Application Team. Programmers typically are involved in maintenance (including production support), enhancement and development work. Programmers have a range of skills and knowledge of the technologies used and applications supported by the Application Team. The Programmer works with the Functional Architect and Technical Architecture Specialist on an as needed basis to ensure that design and code meets customer requirements.   All roles specified in the following: -Plan all required process steps. -Review and understand the Application Team’s work plan. -Provide status of work to Team Lead. -Anticipate, identify, track and resolve issues and risks affecting own work and work of the Application Team. Develop contingency plans as necessary. -Engage in ongoing process improvement. -Detailed functional and process knowledge. -Utilize deep modeling, design and coding skills. -Provide expertise in one or more database environments.   Required Skills: -1 year of experience with BASE SAS Vesion 9.x -1 year of experience with DATA step operations in SAS including, SET, Merge, Update -1 year of experience with Base SAS proc including, PRINT, FREQUENCY, SUMMARY, TRANSPOSE and Tabulate