Senior SAP Basis & Systems Performance Lead

Imizizi; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Imizizi in Gauteng, South Africa, seeks a Technical Specialist to manage SAP Basis, monitoring and changes across PRD/DEV/INT landscapes. You will lead technical tasks, coordinate between SAP platform, development and operations, and ensure SAP availability and performance.

A strong background in SAP, Unix/Oracle, and Solution Manager is essential, with ITIL/Agile experience advantageous. You will drive incident management, change control and transport processes, while maintaining documentation

Qualifications

• Extensive SAP knowledge with 4–6+ years practical experience in SAP Basis.
• Experience with project management methodologies in an SAP environment.
• Experience with Unix, Oracle, SAP ABAP and JAVA based systems on NetWeaver.
• Proven ability to perform system health checks, dump/trace analysis and monitoring.
• Strong experience configuring SAP Solution Manager (CHARM) and E2E Monitoring.
• Plan and execute SAP change releases and upgrades from a technical perspective.
• Support during releases and Go-Lives with transports and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate activities across SAP platform, release management, development and operations.
• Strong analytical/problem-solving abilities and clear communication.
• Familiarity with BMW ITPM framework or other industry frameworks is advantageous.
• It is beneficial to have ITIL knowledge; ITIL Foundation V3 is an advantage.
• Agile/Scrum methodologies applicable to SAP projects.

Responsibilities

• SAP Technical Administration and monitoring.
• Incident and Request Management.
• Change Request Management and governance.
• Manage SAP transport and system monitoring activities.
• Lead project/start-up coordination for SAP initiatives.
• Oversee NAS/SAN migrations and hardware replacements as needed.
• Coordinate between SAP platform, release management, development and operations.
• Ensure timely, within-budget delivery of changes following change control.

Skills

SAP Basis experience

Project Management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Planning & scheduling

Time management

ITIL knowledge

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Solution Manager CHARM

E2E Monitoring

Job description

Imizizi in Gauteng, South Africa, seeks a Technical Specialist to manage SAP Basis, monitoring and changes across PRD/DEV/INT landscapes. You will lead technical tasks, coordinate between SAP platform, development and operations, and ensure SAP availability and performance.

A strong background in SAP, Unix/Oracle, and Solution Manager is essential, with ITIL/Agile experience advantageous. You will drive incident management, change control and transport processes, while maintaining documentation