0685 SAP Basis Consultant

SUMMARY:
Our client requires the services of a Senior Basis Consultant, must have 1 year experience with Amazon Web Services and/or Azure, 8+ years SAP Basis experience, SAP BW4/HANA (HA200) knowledge, contract until December 2027 (Gauteng based)

POSITION INFO:
What will be your role and responsibilities?
Operations:

• 2nd and 3rd level support for incidents (troubleshooting and resolving)
• Action and resolve IM (Incident Management) tickets as required.
• Raise and lead tasks PM (Problem Management) tickets as identified.
• Action and coordinate CM (Change Management) tasks and tickets as required.
• Create and update management and technical documents in Confluence.
• Standby, shift work and public holiday work required
• Support with Go Live preparation and support during Go Live (could be on weekends, late evenings)
• Support DevOps teams with issues
• Planning, creation and updating of epics and user stories in JIRA for sprints.
• Update Resolve IT
• Follow BMW agile approach (AWM)

• Ensure that all processes have been investigated / considered in obtaining the specifications of the user requirements.
• Propose and review system design and evaluate alternatives in line with BMW Group standards.
• Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery requirements
• Preparation of system/technical documentation/Master Solutions/Operations Handbooks (as per ISO standards)
• SAP Kernel and SPS updates
• SAP Release Upgrades
• SAP Parameter adjustments
• OS Patching and Upgrades
• Apache Tomcat/httpd installation, updates, and patching
• SAP Migrations (Cloud and Hardware)
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

• 8+ Years knowledge & experience with SAP ABAP and JAVA based systems on NetWeaver release.
• 8+ Years knowledge & experience with SAP Backups.
• Good Knowledge of Linux file Systems, Linux commands & scripting.
• Good Understanding of Networks, Firewalls & Ports.
• Knowledge & Experience with Apache Tomcat and Apache httpd
• Experience with SAP system health checks, dump/trace analysis and monitoring tools.
• Understanding and application of standard ITPM framework.
• Experience across all SAP modules (advantage)

• SAP S4 HANA
• SAP Solution Manager
• SAP Analytics Cloud
• HANA XS-C/XS-A Developments
• SAP Security & Cloud Security experience
• SAP Cloud Connector
• SAP Web Dispatcher
• Avantra Monitoring
• Linux Scripting

• SAP Basis including:
• SAP NetWeaver AS Abap & AS Java, Performance tuning
• SAP HANA 2.0
• SAP BW4HANA & BWonHANA
• SAP Data Provisioning Agent
• HANA Conversions, HANA Redistribution and Scale Up / Scale Out Skills, HANA Parameterization
• SAP, HANA & Oracle Upgrades and Patching
• Advanced Oracle & HANA Database administration
• SAP IQ
• Cloud Based Solutions: Amazon Web Services
• Advanced SuSe Linux Operating System administration
• Incident Management (IM), Change Management (CM), Problem Management (PM), ITSM suite, ITIL process knowledge & work experience
• Agile Methodology, JIRA, X Ray, Confluence
• Debugging skills
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter