Senior SAP Engineer - Cape Town, South Africa - NTT

Description

Want to be a part of our team?

We are the managed services division of NTT Ltd. with our headquarters based in Barcelona, Spain. NTT Ltd. is a global technology services company bringing together the expertise of leaders in the field, including NTT Communications, Dimension Data, and NTT Security. We partner with customers around the world to shape and achieve outcomes through intelligent technology solutions. For us, intelligent means data driven, connected, digital, and secure. As a global ICT provider, we employ more than 40, people in a diverse and dynamic workplace and deliver services in over countries and regions.

At NTT Managed Services, we provide expert, remotely managed services to our customers as a realistic alternative to in house IT support teams. We have been helping medium and large enterprise's to proactively monitor and manage their IT estates for more than 18 years.

We believe in our people. They are not only diverse and inspiring, but also experts at what they do. It is a time to be obsessively curious, to reimagine, reinvent, reshape, and to make a real difference for our clients and society. You can contribute to our global capabilities and local insight to help our clients achieve their ambitions and ensure a more sustainable, better world that helps our communities thrive. The world needs fresh ideas, and the time is now for you to unleash your creativity and make a real impact.

It is never too late to learn new things. You will be encouraged to be curious, as that is what keeps you fast, flexible, and relevant. You need to own and to take charge of your career, to learn with and through others, to constantly be exposed to new challenges and experiences. No two days will be the same here, but that is what will keep you growing and realizing your full potential.

If you thrive in a culture that values personal development, trust, and integrity; where you are empowered to innovate and keep customers satisfied to drive excellence, please get in touch.

Why you should consider joining us:

As a part of your total compensation, NTT Managed Services provides a comprehensive, competitive benefit package. The benefit plans address both the immediate and long-term needs that you may have. Here is a sample of what we have to offer for full-time permanent employees:

• Competitive rewards package.

• Global and challenging environment.

• Learning and growing opportunities.

• Open communication.

• Casual dress code.

More information on our managed services can be found at to be a part of our team?

The Engineering function is responsible for all engineering activities within the firm to ensure that business objectives are met. Includes the creation, development, design, and improvement of products, equipment, facilities, services, standards, and procedures in all engineering fields.

The primary responsibility of this job is to ensure the growth of the organization's technology portfolio through concept/idea formulation and prototype development in line with the business strategy, requirement, and specifications. These individuals participate in the evolution and development of new innovative architectures and methods to maintain, upgrade, replace and improve the long-term performance of the existing architectures. They will be required to interact with development teams, Project Managers and Business Analysts and create and/or translate business requirements into executable plans.

Working at NTT

Job Description

1. Implement and maintain the multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment (development, test, training and production).

2.Experienced in Migrations / Upgrades / Builds and Rollouts of All SAP components.

3. Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance.

4. Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and availability.

5. Install and configure all required SAP database MSSQL/HANA/MAXDB and Oracle servers and application servers.

6. Manage SAP users, authorizations, and profiles.

7. Distribute the online SAP user workload and monitor and manage the SAP background job workload.

8. Configure and manage the SAP printing subsystem for all SAP instances.

9. Maintain SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies.

10. Monitor all SAP systems (work processes, users, system logs, short dumps, locks, developer traces, system traces, disk space, etc.).

11. Administer the SAP database with Database Administrator (plan and perform database upgrades, apply database maintenance, design and maintain physical database layout, perform database reorganizations, design and implement backup and restore strategy, maintain database security, administer database performance, manage database storage, database problem determination and resolution, etc.).

12. Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client) as required.

13. Participate in the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades.

14. Apply and migrate SAP maintenance (hot packages and kernel upgrades) through all systems using a structured methodology.

15. Develop and maintain system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces.

Skills Summary

Database Tuning, Linux, Networking Solutions, Programming Languages, SAP Expertise, Troubleshooting

What will make you a good fit for the role?

What will make you a good fit for the role?

Seasoned and experienced professional

Has full understanding of specialisation area

Resolves wide range of issues in creative ways

Fully qualified, career level, career journey-orientated

Uses good judgement in selecting tools and methods to solve problems

Networks with senior internal and external people in own area of expertise

Receives little instruction on day-to-day work, receives general instructions on new assignments

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

Typically requires extensive related experience with a bachelor's or equivalent degree

Relevant Certification beneficial