SAP Basis Specialist - City of Cape Town (COCT)
(2025-12 - 2026-03)
- SAP ERP and SAP Portal (Internal and External) support
- Solution Manager (ChaRM) – TMS to QAS and Production, including moving changes via OS
- SAP system refreshes – done through a script
- SAP ERP Support Upgrades through SUM
SAP Basis Specialist - Engen Petroleum
(2018-08 - 2025-09)
- SAP ERP Support Upgrades - SAP HR System Landscape
- SAP System startup procedures (Engen)
- SAP ERP & SAP BW
- SAP Content Server
- SAP Productivity Pak
- SAP BusinessObjects
- System recovery post-restore (DRP)
- System recovery post-restore BW (DRP)
- Apply SAP Patches
- SAP License key administration (ABAP & Java)
- Client Copy (variations)
- System Copies (clones and renamed systems) ERP
- System Copies (clones and renamed systems) BW
- GUI maintenance, including SAPLogon list maintenance
- Configuration of Bex Web, especially with regard to SupportDesk tool
- Renewing expired certificates
- Transport / Change Management
- Solution Manager
- SAP Portal
- Applying patches to SAP kernel
- Applying patches to Java environment and Portal environment
- SAPRouter configuration/ certificate installation and renewal
- SAP Note application
- Portals architecture
- Installation and configuration of SAP Solution Manager
- Upgrade/ Enhancement Pack installation EHP8
- System installations from scratch (ERP/ BW/ Portals/ Etc) IDES Project Prep
- ABAP dump analysis and resolution
- Initial setup of - SAP Cloud Identity Services – still up skilling
SAP Basis Consultant - Transnet
(2017-08 - 2017-11)
- EHP8 Upgrade for SAP ERP 6.0 - For Transnet SAP System Landscape:
- Dual-Stack Split for SAP Systems Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 to 7.5 on Oracle
- Development Environment
- QAS (Quality Assurance) Environment
- Production Environment
- Pre – Development Environment
- Pre – Production Environment
- LINUX O/S checks and administration – SAP Landscape
SAP Basis Team Lead - Accenture
(2016-03 - 2017-06)
- Build Client relationship – with AGA solution leads
- Management of basis team resources, performance as we as availability, time recording etc.
- Ownership and management of support calls. This includes queue management tools, Risks and Issues
- Compliance management – All tasks defined in the management plans as well as the service management processes
- Accurately monthly Status reporting
- Full SAP Technical ownership of SAP landscapes
- Monitoring, tuning, troubleshooting the SAP technical environment on an ongoing basis as well as scheduling and executing the SAP Monthly releases and adhoc transport system management
- Installation, upgrade and maintenance of SAP systems
- Evaluation and design of interfaces between SAP and external systems, maintenance of the migration of SAP Data Dictionary and database objects and manage the migration of SAP database and application configuration into production as well as analyse, develop, and maintain data architectures and process models within SAP
- Analysis issues and provide sound problem resolution
- Track and update Documentation of existing SAP environment and work with IT and business units to modernize the SAP environment
SAP Systems Administrator - TSB Sugar
(2011-09 - 2016-03)
- System startup procedures (TSB & Booker Tate)
- SAP ERP & SAP BW
- SAP Content Server
- SAP Productivity Pak
- SAP BusinessObjects
- Oracle backup, restore and recovery: ERP (ABAP only)
- System recovery post-restore (DRP)
- Oracle backup, restore and recovery: ERP (ABAP and Java for BW/ Solution Manager)
- System recovery post-restore BW (DRP)
- System and database integrity checks (monitoring Backups and mitigation)
- SQL Server backup & recovery concepts 3rd Party system
- Apply SAP Patches
- SAP License key administration (ABAP & Java)
- Client Copy (variations)
- System Copies (clones and renamed systems) ERP
- System Copies (clones and renamed systems) BW
- GUI maintenance, including SAPLogon list maintenance
- Configuration of Bex Web, especially with regard to SupportDesk tool
- Renewing expired certificates
- Transport / Change Management
- Solution Manager
- SAP Portal
- Upgrade/ patching of Oracle RDBMS ERP
- Applying patches to SAP kernel
- Applying patches to Java environment and Portal environment
- SAPRouter configuration/ certificate installation and renewal
- Oracle database reorganizations (online)
- SAP Note application
- Portals architecture
- Installation and configuration of SAP Solution Manager
- Upgrade/ Enhancement Pack installation 6
- System installations from scratch (ERP/ BW/ Portals/ Etc) IDES Project Prep
- ABAP dump analysis and resolution
SAP Basis Consultant - Deloitte
(2006-02 - 2011-08)
As a team member of Deloitte AMS Consulting, provided support to many Local and International clients on Windows/SQL Platforms, ORACLE, UNIX/DB2 UDB. Responsible to provide Level 2 problem solving operational and support activities for a number of clients by monitoring their SAP systems within their chosen SAP Solutions. Clients supported: Great Basin Gold, Koornfontein, Deloitte, Dubal, Chrome SAP, SOHAR, Goldfields, THS (AFPROD), MSAP (BHP Billiton)
- System Administration on a multi – client environment
- Configure Transport Management System (TMS)
- Perform System Refreshes
- Perform Database Restore on QA using SQL Database
- SAP Performance Monitoring and Tuning Functions
- Backing up data, Restoring and Recovering databases with SAP tools, Database Monitoring (working with BR tools and CCMS tools), Database storage management, Database performance monitoring
- Monitor ERP Production System
- Monitor BI Production System
- Monitor Portal Production System
- Daytime checks using Solution Manager System
- Windows O/S checks and administration –PRODUCTION
- Windows O/S checks and administration - DEV/QA
- HP-UX O/S checks and administration – PRODUCTION
- LINUX O/S checks and administration – SAP Landscape
- SAProuter installation with SNC
- Transport Changes
- Send Daily Flash Reports to different Clients as per responsibility matrix
- Weekly Early Watch Alert reports – download (all Production systems)
- Solution Manager: Setup system monit
