📌 OPPORTUNITY OVERVIEWLand Bank Careers is actively recruiting for a Senior Systems Administrator: SAP Basis FTC position in Gauteng. This is an excellent opportunity for professionals in the Data / Business / Analysis / Ai sector looking to advance their careers.
🎯 IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILEWe are seeking talented individuals with the following profile• Experience Level: 10 years • Educational Background: Bachelor or equivalent • Industry Focus: Data / Business / Analysis / Ai • Location Preference: in Gauteng
💼 WHY THIS ROLE MATTERSThe Senior Systems Administrator: SAP Basis FTC position is an important role within the Data / Business / Analysis / Ai sector, offering meaningful career development and professional growth opportunities.
📈 CAREER DEVELOPMENT INSIGHTSThis role in Data / Business / Analysis / Ai offers valuable career progression opportunities aligned with your experience level and professional aspirations.
📋 APPLICATION GUIDANCEWhen applying for this Senior Systems Administrator: SAP Basis FTC position, ensure your CV highlights: • Relevant experience matching the 10 years requirement • Educational qualifications in line with Bachelor • Specific achievements in the Data / Business / Analysis / Ai field • Any certifications or specialized training
🌍 SOUTH AFRICA JOB MARKET CONTEXTThe Data / Business / Analysis / Ai sector in South Africa continues to show strong demand for skilled professionals. This position represents a valuable opportunity in the current job market.
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Responsible for the administration of all SAP environments and instances, ensuring their optimal performance and availability. Administration includes configuration, transport management, monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting. Ensuring that changes are implemented in line with the change control process and the execution of backup and recovery processes. Perform system sizing, architecture and design of the technical landscape down to the level of hardware layout according to SAP best practices and recommendations. Manages upgrade processes including functional and technical specifications. Provides support to the end user. Handles new installs, upgrades and maintenance. Integration of SAP with other systems. This role also includes basic administration of databases to ensure effective maintenance and management.
Key Performance Areas
Maintaining SAP Infrastructure & DatabasesAllocate hardware resources to ensure optimal performance and resilience of SAP applications and databases. Plan and execute periodic maintenance for SAP systems. Provide trend analysis for informed resource management. Proactively monitor systems using EarlyWatch to minimize downtime. Review projects and recommend tools to support SAP requirements. Perform system checks for early detection of potential failures.
SAP Troubleshooting & MaintenanceTroubleshoot and resolve issues in SAP Production, Quality Assurance, and Development environments. Maintain environments through patch management and upgrades. Handle database changes, SAP portal integration, and transport processes across environments following change control procedures. Support authorization maintenance as needed.
SAP Backup & RecoveryManage automated backup and recovery processes for SAP systems. Design and implement a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) for timely system recovery. Conduct regular data refreshes for QA and DEV environments.
SAP User SupportProvide support by troubleshooting errors, investigating bugs, and coordinating with SAP for fixes. Handle technical support calls for SAP end users.
SAP System Architecture & MigrationSize hardware to ensure optimal system performance. Perform system import/export following SAP guidelines and manage defragmentation. Manage OS and database migrations and design server layouts for installations.
MSSQL Database AdministrationEnsure availability and performance of Land Bank databases. Troubleshoot, create databases, and manage backups and recovery processes.
Preferred Minimum Education and Experience
Minimum Qualification:
3 Year tertiary qualification in Technology, Computer Science or Information Systems SAP BASIS certification
Minimum Experience:
10 years as a SAP BASIS Administrator and Transport management and batch job scheduling procedures 7 years experience in: In depth SAP Database Administration, managing multiple SAP environments including upgrades, in monitoring and tuning a SAP environment and database to provide a high availability service and the configuration and use of EarlyWatch and systems copies 3 years experience in SAP Authorizations
Critical Competencies
SAP Portal SAP Business Intelligence SAP BOBJ (business objects)
SAP HANALinux Basic Database Administration
Additional Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology ITIL Foundation Certification SAP HANA Support, Technology and Installation (in memory database) SAP Solution Manager Certifications
Deadline:31st August,2026
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