Current Opportunities at Discovery Limited

About the role

• Performs the role of Scrum Master and Delivery Manager for a portfolio of projects within Clinical Systems   &   Healthcare   Services.   Managing   relationships   with   Business   Product   owners   and ensures   that business objectives are reflected in the technical processes which they manage. Leading several     streams of IT specialists and scheduling in the SDLC Process. Managing a set of projects (potentially across teams). Ensuring that the applications remain adaptive to emerging client needs in its lifetime.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

• Plan, monitor and report on software delivery   – Success is measured through delivery against project plans
• Manage relationships with 3rd    party vendors – Measure through client satisfaction
• Guide solutions towards the proposed architecture
• Develop high performing teams
• Ensure quality systems delivery
• Engage   with key   stakeholders   on system   delivery
• Ensuring   alignment   to   business   requirements
• Building trust with clients by displaying managerial competence
• Understanding business   requirements, business   strategy   and   direction, risks   and impact
• Acting as consultant to internal and external clients
• Interfacing to other teams where required
• Management of activities within the SDLC (Acting as process owner)
• Participating    and    enabling    the    business     prioritisation    process
• Scheduling and prioritising tasks and resources
• Capacity   management
• Project budget tracking and management
• Taking ownership of production issues and driving to resolution
• Adherence to Quality, Standards, SLA’s and SDLC standards

Education and Experience

• Tertiary Degree (B.Engineer,B.Com,BSC
• 3-5 years’ experience in software development for large commercial entities
• Must have managed a project delivery team
• Project Management experience
• Solution Architecture
• Software Development and Testing
• SDLC(Agile experience would be advantageous ), ITIL (Incident, change, Release ,Project Management

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Great stakeholder management
• Passion for delivery and quality
• Time Management
• Innovative/Creative thinking
• Logical and practical thinker
• Tenacity and Urgency
• Communication (Written, Verbal   and   Listening)
• Results Orientated
• Change Readiness
• Influential Leader
• Proactive in identifying risks and problems
• Facilitate IT workshops, planning and knowledge sessions
• Be  able maintain composure during high pressure situations
• Understand how products translate into systems for use by clients
• Be able to engage with clients at a Senior Level

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Job Purpose

• The SAP Basis Consultant is responsible for the management of the SAP environment, this includes the underlying SAP database systems, for both HANA and Microsoft SQL. The incumbent is responsible for configuring, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting the SAP technical environment on an ongoing basis.

Key Outcomes may include but are not limited to

• Implements and maintains the multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment (development, test, training and production).
• Maintains the integrity of the SAP environment by managing the SAP Change and Transport System (CTS) to
• ensure all configuration and development objects are promoted properly.
• Introduces technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance.
• Designs and implements optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and availability.
  Installs and configures all required SAP database servers and application servers.
• Distributes the online SAP user workload and monitor and manage the SAP background job workload.
• Maintains SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies.
• Administers the SAP Solution Manager systems within the Bank.
• Performs SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client) as required.
• Develops and maintains system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems (MIS) or equivalent technical work experience.
• 6 years of experience in SAP database administration, with prior experience with SAP R/3 and HANA in a Linux (preferably RHEL) environment.
• 6 plus years’ experience in SAP Basis,
• A vast knowledge and background in SAP high availability infrastructure and design.
• Knowledge in running SAP HANA database systems.
• Knowledge in running SAP on Microsoft SQL database environments.
• Knowledge in running SAP on VMware.
• Knowledge in running SAP Lifecycle management processes using SAP solution Manager.

Technical Skills or Knowledge

• Linux, Windows, SAP Netweaver, HANA, Networks
• A completion of at least 4 implementation projects.
• Supported at least 4 upgrade projects, for Both SAP ABAP and JAVA systems.