Re-Advert: IPRO DevOps Engineer at Mercedes-Benz South Africa Ltd

About the Job

Job Description

• We are looking for talented individuals in the SAP technical environment to support with a Mercedes-Benz Maintenance based product. This individual will also be responsible for managing BASIS related topics.

Job Requirements

• Management and support of SAP Clients, Transports, Users, Roles and Gateways
• System and Interface monitoring of a multi-tier SAP landscape with multiple integration points for ABAP, Java and other SAP/non-SAP systems
• Responsible for user management (Examples: User creation/changes; Role management; Housekeeping; End user support; Governance; LDAP, IDM)
• Responsible for Printer and Job Management (Examples: Printer Creation/Changes; Installations; Job Creation/Planning/ Checking; Consulting)
• Responsible for monitoring (Examples: RFC; Logs; Queues; Jobs; PI Channels; IDOCs; AIF; SolMan)
• Responsible for shared 3rd party tasks (Examples: SharedPI; Intense support; Transports; SAP OSS; Virtual Forge; EDC; Axway CFT)
• Ensure innovative solutions align and support strategic implementation according to overall business strategy
• Manage and evaluate innovation pipeline assisting strategic decision-making and Go-to-Market process
• Design, research, develop, analyse and suggest new concepts as well as strategies
• Lead and direct different cross-functional programs and projects of varied sizes and types
• Manage and attain customer expectations and ensure delivery to fulfil expectations
• Exercise decision-making and independent judgment while being aligned with customers and management
• Promote innovations to support business requirements through activities that test, pilot and implement innovative concepts for optimal customer experience
• Manage ideas from design stage through to implementation
• Roll out and analyse the effectiveness of initiatives that leverage multiplatform technologies
• Initiate, develop and maintain a range of working relationships, within IT, the business and CoC
• Perform all outputs in compliance with the Company's Integrity Codes & SHEQ requirements
• Perform delegated SHEQ tasks and duties and Inform superiors about deviations

Knowledge:

• Experience with NetWeaver Fiori/Gateway, Solution Manager, Web Dispatcher, Business Objects
• Experience using SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP Solution Manager 7.2
• Good Linux, Oracle and HANA knowledge
• Demonstrated ability to foster an environment for ideation, prototyping and production
• Demonstrated business acumen to take from design to implementation and preferably experience scaling a concept
• Must have IT Development and Systems Knowledge
• Experience with software development methodologies and practices (Agile, Scrum, etc.)
• Experience in Data Analysis and Advanced Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Must have an excellent ability to multi-task effectively working on several projects synchronously
• Experience in rolling out initiatives that leverage multiplatform technologies
• Willingness to travel nationally and internationally
• Ability to perform the minimum required physical and mental requirements of the function
• Working Model
  • Knowledge and application of agile project management methods (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) and tools (e.g. Azure DevOps); DevOps concepts and tools; innovative methods like design thinking.
• Security
  • Knowledge of commercial and open-source security tools; computer and network security, authentication and security protocols; IT security architecture; testing techniques and tools.
• Customer Support
  • Knowledge of help desk and support services; incident and problem management
  • Experience with incident systems, ticketing systems (e.g. ServiceNow) and monitoring tools; in providing 24/7 on-call support for high-availability systems; customer relationship management

Outputs

• Liaise directly with various Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plants worldwide to provide product and service support.
• Manage and coordinate system upgrades/bug fixes and support with product testing.
• Design and model solutions for customer innovation and experience.
• Design, research, develop, analyse and suggest new concepts as well as strategies.
• Lead and direct different cross-functional programs and projects of varied sizes and types concurrently.
• Coordinate all cross-functional activities, represent customers internally and collaborate with leaders in varied areas on allocation across projects and resource planning.
• Ensure to exercise decision-making and independent judgment while being aligned with customers and management.
• Promote innovations to support business requirements through activities that test, pilot and implement innovative concepts
• Roll out and analyse the effectiveness of initiatives that leverage multiplatform technologies
• Performing all outputs in compliance to the Company's Integrity Codes & S.H.E.Q requirements and to perform delegated S.H.E.Q. tasks and duties & to inform superior about deviations

Qualification and Experience

• Minimum NQF 7 – BSC/BCom/BTech in Information Technology or B. Eng. (Industrial Engineering) or relevant equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in IT/Manufacturing, or
• At least 6 months participation on our MBSA Graduate Development Programme