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Position Purpose

• Provide technical SAP basis system support and/or advise as well as effecting the continuous improvement development and upgrading of SAP systems and delivery channels, including SAP FI/ CO, SAP Logistic, Sap Portal, SRM, BW, SOLMAN, MIL, CRM, PI, PPM and PI.
• Provide technical leadership, support and guidance to junior personnel by ensuring skills and knowledge.

Position Outputs

•  To provide technical leadership, support and guidance to junior personnel 
• To ensure skills growth and knowledge sharing, to meet the organizational objectives. 
• To provide expert troubleshooting and fault finding as part of escalation process on problems that cannot be resolved by the junior teams
• Assist and support the team in identifying and implementing methods which increase efficiency and effectiveness. 
• Provides support to the team in areas such as project execution, design and job estimation. 
• Promotes effective communications and working relations within the team, with our customers and with other support services. 
• Ensures the development of the team members to improve customer service and reduce the risk exposure of the organization to unforeseen departures.
• To perform system performance monitoring and tuning, capacity management, upgrades, patching, and technology level updates 
• To maintain system availability, compliance and security according to the relevant best practices and SLAs 
• Ensures effective security, operation and peak performance of SAP environments 
• Maintaining the SAP infrastructure, including installations of SAP and database upgrades
• Administering the SAP landscape, maintaining an error free operating environment 
• Assisting SAP developers with development activities, problems and questions 
• Design and Modify the SAP architecture to accommodate changing hardware, software and workload 
• Manage the Basis team in areas such as, development of customer support processes, technical planning and work coordination
• Manage Basis support projects including scheduling the work, ensuring availability of resources and ensures the quality of the deliverables. 
• Provides input and assistance to other IT projects. 
• To provide technical leadership, planning, design, 2nd, and 3rd line support in the applicable technology

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 3 Years National Diploma in ICT related qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in ICT environment in SAP BASIS of which at least 1 year in a Supervisory or Specialist role.
• OR Minimum of 6 years’ experience in ICT environment in SAP BASIS of which at least 2 years in a Supervisory or Specialist role

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Position Purpose

• The Specialist Big Data Science & provides guidance and support in the design, development, release, and maintenance of Data Warehouse and Data Mart systems, and related applications or services (e.g. reporting) for Transnet Freight Rail (TFR).
• The individual works closely with customers, vendors / service providers, colleagues, and other stakeholders to identify and maximise opportunities for using Data Warehouse systems to improve business processes, promote strategic use of Information Technology across TFR and enable the workforce to use technologies.
• The incumbent provides the leadership, vision, and direction for Data Warehousing/Data Mart systems and Big Data and Analytics, ensuring support of TFR’s business objectives and requirements.
• A key responsibility is ensuring organizational balance and system coherency between desktop/client and Data Warehouse back-end processing activities.

Position Outputs

• Strategy& Planning Assess and cultivate long-term strategic goals for BI development in conjunction with end users, managers, clients, and other stakeholders Conduct research on emerging technologies, best practices, languages and standards, and make recommendations on Big Data & Analytics products, services, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts
• Acquisition & Deployment Evaluate and select database/data warehouse components, including hardware, relational database management systems, ETL software, metadata management tools, and database design solutions Setting business requirements for BI tools, translating them into technical ones and participating in data warehouse design Leading BI software development, deployment, and maintenance.
• Operational Management Direct, organize, and lead projects in the implementation and use of new Big Data & Analytics software tools, systems and solutions Lead the integration efforts for merging Big Data & Analytics platforms with enterprise systems and applications. Analyse user requirements, design, code and test according to Agile, DevOps methodologies. Produce ETL design guidelines to ensure a manageable ETL infrastructure for the BI system. Ensure optimal end user performance by establishing and consistently executing overall system performance assessment processes and associated action plan Provide technical support and ensure optimal end user performance by executing overall system performance assessment processes and associated action plan, troubleshooting BI tools, systems, and software and performance-tuning these applications as necessary
• Collaborate across departments Collaborate across both business and IT and act as evangelist for Big Data Science & Analytics benefits across the organization; promote Big Data Science & Analytics usage to relevant departments. Follow and enhance Big Data Science & Analytics standards and best practices across the team. Collaborate and mentor team members on methodology, design and architecture. Provide consultation on complex projects and act as a top level contributor.
• Educate and train Continuously educate business/IT stakeholders on basic BI principles and techniques. Train peers/staff on BI specialist topics. Network with internal and external partners. Upskill self and collaborate with other BI Specialist teams. Participate in the design and delivery of end-user training and training materials
• Management Play a managerial role where he/she oversees the activities of junior Specialists Big Data Science & Analytics, ensuring proper execution of their duties, and alignment of activities with business’s overall vision and objectives. Constantly building effective working relationships and building data-fuelled solutions that drive the business closer to its overall goals and objectives Provides mentorship, leadership and guidance to Specialists Big Data Science & Analytics
• Dev-Ops Culture Facilitate the principle of Flow: i.e. make work visible, limit work in progress, reduce batch (deployment) sizes, reduction in the number of handoffs, identify and elevate constraints, and eliminate hardships and waste in the value stream Principle of Feedback: i.e. working safely within complex systems, seeing problems as they occur, swarm and resolve problems to build new knowledge, push quality closer to the source, and enable optimizing for downstream work centers. Principle of continual learning and experimentation: i.e. enabling organizational learning and safety culture, institutionalize the improvement of daily work, transforming local discoveries into global improvements, inject resilience patterns into daily work, and reinforce a learning culture

Qualifications and Experience

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in IT or Computer Science Certifications(advantageous if the incumbent has at least one of the following certifications): Business Intelligence/Analytics certification Big Data/ Big Data Analytics certification DMBoK ITIL foundation or ITIL Service Management Experience: 8+ Years’ working experience in at least one IT discipline (such as Data Warehouse development/Business Intelligence development/Business or Information Analytics/Application Development or Big Data Analytics) with at least 4 years’ experience at Management level

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Position Purpose
The SAP Basis Administrator is responsible for the installation, upgrade, and maintenance of SAP systems. Additional areas include:

• Ongoing maintenance and performance tuning of the various databases.
• Monitoring of critical resources
• Transport migration
• Ongoing Compliance of control checks.
• Backup and Restore testing.

Position Outputs

• Implement and maintain the multiple SAP instances that comprise the TPT SAP environment.
• DB2/ HANA database installation, administration and support.
• Database performance monitoring and fine-tuning
• Security Administration Batch Job management
• Manage SAP users, authorizations, and profiles.
• Ensure Backups are performed.
• Restore testing and fine tuning
• Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client) as required.
• Participate in the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades.
• Develop and maintain system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces
• Provide status reports on BASIS administration activities to management
• Plan and Implement patch and security upgrades
• Ensure compliance to audit and security requirements

Qualifications and Experience

• Relevant Qualification / National Diplôma (NQF 6/7) in Technical/ IT/ Computer Science bachelor’s degree. At least 5 years of SAP application support experience Preferably with 1 Year supervisory or specialist experience Relevant SAP certification Sound knowledge of SAP integration areas Additional SAP Skills in cross functional areas and technologies. Recognition of competence Relevant qualification (NQF 5) 6 yrs relevant and solid experience with at least 2 yrs at managerial level or specialist experience

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Position Purpose

• To manage, co-ordinate and control the Ports and Terminals Investigation function in accordance.
• to the strategic plan in the respective Ports and Terminals / province and to consult on Provincial level with various internal and external role players;
• To proactively implement corrective, investigative and strategic measures;
• To protect Transnet assets and to prevent potential losses through theft and fraudulent activities;
• Responsible for the implementation of Transnet Port Terminals security policies, procedures and programs throughout the assigned geographical area; and
• To ensure compliance for ISPS Audits

Position Outputs

• Evaluate and determine which cases need to be opened under Criminal Matters Amendment Act. 
• Prepare case dockets with impact statements, identification statements and photo albums.
• Ensure that all the information is recorded and updated on the investigation system, SIMA and share drive.
• Liaise and engage with NPA at Court to ensure cases are prosecuted under the correct law and all the necessary statements and evidence to ensure that bail is opposed and that convictions are received with maximum sentences.
• Liaise and engage with SAPS Detectives, DPCI and CI on the relevant cases.
• Investigation of internal and identified organized crime cases and providing expert testimony in court and
• Initiate or testify in internal disciplinary cases and CCMA matters which include aggravating circumstances. 
• Ensure evidence collected is documented and safeguarded for use of disciplinary cases and testimony in court matters. 
• Identifying gaps in the security environment and facilitating awareness sessions. 
• Manages policies, procedures, standards and methods for identifying and protecting intellectual property, assets, employees, facilities, operations against theft, vandalism, sabotage or loss. 
• Ensure a professional and effective response 24/7 to all security related incidents within the area of responsibility.
• Facilitate the appointment of and manage the provision of rendering a polygraph service. 
• Manage all assets and vehicles allocated to the department to ensure proper utilization and adherence to good corporate governance and company vehicle policy 
• Attendance of Cluster SAPS Meetings / NFMCCC Meetings and Case Flow Management Meetings 
• Compile monthly case flow management stats for reports 
• Present correct information to Security Information Management and Investigations Manager and/or any other clients 
• Conduct project Investigation of high-profile cases within a Project Team
• Service Provider Claim Investigations for negligence. 
• Transnet Investigations policies and procedures in line with objectives 
• Exhibit control and disposal in accordance to Policy and SAPS 2Assist with risk assessments. 
• Attend to BOI where incidents took place and investigations were conducted 
• Upkeep of suspect database 
• Partake in Joint Operations with SAPS and other role-players to perform special operations and raids on scrap dealers to identify Transnet stolen property. 
• Verification of assets under immediate control and use
• Questioning and or interrogation of suspects to obtain information on cases at hand. 
• Submission of investigation reports to Security Information Management and Investigations Manager for approval and dissemination.

Qualifications and Experience

• Senior Certificate (Matric) 1-2 year post matric qualification in Investigations Minimum of 3 years’ experience in investigation field within the security and/or crime prevention environment An alternative for an applicant without relevant post matric qualification, must have 5 – 7 years-experience in the investigation field within the security and/ or crime prevention environment PSIRA Grade A will be an added advantage (an applicant without PSIRA Grade A must acquire the certificate within 3 months of being appointed) The applicant must have a code B drivers’ licence and be competent and prepared to drive