Oscar Mokoena
Senior Basis Consultant
Johannesburg
Summary
Resolute, committed, resourceful, initiative-taking and determined experienced SAP Basis Administrator.. Self-sufficient with years of experience handling SAP for multi-scale clients. Manages all phases of product lifecycle, from initial installation, through patching and maintenance.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
12
12
Certifications
Work History
SAP Basis Snr Consultant
NTT DATA Services
7 2022 - Current
- Daily Basis support
- Support packs update/upgrade and SAP Kernel update
- AWS instance patching (Linux )
- AWS Capacity reporting (decreased monthly cost 5%)
- Conduct annual DR test, to ensure system recovery is completed within proposed time frame
- Weekly meetings with application owners and functional team to evaluated their needs and expectations, establishing clear goals.
- Perform system performance reviews and identified areas improvement
SAP Basis Consultant
Gijima
05.2022 - 06.2022
- Day to day basis support, monitoring systems and action requests & incidents calls.
- Proposing system changes to clients to improve system performance.
- Responsible for patching and upgrading SAP systems.
- Configuring system monitoring via Solution Manager
SAP Basis Snr Consultant
BCX
10.2016 - 09.2020
- Responsible for the SAP environment for a chain of retail stores (Dis-Chem, Cambridge, and Mass-mart & Mass discounters)
- Installing, upgrading, maintaining, implementing, configuring, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting SAP technical environment.
- Action and resolve all incidents within SLA.
- Log and action change requests
- Assist functional personnel and client with any system issues.
- System were running on DB2, SQL and SAP HANA; Operating system: Windows Linux and AIX.
SAP Basis Administrator
Barloworld Equipment (BWE)
11.2006 - 09.2016
- Maintaining, monitoring, and configuring Solution Manager
- Checked system health, dumps and system logs using available monitoring tools
- Environment consisted of servers running on Unix Linux and Solaris, SAP instances running ERP EHP7, BI 731, SCM EHP3 Live Cache, Solution Manager, XI (PI), CFM, SCM EWM EHP3 and Portal NW7.4
- All instances were running on Oracle DB.
SAP Basis administrator
SARS
07.2004 - 10.2006
- Duties were to assist Senior Administrators in implementing technical projects and daily SAP support
- Environment consisted of 50 servers running SAP R/3, BW, EBP, Solution Manager and Business Connector application.
Skills
SAP HANA Administrator
DB2 administrator
Implement and maintain multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment
Planning and Performing SAP support packages, latest Kernel and database patches
Configure and manage SAP Correction and Transport System (CTS)
Administer and configure SAP Web Dispatchers
Installing additional language and applying SAP notes
Workload analysis and performance fine-tuning
Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client, delete client, export/import client) as required
Setting-up SSL on the Web Application Server
Day to day technical support and assisting application consultant
Installation and configuration of solution manager
Requesting of SAP licenses object and developer keys
General Error analysis
Installation of JAVA-ADDIN
Installing & Configuring ADS
SAP Unix/Linux Administrator
Cloning and QA system refresh
Problem solving capabilities
Knowledge sharing and assisting colleagues
Certification
SAP Certified Technology Associate - System Administration (SAP HANA) with SAP NetWeaver 7.5
Projects
BCX
- S/4 HANA Implementation & Upgrade
- Fiori Installation
- Implementing SNC/SSL on all SAP systems (ABAP & JAVA)
- Installing SAP systems on Fujitsu Flex Frame
- Implementing SAML
- Configuring CTS+
Barloworld Equipment
- Assisted HP in SAP Unicode Conversion
- Server consolidation (Migrating from Unix to Linux)
- SCM Upgrade from EHP2 to EHP3
- Assisted Consultants in Upgrading ECC from EHP5 to EHP7
- CRM Installation and technical config
- Installing and configuring Solution Manager 7.1
- SAP instance Migration (Import/Export)
- Upgraded ERP EHP4 to EHP5
- Upgraded Solution Manager from 700 to EHP1
- Upgraded ERP ECC6 to EHP4
References
- BCX - Pieter Van Der Merwe, SAP Technical Manager, +27(82) 374 2167
- BWE - Trevor Van Wyk, SAP Technical Manager, +27(82) 602 0722
Timeline
SAP Basis Consultant
Gijima
05.2022 - 06.2022
SAP Basis Snr Consultant
BCX
10.2016 - 09.2020
SAP Basis Administrator
Barloworld Equipment (BWE)
11.2006 - 09.2016
SAP Basis administrator
SARS
07.2004 - 10.2006
SAP Basis Snr Consultant
NTT DATA Services
7 2022 - Current
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