Suzanne M Wood
*** ******* ******, *********, ** 35776
Cell: 318-***-****
Work: 256-***-**** **************@*******.***
Employment Objective
To obtain a position with a company where I use my years of IT experience,
strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills for the
company's benefit, but also to work in a challenging, creative and stable
environment.
Areas of Knowledge
SAP: Basis and Security: 4.6c thru ECC6, SolMan, BW/BI 7.0, Portal
OS: UNIX/AIX & Solaris Microsoft Windows
DB: Oracle Microsoft SQL
Other: Customer Service Microsoft Office 2007 Documentation
Problem Solving/Troubleshooting
Professional Employment
System Analyst IV, Kratos Defense Systems Oct09-current
Daily SAP Basis Administration ECC6, BI, XI, and Solution Manager in a dual
stack Solaris/Oracle environment
Ensure SLA's are met on requiring systems; SAP Monitoring (Logs, traces,
locks, users, processes, tablespaces, filesystem); Monitor system
parameters; Oracle administration: maintenance; Develop and maintain
appropriate documentation for system activities; Provide advanced level
technical production support; Research user/system problems in OSS and
apply notes when applicable; CCMS monitoring, tuning, and evaluating
Sr. System Analyst/Programmer, CenturyTel, Inc Mar 08 - Oct09
Daily SAP Basis Administration ECC5, BI, and Solution Manager in a dual
stack AIX/Oracle environment
* Suggested a solution that kept our merger/SAP hardware project on
schedule and saved the company an estimated $2M by using hardware that
already had SAP installed, and waiting to be used, for two months until
the new replacement hardware was ready.
* Ran project for installation of SAP BPC 7.0 (MS) software on company VM
servers
o Worked with consultants to install, configure, and troubleshoot
BPC issues
o Worked with consultants to help with SAP backend and BPC
frontend issues
* Ran and performed software upgrade for LiveLink and Oracle for company
imaging system.
* Company lead for Oracle Identity Management connection with SAP-SAP ALE
configuration
* Project lead responsible for configuring secure (SSH) setup for
communication between AIX and Linux for automatic file transfers and
changing all UNIX scripts for AIX to windows ftp to AIX to Linux secure
copies
. Help develop project plan for company hardware upgrade due to merger;
Work closely with Developers/Functional group, IT staff, and users in all
areas of SAP Basis Administration; Ensure SLA's are met on requiring
systems; Setup TMS in new landscape environment for current transition to
new hardware
. SAP Monitoring (Logs, traces, locks, users, processes, tablespaces,
filesystem); Manage and implement OS, DB, Kernel upgrades (hot packs,
support packs and kernel upgrades); Create and maintain printers in both
NT and Unix environment; Create OSS messages and apply OSS notes for
issue resolution; Provide advanced level technical support and
participate in 24x7 on call rotation
. UNIX administrations involving SAP needs (security, filesystems, and
backups);
. Oracle administration: maintenance; Restore/refresh DB's as needed or
required by our SAP community (client copy or tape restore)
. Develop and maintain appropriate documentation for system activities;
Responsible for 3rd party systems such as Oracle Identity Management,
Open Text imaging, RightFax, Columbus, Redwood Cronacle, Vertex, BSI, and
other systems
. Assist security group with tracing down user security problems (user
bases 7000+, soon to be 25,000+).
SAP Basis Administrator, Informa, PLC Sep 07 - Mar 08
Daily SAP Basis Administration 4.7, ECC6, BI and Solution Manager in a
Microsoft/Oracle environment
Basis: Transport system management with both workflow and manual, system
patches, research/implement OSS notes, monitor, schedule jobs,
printers (creating new printers and troubleshooting user print
problems), assist with cutover/go-lives in relation to basis/security
tasks; Monitor all landscapes systems system; Troubleshoot end-user
problems; Research user/system problems in OSS and apply notes when
applicable; Work with Load Balancing of Application servers in PRD
systems; Worked as a team to implement SSO via GUI to the ECC6 system
and with other offices for GUI role outs as new offices are launched
into SAP
Security:
Create, maintain, and assign users and troubleshoot user problems.
(R/3-4.7, ECC6, BI, Solution Manager) Global user Basis 2000+; Used
CUA to create users and maintain security, troubleshoot security
roles; Help maintain second level of security through table
maintenance; Worked closely with the HR dept on security and HR
troubleshooting; Worked with internal auditors on PCI compliances;
. Maintained SAPNET users and SSCR keys
. Assist with SAP c-Projects: Creating roles, troubleshooting short
dumps, applying OSS notes, help configure some areas within SPRO
. Work with outside consultants in setting up new SAP functionality or
third party software
. Provide on call support to SAP Help Desk and project team members
Self-Employeed Jan 06 - Sept 07
SAP Basis Administrator, Consultant level, Accenture, Inc. Aug 04 - Jan
06
Work closely with clients (Siemens and Accenture) as a Basis Administrator
in a 4.6C environment in an AIX/Oracle environment
* Worked very close with PMO and kept MS project for contracted projects up
to date for client and kept projects on track and on time.
* Trained customer's Basis group with respect to Basis responsibilities
that were not supported by 3rd party contract.
Basis Lead:
. Due to customer support contracts, assisted customers with
implementation support packs, monitoring and scheduling background
jobs, monitor work processes, client copies, system and object locks,
system logs, user administration, maintaining CTS and troubleshooting
transport errors, research SAP problems (short dumps) through OSS and
implement OSS Notes; Configured SAP ALE for exchange of master data;
Client project planning and implementations (local and global); Lead
security implementation of the Variant Configurator for SAP and the
detailed security needed to maintain proper levels for this data; U.S.
Basis lead for a joint (global) project where most of the ABAP was
developed in Germany, via FTP was imported into the DEV system in
Orlando.
. Lead - coordination of ABAP/BAPI's development transports between
Germany and Orlando to insure overwriting each other did not occur
when imported into the Orlando landscape. Worked very closely with
the ABAP developers to achieve this objective; Researching/applying
OSS Notes to the SAP 4.6C systems to bring all ABAP in line with the
global systems
Security:
. Responsible for creating and maintaining users and security
authorization/profiles (PFCG) within the sandbox, DEV, QA, Training
and Biz Sim/Launch Sim systems during project implementation.
(customer maintained production users); Maintained remote access to
SAP systems (opening for SAP as needed), requested and assigned SAP
developer keys and object keys, and OSS user administration.
. Worked closely with the customer's PRD security team to ensure that
project roles were in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), especially
before these roles were moved to PRD systems
Portal: Installed EP6SP2 portal in both a stand alone and clustered
environment.
Portal security, created and assigned roles to new users, user
mappings, set up SSO with both portal and R/3, creating system
connections
SAP Basis/Security Administrator Jan 01 - Aug 04
Daily SAP Basis Administration 4.6C and 4.7 in a UNIX/Oracle environment.
* Lead SAP Basis team during Finance migration of legacy software to SAP.
Responsible for the Transport Change Management for cut-over and go-live.
* Basis lead on FI/CO module migration from legacy systems to SAP
Basis:
System monitoring and support; created and scheduled background jobs;
changed/created and maintained SAP print services, system parameters, RFC
connections; create new clients, preformed client copies and system
backups/restores, creating ALE for exchange of master data; planned and
implemented SAP support packages;
Monitored all systems with CCMS to notify Basis when parameter where met
performed SAP system; Troubleshoot SAP problems and users with daily
issues, using OSS notes
Security: Global user base 3000+
Worked closely with the HR dept on security and HR troubleshooting; created
and maintained CUA communications between environments; created and
maintained companywide role authorizations and user administration; created
new clients and coordinated user security with client copies; part of a
team that uncoupled HR to become its own landscape; Responsible for
changing all profile security in 3.1I to role based security in 4.6C
landscape user base 3000+;
Old Dominion University, Windows Network Instructor Jan 98- Apr 01
Taught night courses for ODU's MCSE certification program
Created training material that gave students more "real world" knowledge
than just needed for passing MCSE certification
Windows NT/LAN Administrator Jun 94 - Jan 01
Education
BS Degree - Business Administration, minor in Computer Science 1996
AAS Degree - Computer Information Systems w/emphasis in Computer
Programming 1992
SAP Training
BC-360 Technical Core Competencies (UNIX/Oracle) CA-940 Authorization
Concepts
ADM-102 SAP Web AS Administration II ADM-106 Advanced SAP
System Monitoring
Certifications
CompTIA Network+ CompTIA A+
Microsoft MCP NT4.0 Core Microsoft MCP NT4.0 Workstation
Leadership
* Managed IS department (was able to save company thousands of dollars by
restructuring how all purchased forms were ordered)
* Trained new employees in computer repair and troubleshooting, Windows NT
administration and network systems
* Taught networking for MCSE certification