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Sap Basis Administrator

Location:
Fort Worth, TX
Salary:
120-125K annually
Posted:
September 30, 2022

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Ty Duvall Resume Page *

TY DUVALL

***** ***** ****** ***** **** Worth, TX 76108 Phone: 817-***-**** ********@*****.*** SAP DELIVERY LEAD / SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

SAP Certified technology professional with over 17 years of extensive SAP Basis experience including Netweaver & BW upgrades; 8 full life-cycle implementations; OS/DB migrations; HANA S/4 Finance and HANA DB administration; security administration and role development; Windows, Linux and Solaris OS upgrades; Oracle administration and upgrades; QA and training system refreshes; Client copies; SAP enhancement and support packages, kernel updates; BOBJ 4.2 & BPC 10.1 administration. Installation, configuration and administration of Netweaver 7.0-7.5, BI/BW 3.5-7.4, BPC 7.5–10.1, EP 7.3-7.5, IBP/HCI, PI 7.4, Fiori 7.5 (UI5); BI pre-calculation, CRM 7.0, SCM 7.0, SNC 7.0 (7.14) and Adobe Document servers; Server Virtualization; Solution Manager installation and operations; high-availability planning and support; HANA preparation; administration of dual-stack and stand-alone JAVA instances; CTS/CTS+ management; performance tuning; workload analysis; SAP router maintenance and CISCO VPN configuration; HR/Payroll & Finance support; BSI Tax Factory upgrades and TUB updates; Vertex 7.0 On-Demand administration and security; SQL Server Management and Upgrades. DELL, HP, IBM and SUN server management; Administration of CISCO ASA, PIX, Routers, Switches and VPN Concentrator; Windows 2008/2012/2014 administration; Microsoft Active Directory; disaster recovery planning & testing.

Training

SAP TechEd 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada 10/2018

SAP HANA-200 – SAP HANA 2.0 Installation and Administration 10/2017 SAP TechEd 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada 09/2017

SAP ADM-950 – Secure SAP System Management 11/2016 SAP ADM-940 - Authorization Concepts for SAP S/4 HANA 11/2016 SAP TechEd 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada 09/2016

SAP SM-100 – Solution Manager 7.1 Operations and Configuration 12/2013 SAP HANA-300 – SAP HANA Implementation and Modeling 06/2013 SAP HANA-100 – SAP HANA Introduction 06/2013

SAP BW-360 – BW Operations and Performance 02/2013 ORACLE - 11G RAC and GRID Infrastructure Administration Accelerated 06/2012 SAP E2E-100 - Root Cause Analysis 04/2010

SAP TechEd 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona 10/2009

SAP BW-310 – Enterprise Data Warehousing 04/2009

SAP TechEd 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada 09/2008

SAP ADM-200 – AS JAVA Administration 08/2008

ORACLE - 10G Administration Workshop (D17090GC30) 04/2008 SAP ADM-325 – Software Logistics training 12/2007

SAP ADM-326 – Upgrade training to ECC 6.0 05/2007

SAP ADM-100 – Web AS Administration training 05/2007 Certifications

SAP Certified Root Cause Analysis Expert 04/2010

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) 04/2003

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) 02/2001 Ty Duvall Resume Page 2

Professional Experience

RESOLVE TECH SOLUTIONS / FEDERAL – DALLAS, TX 11/2018 To 01/2022 SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Consulting with Resolve Tech Solutions; working with SAPNS2 on Federal Migration Projects and Production Support services; executing host system exports and target systems builds including NetWeaver 7.5, Solman 7.2, Data Services / Information Steward; PI 7.5, EP 7.4, EWM 9.4 / SCM 7.14, TM 3.0, Cloud Connectors and Web Dispatchers.

Provided Administration and Security support for entire SAP landscape.

Installed CUA landscape for turn over to Gov’t Security Team.

Installed and delivered HA Web Dispatcher solutions for clients within their dedicated Azure space.

Managed off-shore resources and support for multiple clients.

Served as Delivery Lead for coordination of services across Cloud, Infrastructure, DB and OS platforms.

SAP AMERICA – DALLAS, TX 07/2018

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTOR

Selected by SAP America and contracted with Croft-Ellis Consulting to teach the HANA 2.0 SP02 Installation and Administration course for a class at Microtek Dallas. (Dallas Lincoln Center) YETI COOLERS, INC. – AUSTIN, TX 04/2016 TO 07/2018 SENIOR SAP BASIS / SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR

Served as the Senior SAP Administrator for YETI Cooler’s SAP systems support in a Linux/HANA DB HEC-hosted environment. After joining YETI’s Implementation in the realization phase, provided oversight and installation support for their implementation vendor, supported multiple UAT sessions with security changes, training and Administration of YETI’s Workforce Performance Builder systems, culminating with a successful GO-LIVE of YETI’s new SAP landscape in February 2017.

Provided administration and configuration support for their BPC 10.1 launch on BW 7.4 systems, including configuration of their BPC security roles within each application portal. Currently supporting new BPC vendor as they work towards real time reporting with integration of their BPC reports directly onto S/4 HANA DB source tables.

Setup, transported and implemented required HANA DB security roles, users and views for YETI’s BOBJ, BPC and Microsoft’s Azure Data Warehouse reporting requirements.

Served as Administrator for YETI’s cloud-based applications (SAP’s IBP/HCI and Vertex’s 7.0 On-Demand Service). Developed security roles for each online partition (SBX, QAS and PRD).

Setup Business Users within the IT and Supply Chain departments. Created their IBP/HCI identities, assigned roles and coordinated their initial IBP client install as it was similar but not compatible with YETI’s BPC clients.

Installed and maintained YETI’s IBP/HCI Data Services Agent and updated it, as required, to coordinate Supply Chain changes between the Cloud and On-Premise Systems.

Implemented change control measures and documentation requirements for all changes, maintained history of tickets and change requests for initial SAP Audit in October 2017. Ty Duvall Resume Page 3

Installed and Configured YETI’s own Solution Manager 7.1 systems onsite (SPS 14).

Administering current landscapes of SAP Netweaver 7.4/7.5, BW 7.4, PI 7.4, FIORI 7.5, SNC 7.14, Solution Manager 7.1, BOBJ 4.2, BPC 10.1, Vertex 7.0, WPB 9.5. SCANSOURCE, INC. – GREENVILLE, SC 10/2015 to 03/2016 SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Contracted with Croft-Ellis Consulting, LLC. Provided SAP systems support for ScanSource, Inc. in a SAP HEC-hosted environment. Conducted daily systems checks, batch and sales order monitoring and maintenance of their SAP landscape.

Setup priority job monitoring using ScanSource’s new Solution Manager 7.1 system.

Served as a primary tester for ScanSource’s role revision project, rejecting many security changes that were not tested properly before my arrival on the project.

Monitored inbound queues and followed problematic orders to resolution, working with local Administrators and functional teams.

NC DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION (NCDOT). – RALEIGH, NC 04/2015 to 10/2015 SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Contracted with Croft-Ellis Consulting, LLC. Provided SAP systems support for North Carolina’s Department of Transportation installing multiple systems in an AIX/DB2 environment. Conducting daily systems, HA planning and configuration for their onsite IT staff.

Installed, configured and documented a new Solution Manager Landscape (HA) for NCDOT’s new onsite data center. This successful build was then used as a model for all subsequent builds to follow and used in multiple HA tests for NCDOT’s infrastructure team.

Developed team training material including an AIX systems delivery checklist that enforced a proper build from the ‘new’ AIX administrators and basis team members. WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES, INC. – IRVING, TX 04/2014 to 10/2014 SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Contracted with Croft-Ellis Consulting, LLC. Providing SAP systems support for Worldwide Flight Services in a Solaris/Oracle environment. Conducting daily systems checks, maintenance and backups of their Production SAP landscape (ECC 6.0 on UNIX/Oracle 10.2.0.2, BW 7.01 on Windows 2008/Oracle 10.2.0.4 and Solution Manager 7.1 on Windows 2008/Oracle 11.2.0.3).

Successfully executed two (2) Point-In-Time Production system recoveries following outages due to hardware failures.

Conducted multiple system refreshes for their training and testing systems for Year-End 2014 support (support packages, tax updates and BSI 10 upgrade). HOBBY LOBBY, INC. – OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 04/2013 to 06/2014 SENIOR SAP BASIS ADMINISTRATOR

Served as a Senior SAP Basis Administrator providing Production and Project support for Hobby Lobby (HL) and their Hong Kong subsidiary as well as Year-End 2013 support in a mixed environment of IBM’s AIX\DB2 and Microsoft’s Windows/SQL 2008 environment. Ty Duvall Resume Page 4

Applied Production BSI Tax Updates for YE 2013; Performed client copies and system refreshes as needed for both Year-End activities and testing requirements for the Hong Kong Project. Administration and maintenance of HL’s SAP MDM landscape (Afaria & Mobile Docs).

Provided new solutions with the builds of Solution Manager 7.1, Enterprise Portal (Netweaver 7.3) and multiple new Application servers in preparation for the EHP6/7 upgrade. QUANEX, INC. – SEATTLE, WA 11/2012 to 01/2013

SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Contracted with Croft-Ellis Consulting, LLC. Provided Go-Live and Year-End 2012 support for Quanex, Inc. in a Microsoft Windows/SQL environment.

Applied Production BSI Tax Updates for YE 2012; Provided recommendations for maintenance and monitoring (CCMS) of both their current and future Production/Project systems.

Prevented a pending Production outage by detecting and correcting previously unaddressed SQL errors and warnings.

CALIFORNIA STEEL, INC. – ONTARIO, CA 07/2012 to 10/2012 SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Contracted with Croft-Ellis Consulting, LLC. Provided SAP Project and Production support for California Steel, Inc. in a mixed IBM AIX\DB2 and Microsoft Windows 2008 Server \Oracle 10.2 environment.

Successfully migrated California Steel’s Production BW 7.01 instance on AIX\DB2 to a virtual

(VMWARE) Windows\Oracle 10.2 solution (OSDB Migration).

Provided a quick turn around and technical flexibility when client changed their target DB request from Microsoft’s SQL 2008 Server to Oracle 10.2.0.5 three weeks into the project. HEWLETT-PACKARD, INC. – FORT WORTH, TX 02/2012 to 7/2012 SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Consulted with Hewlett-Packard, providing SAP Project support for Halliburton, Inc. in a mixed UNIX (Solaris/Linux) and Windows environment.

Configured, tested and migrated Production SAP ECC application servers from Solaris to Linux.

Providing SAP ECC, CLM and Vendavo (SAP PPM) configuration, maintenance and updates when requested by Halliburton Management/Project Leads.

Responsible to implement SAP SRM 7.0 and SAP Portals integration with business package for SRM

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CARDINAL HEALTH, INC. – DUBLIN, OH 10/2011 to 11/2011 SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Contracted with Croft-Ellis Consulting, LLC. Provided Post Go-Live production support for the Hawaii implementation of ECC 6.0 within the Cardinal Health “Hypercare” center in Dublin, Ohio.

Served as a SAP Basis Performance Tuning Expert while evaluating and troubleshooting Cardinal Health’s Hawaii pricing module. Conducted ABAP and SQL tracing of Hawaiian end-users.

Provided performance analysis of Cardinal Health’s Production ECC, CRM and SCM systems as well as recommendations to stabilize and improve the SCM DB2/Live-Cache 7.7 performance. LEVI STRAUSS, INC. – WESTLAKE, TX 04/2011 to 09/2011 SENIOR SAP BASIS CONSULTANT

Consulted with Prosum, Inc. providing Realization/Final Preparation/Go-Live project support for a global implementation of BW 7.3 in a mixed (Linux/Max DB/Teradata) environment for Levi’s.

Served as the Lead Basis for the BPC 7.5 project; installed and configured BPC systems including the Windows .Net Server (2008 SP2) and the BW back-end systems.

Created, tested and managed the BPC App Sets, user accounts and backups.

Upgraded BW landscape with GRC 5.3 Access Controls to GRC 10.

Successfully transitioned to being a full-time SAP Consultant and never looked back! WORLDWIDE FLIGHT SERVICES, INC. – IRVING, TX 03/2007 to 10/2010 SAP BASIS ADMINISTRATOR

Provided sole Basis/Oracle/UNIX support for Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), Inc.

Served as Basis Administrator for the upgrade from 46C to ECC 6.0.

Upgraded 46C SAP landscape on legacy SUN E3500s with Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 9.

Migrated ECC Production, QA & training systems from SUN E3500s to SUN V490s.

Virtualized 80% of the systems contained in WFS’s BW and BOBJ landscapes using VMWARE.

Performed quarterly QA and training system refreshes; as well as SPS and Kernel updates.

Updated the WFS IT Disaster Recovery contract and plan; responsible for all DR equipment. Education

Graduate – Russian Basic Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California Other

Over 9.5 years of honorable service in the United States Army while serving as a Senior Signals Intelligence Analyst – Russian (Military Occupational Specialty - 98C3LRUT9).



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