Michael Boyer

Lead SAP Basis Administrator

ady815@r.postjobfree.com • 717-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/MikeDBoyer • Denver, PA

Dynamic, divergent-thinking, results-driven leader with 15+ years of IT and SAP Basis Management experience. Proven track record of proficient project management, resolving complex issues, streamlining organizational information systems, and supervising technical teams. Develops and integrates new ideas efficiently while utilizing extensive knowledge in operating systems maintenance, infrastructure systems, and database administration. Passionate about staying abreast of IT principles and practices and building a positive rapport with staff and clients.

Area of Expertise

SAP Basis Administration

DB2 LUW Database Systems

Oracle Database Administration

Information Security Protocol Development

System Testing & Migration Oversight

Database Performance Enhancement

Software Quality Control & Assurance

IT Systems Issues Identification & Resolution

Disaster Recovery and High Availability Design

Project Management

Storage Management & Optimization

Certifications

SAP Certification in NetWeaver OS/DB System Migrations

Issued by SAP

SAP Certification in DB2 LUW DB Administration

Issued by SAP

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics

Millersville University, PA

Awards

Merit Award, Large Scale SAP System Migration, Siemens Healthcare

Performance Award, Outstanding Oracle DBMS Support, Siemens Healthcare

Technical Proficiencies

Platform:

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Windows UNIX AIX Linux Solaris Mainframe

Software:

SAP ERP DB2 LUW, UDB, z/OS Oracle Solution Manager NetWeaver Process Integration (PI)

Tools & Applications:

Software Update Manager (SUM) Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM) Maintenance Optimizer SAP Migration Cockpit SAP Fiori NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) Change Request Management (ChaRM) CTS+ PeopleSoft Varicent

Career Experience

TATA Consultancy Services, PA 2016 – 2018

Lead SAP Basis Administrator

Spearheaded the support, configuration, and tuning of various SAP and database platforms. Completed (SAP) Basis and database administration tasks including, but not limited to: Backed up and restored data, planned system updates and upgrades, and oversaw SAP transports. Demonstrated efficiency in meeting SLA. Aided and guided the functional team on SAP change requests management (ChaRM) and CTS+. Supervised validation checks and corrections, production migration, SAP installation and security.

●Preserved and enhanced the company’s existing business applications by taking advantage of innovative database releases and features like database compression to optimize storage and performance of SAP ERP systems.

●Entrusted with the role of consultant for Siemens Healthcare due to continued robust relationship built with the company and decades of excellent award-winning work at Siemens.

●SAP ECC 6.0 Migration Project Technical Advisor: Utilized expertise in migration to migrate a large database from Siemens’s previous datacenter in Pennsylvania to a centralized Siemens data center in Texas. Navigated and resolved technical issues and roadblocks to guarantee the migration’s success. Mentored and prepared the administrator at the new site to operate a DB2 database with SAP ECC 6.0.

oMigrated a 12TB DB2 Prod database cross country ahead of the deadline and error free.

oProduced a contingency SAP system utilizing a snapshot storage failover design to aid in the migration for business operation.

Siemens Healthcare, PA 1989 - 2016

Lead SAP Basis Administrator Senior Database Administrator

Spearheaded and guided team through multiple SAP projects. Designed a robust IT strategic vision to guarantee departmental objectives were met. Created and supported shell script for Windows and UNIX. Pioneered disaster recovery design with high-availability solutions – to avoid loss of services and minimize planned downtime. Formed and launched information security protocols for databases and SAP. Developed a sophisticated database backup and facilitated restoration via storage snapshot architectures. Administered databases for DB2 LUW, MS SQL Server, and Oracle while staying abreast of current and changing SAP technologies.

●SAP NWDI Migration Project Project Manager: Negotiated and cross-functionally collaborated with 30 vendors to ensure proficient completion of migrated system work that, saving the company time and money. Excelled with the final product due to the application of extensive knowledge of SAP Basis practices and advanced performance techniques. Completed all implementation-related tasks, including, but not limited to mentoring the development team on how to use NWDI tracks to design a customer-facing portal application. Migrated Portal Application and SAP dual-stack NWDI system into a JAVA-Only system. Set up complex cross-network backup, recovery procedures, and tools to maintain solution availability. Engineered access to backup media and processes while following strict security protocols.

oRewarded with a Monetary Award (3i) for delivering excellent concepts and producing inventive methods to decrease costs of SAP Landscape conversion (dual-stack via Linux to Java-only via Windows SAP systems).

oReduced hardware and software expenses by acting as supervisor on this project.

●Data Compression Project Project Manager: Applied DB2 LUW Compression to the SAP ERP Landscape. Administered round-the-clock technical support to effectively improve large and multifaceted SAP systems.

oYielded storage savings of 75%-80% utilizing database compression methods.

oIncreased performance by being able to retain more “compressed” data in database buffers.

●SAP ERP Technical Upgrade Project Project Manager: Conversion of SAP Landscape to SAP ECC 6.0 from SAP R/3. Directed stakeholder and test management, planning, risk mitigation, and conduct requirements collection.

oAchieved nominal downtime of production system during SAP upgrade, which was completed before the deadline and stayed within the budget.

oComplied with SAP Best Practices and completed project in-house resulting in reduced costs.

●New SAP ERP/PI Landscape Implementation Project Technical Team Lead: Construction of a new SAP Landscape, including SAP PI and SAP ERP, for a new business. Mentored existing Oracle DBA staff, ensuring they were well equipped to support SAP environments. Assumed responsibility of overseeing the Technical Project Team while establishing: three SAP landscapes, quality, security, change management, and other support policies. Headed documenting of maintenance procedures such as client and system copies and patching.

oConceptualized and built an innovative high-availability solution for internal SAP systems at minimal costs and high success rate – widely used and coined by upper management as the OSR (on-site recovery) Solution.

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