Steve Horning

San Diego, CA  92110

shorning007@gmail.com

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

SAP HANA/Basis Administrator with expertise in SAP Basis Support, database administration, and coordination with Functional and Technical SAP development teams. Proficiencies include: requirements definition, estimating, cost control and risk management, data replication, systems analysis and business process. Successful client relationship management through effective communications and negotiation skills. Proven ability to manage effective cross functional project and technical teams.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, California                                                                                1998 – Present

UNIX Administration & Sr. SAP Basis Administrator (2007 - Present)

Senior HANA Administrator & Data Replication Administrator (2012 – Present)

·   Provide SAP HANA administration & Basis Administration support within an Agile/Scrum, Data Mart environment on an 8 & 4 scaled-out Hi-Av cluster using IBM GPFS technology. Coordinated technical patching, maintenance, testing & configuration of the HANA multi-node/scaled-out environments which include Production, QA, Development, Fix and Sandbox.

·   Help configure & support SAP HANA system connectivity to multiple satellite/feeder systems like BOBJ BI, Data Services, Tableau & MicroStrategy.

·   Worked closely with HANA modeling/scripting team to setup proper table distribution across an 8 & 4 node scaled-out landscape to help optimize response times in HANA

·   Configure data replication from multiple source system using DMIS2010/2011 (SLT replication technology) from ECC, CRM source systems to SAP HANA.

·   Install and upgrade DMIS Add-On for SLT on all source and SLT systems.

·   Perform routine maintenance on SAP (SLT) Environments running NetWeaver, such as kernel patches, Oracle upgrades, application of SAP Notes & fixes.

·   Develop, configure and maintain proper procedures for backing up the SAP HANA environments. Updated SAP baseline shell script to run, validate & move local HDB backups to offsite storage locations

·   Identify critical SAP & HANA change opportunities and participated in large cross-functional, improvement efforts including, requirement definition, business readiness/business continuity, change management and ROI measurement.

·   Ensure successful adoption of new system and processes including business communication, user training and user acceptance testing of SAP HANA.

·   Develop business cases and requirements, process analysis, solution options, success key indicators, solution options for on going monitoring and support of all SAP HANA and satellite environments which included SQL and shell scripting, documenting procedures and  provided Service Level Agreements.

·   Collaborate with cross functional teams to develop project schedules, resource plans, and status reports.  

·   Perform HANA sizing & planning exercises with SAP for the setup of bigger 1TB environments.

·   Build and execute the change/code migration strategy for HANA.

·   Work with SAP HEC sales team to understand & design HANA Data Mart, SLT, ETL & Analytics DR deployment options to fit Adobe’s SLA to the enterprise

 

Senior Basis Administration, SAP PMM (Price and Margin Management by Vendavo) (2010 -2012)

·   Performed as a Basis administrator within SAP functional environments by maintaining and supporting the production and test/development of SAP PMM. Support of SAP R/3, ECC, CRM, BW/ Business Intelligence, Enterprise Portal and Process Integration Landscapes within Unix/Solaris Environments, troubleshooting system performance problems or system installations.

·   Monitored system alerts and operational logs, performed logical software support such as performance investigation, system debugging, troubleshooting problems and installing software patches and updates.

·   Provided administration support for developers.

·   Led technical support efforts to guarantee system integrity and stability. Evaluated performance of production environment using SAP software.

·   Performed following functions: change control and management, migration of code changes, sql tracing.

·   Designed database SW and HW architecture and submitted to OS team.

·   Performed SAP installations, system release upgrades, and support pack updates in ABAP and Java systems. Conducted routine maintenance on SAP systems such as kernel patches, Oracle upgrades, application of SAP Notes & fixes. Supported the Transport Management system.

 

Basis Administration (2007-2010)

·   Provided BASIS administration, system refreshes and migrations, user support, and authorizations for ECC 6.0, CRM 5.0, and GTS. Developed and designed database strategies, system monitoring and improvement of database performance and capacity, and planning for future expansion requirements. Implemented safety, security and backup and recovery measures.

·   Directed various projects multimillion dollar projects such as Netweaver, GTS Security and ABAP

and partnered with consulting companies including TCS Systems, (a TATA company), PWC, and Deloitte and Touche and SAP.

·   Expertise in administration of Enterprise Portal Systems using J2EE Visual Administrator, NWA (Netweaver Administration), and Config tool.

·   Consulted and partnered with software development team to diagnose and analyze SQL tracing and made recommendations to developers to improve code.

·   Identified critical change opportunities, and improvement efforts which included requirement definition and gathering information on resources and complexity of task.

·   Provided Basis Support for PWC on multiple Business improvements using CRM and JAVA Portal.

·   Performed upgrades and patching on applications SAP Portal, GRC and Oracle Databases.

·   Created shell scripts to monitoring filesystems, tablespace thresholds.

 

SAP Basis Administrator/Sr. System Administrator (1998 – 2007)

System Design and Administration (2004-2007)

·   Provided administration support of additional Sun Solaris servers plus including installation and configuration of E6800’s and E6900’s. Technical environment: Solaris 9.0 using Veritas Cluster software.

·   Partnered with Global SAN Team and offshore group to manage the servers and additional applications. Increased server environment to 100 servers. Worked with HA Veritas Clustering technology.

·   Analyzed requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and reviewed computer system capabilities, workflow and scheduling limitations.

·   Oversaw migration and upgrades for various applications including SAP ECC and CRM. Coordinated the installation, configuration and application support for 20+ applications moving from HP to Sun Solaris.

·   Developed HW designs, migration plans, migration scripts using sql, and shell tools, to migrate DB’s and applications.  Developed extensive documentation for the department. Trained offshore team members.

 

System Design and Administration (1998-2004)

·   Provided systems design and administration of UNIX environments for 40+ applications running Sun Solaris platforms (Sun 7, 8, 9) on several models of Sun Hardware, including E10K, 4800’s, 480, 280.  Applications running on servers were SAP ECC, & CRM, In house written applications for HR, Credit Card validation, Royalty Tracking, and Oracle DB’s supporting all.

·   Analyzed requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and reviewed computer system capabilities, workflow and scheduling limitations.

·   Oversaw migration and upgrades for various applications. Coordinated the installation, configuration and application support for 40+ sw applications.

·   Developed HW designs based on requirements gathered for migration from HP UX to Sun Solaris. Wrote documentation and matrix managed migration team.

·   Oversaw vendor contracts and managed 40+ vendors.

·   Utilized the Event Driven Language (EDL) working on IBM Series 1 EDX OS and worked with various technologies including EPIC and scanning systems.

·   Designed, developed and unit tested interfaces to/from system application or other technical configuration.  Managed and performed migrations throughout technical environments

 

Basis Administrator, ECC & CRM

·   Provided BASIS administration, system refreshes and migrations, user support, and authorizations for ECC 6.0 and CRM 5.0.  Expertise in administration of Enterprise Portal Systems using J2EE Visual Administrator, NWA (Netweaver Administration), and Config tool.

·   Developed and designed database strategies, system monitoring and improvement of database performance and capacity, and planning for future expansion requirements. Implemented safety and security measures.

·   Consulted and partnered with software development team to diagnose and analyze SQL tracing and made recommendations to developers to improve code.

·   Identified critical change opportunities, improvement efforts including requirement definition and gathering, storage and complexity.

·   Grew and got into other environments and we expanded and got into CRM and Java portal

·   Performed upgrades and patching on applications SAP Portal and Oracle Databases.

 

UNIX Administrator

·   Performed as a Unix Administrator within Solaris environment by maintaining and supporting the production and test/development of SAP Landscapes. Support of SAP ECC and CRM within Unix/Solaris Environments, troubleshooting system performance problems or system installations.

·   Monitored system alerts and operational logs, performed logical software support such as performance investigation, system debugging, troubleshooting problems and installing software patches and updates.

·   Directed the HP UX to Solaris Migration from vendor selection to production. Oversaw and managed a $1M Budget. Matrix Managed cross functional project team and vendors. 

·   Created and implemented scripts as required to improve systems and operational performance. Participated in the deployment of new technology. Set up RAID Configurations.

 

Behring Diagnostics (Roche, Formerly Syntex Corporation), Palo Alto, CA1992-1998

SAP Basis Administrator

·   Performed as a Basis administrator within SAP functional environments by maintaining and supporting the production and test/development of SAP Landscapes. Support of SAP R/3, ECC, CRM, BW/ Business Intelligence, Enterprise Portal and Process Integration Landscapes within Unix/Solaris Environments, troubleshooting system performance problems or system installations.

·   Supported WebAS 700/640 Systems using J2EE Visual Administrator, NWA (Netweaver Administration), and Configuration tool.

·   Monitored system alerts and operational logs, performed logical software support such as performance investigation, system debugging, troubleshooting problems and installing software patches and updates.

·   Led technical support efforts to guarantee system integrity and stability. Evaluated performance of production environment using SAP software.

·   Performed SAP installations, system release upgrades, and support pack updates in ABAP and Java systems.  Performed routine maintenance on SAP systems such as kernel patches, Oracle upgrades, application of SAP Notes & fixes.

Systems Administrator

·   Managed the configuration, installation and maintenance of DEC systems and administration support.

·   Responsible for the operation, administration and maintenance of all production systems including installation of server hardware and software. Made recommendations to purchase hardware and software, and provided backup recovery.  Developed and implemented testing strategies and documented results.

·   Created and implemented scripts as required to improve systems and operational performance. Participated in the deployment of new technology.

 

 

 

 

CSC, Computer Sciences Corporation, Pomona, CA  1989-1992

Systems Engineer, Onsite at General Dynamics

·   Provided systems administration for an Aerospace and Defense Company. Managing the development configuration and installation of Timekeeping System supporting 400.  Designed, developed and unit tested interfaces to/from the Timekeeping System application or other technical configuration. 

 

General Dynamics, San Diego, CA  1983-1989

Systems Administrator/Software Developer

 

 

EDUCATION

Coleman College, - Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of San Diego, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy