Azure DevOps Engineer

- Proposing, designing, configuring and implementing new business solutions in Microsoft Azure on production, quality and development systems in terms of infrastructure;
- Defining standards for Azure compute, storage, identity/security and networking for cloud and hybrid infrastructure deployments for clients in different industries;
- Working with Terraform and Azure DevOps (Infrastructure as code) to implement business needs to have consistency in configurations on all servers while reducing costs and having faster software deployments to automate repeated tasks.
- Creating architectural diagrams for various deployments along with the technical documentation explaining various topologies and advising on best practices for future deployments.
- Providing technical support in the pre-sales phase and in RFPs for clients adopting and migrating to cloud technologies.
- Advising on cost and resource optimization on existing cloud environments.
- Planning, including scheduling and controlling in a complex ICT environment.
- Experience in customer accounts management, including budgeting applied to a complex ICT environment.

Database administrator for the EU HANA Enterprise Cloud Technical Operations team tasked with the following:

- Administering Sybase and HANA databases with the underlying Unix, Windows, Linux operating systems;
- SAP Technologies applied: Netweaver, HANA, Solution Manager and Software Update Manager;
- Be in direct contact with multiple client technical and project leads in different industries such as aerospace & defense, pharmaceutical, -automotive, industrial, and education;
- Responsible for providing service and support for SAP Cloud based systems powered by HANA customer landscapes to achieve ambitious service level agreements;
- Responsible for the proper documentation, definition of technical operational concepts and guidelines for the implemented SAP landscapes;
- Create and implement change request documentation;
- Responsible for the daily maintenance of SAP client systems by troubleshooting errors, reviewing logs, and monitoring systems to check if they are running optimally;
- Scheduling and performing pre-activity preparations on systems that need to be upgraded, downgraded, refreshed, partitioned, migrated to new servers or hypervisors, parameter changes, and other tasks;
- Performing system upgrades, assistance with backup and restore, system refreshes, table partitioning, database consistency checks, enabling and disabling replication between primary, secondary, and disaster recovery sites, and installing new licenses on systems.

- Projects: Volkswagen Financial Services SAP BASIS System Administration, Oerlikon Surface Solutions Switzerland PMO Consultant;
- Proposing, scheduling or configuring, documenting and testing business solutions in SAP applications in accordance with functional and technical requirements;
- Implementation of new business solutions in the SAP area based on user requirements analysis;
- Manage and ensure availability and performance of SAP systems, including underlying databases and servers;
- Manage multiple SAP landscapes from development to production systems;
- Identify, resolve, and eliminate production issues and performance variances;
- Evaluate and apply updates and patches, as required;
- Document procedures and system changes;
- Monitor and tune SAP and Oracle performance;
- Oracle database administration;
- Analyze customer technical requirements and systems infrastructure;
- Building professional relationships with clients, management and team members to ensure delivery of proposed solutions, support for business development and personal development;
- Participating in the development of proof of concepts;
-Installing and configuring Avantra with the Postgresql database for SAP;
- Planning and migrating internal SAP S/4HANA systems to Microsoft Azure Cloud;
- Participating in multiple POC's and RFP's for existing and potential clients;
- Administering and configuring SAP S/4HANA and Fiori apps;
- Configuring and administering SAP BTP and SAP Analytics Cloud;
- Planning and executing an SAP S/4HANA conversion from ECC 6.0;
- Overseeing projects while developing and maintaining project management methodologies, standards and tools;
- Supporting a Global SAP Rollout template from a PMO standpoint.