Support for SAP Security Tools to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in ABAP programs (CodeProfiler - Control for Code ABAP) and in transport requests (TransportProfiler - Control for Transport).
Worked with ticket systems: Salesforce, Jira.
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
3 years 7 months
ABAP Developer
Onapsis
Programming, documentation and testing of tools in the area of SAP security.
Identified and fixed vulnerabilities in ABAP programs.
Freelance collaboration in a software house specializing in SAP security.
Sep 2018 - Apr 2020
1 year 8 months
SAP Transport Consultant
Vattenfall
Conflict checks and execution of cross-transports from the maintenance system landscape to the project system landscape.
Dec 2016 - Nov 2017
1 year
SAP Transport Consultant
Vattenfall
Execution of cross-transports from the maintenance system landscape to the project system landscape.
Aug 2016 - Jun 2019
2 years 11 months
ABAP Developer
Virtual Forge
Programming, documentation and testing of tools in the area of SAP security.
Identified and fixed vulnerabilities in ABAP programs.
Freelance collaboration in a software house specializing in SAP security.
Oct 2009 - Jun 2016
6 years 9 months
SAP Tools Developer
Vattenfall
Developed and maintained tools for transports in SAP production systems (releases 4.6 and 7.4).
Tool to check cross-transports to avoid overwriting developments in target systems, including customizing.
Tool to check transports into production systems to prevent overtakes, including customizing.
Tool to supply newly copied test systems with missing transports.
Participated in operational transport processes: post-processing for client and system copies, support for transport issues, ticket coordination.
Planned batch runs in collaboration with a UC-4 team.
Feb 2007 - Jul 2009
2 years 6 months
SAP Upgrade Consultant
Münchner Rück
ABAP/4 development in transport management for upgrade project from WebAs 6.20 to NetWeaver 2004s, SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.71 to ERP 6.0 and FS-RI 4.71 to FS-RI 6.50.
Extracted FS-RI in-house developments under NetWeaver 7.0 from a consolidation system for import into upgraded systems.
Handled SPDD during R/3 system upgrades.
Diagnosed and resolved activation errors during upgrades.
Set up, started and monitored FS-RI migration jobs.
Created upgrade logs for various systems.
Performed pre- and post-upgrade tasks for R/3 systems and client copies.
Maintained transport landscapes with extended transport control (client-dependent routes).
Transported internal releases and analyzed import errors related to ABAP Objects.
Handled SPDD when applying support package stacks to test systems.
Coordinated requirements from test teams with SAP Basis.
Provided 1st level support for system operation issues.
Developed upgrade tools in ABAP/4.
Dec 2006 - Jan 2007
2 months
ABAP Basis Developer
INA Schaeffler KG
Corrections and enhancements to a dialog application implementing a workflow for job approvals and job documentation.
Nov 2006 - Dec 2006
2 months
Transport Analyst
Deutsche Post IT-Solutions GmbH
Analyzed transport requests regarding dependencies to other transport requests.
Developed a Perl tool for dependency analysis.
Nov 2006 - Nov 2006
1 month
ABAP Basis Developer
INA Schaeffler KG
Corrections and enhancements to an in-house development implementing a workflow for job approvals and job documentation.
Mar 2001 - Jul 2006
5 years 5 months
R/3 System Administrator
SAP AG
Configured and maintained complex R/3 transport landscapes.
Systematically analyzed and resolved import buffer issues during changes to transport landscapes.
Performed error analysis and activation of Data Dictionary, runtime and database objects during import issues.
Managed TP and R/3 profile parameters.
Managed jobs in R/3 and via crontab.
Created English documentation for transport processes, e.g., step-by-step guides for integrating new systems into transport landscapes.
Trained international colleagues in presence and via NetMeeting.
Intensively used SQL for transport data analysis in MaxDB.
Executed transports on OS level and from R/3.
Provided troubleshooting and hotline support for transport issues.
Developed transport tools in Perl, ABAP/4, Unix shell and AWK.
Analyzed lock issues in R/3 and on databases (Oracle, MaxDB, DB2, DB6, MSSQL).
Analyzed OS-level issues (HP-UX, Sun-Solaris, AIX, Linux, Windows 2000/2003) with scripts and Unix commands.
Analyzed issues starting and running R/3 systems.
Dec 2000 - Feb 2001
3 months
MM Support Analyst
SAP AG
Debugged ABAP/4 programs in the MM module.
Provided development support for MM-Purchase.
Aug 2000 - Dec 2000
5 months
COBOL Developer
VW AG
Maintained and developed programs in COBOL under MVS with DB2 for vehicle cost calculation.
Developed an interface to the KASKO vehicle calculation system.
Intensively used SQL for DB2 database access.
Adjusted JCL jobs.
Jun 2000 - Jul 2000
2 months
ABAP/4 Developer
Vitrashop
Developed an operational contribution margin/manufacturing cost report.
Implemented a disposition list archive.
Apr 2000 - Jun 2000
3 months
ABAP/4 Developer
DeTeMedien
Developed batch input for correction of customer orders in the SD module.
Jan 2000 - Jun 2000
6 months
Material Management Hotline Support
Fresenius
Resolved customer issues at the interface between the WWS system (ELVIS) and the R/3 system.
Analyzed and fixed problems.
Jan 2000 - Apr 2000
4 months
ABAP/4 Developer
Votex
Implemented an interface from R/3 to the DEWAS WWS system in the ‘Autostadt’ project.
Nov 1999 - Apr 2000
6 months
ABAP/4 Developer
DeTeMedien
Developed an interface for purchasing statistics data to a data warehouse.
Jul 1999 - Dec 1999
6 months
Freelance Developer
Carl Zeiss
Reviewed code and shell procedures in Shell, AWK and C in preparation for the millennium change.
Apr 1999 - Nov 1999
8 months
ABAP/4 Developer
Fresenius
Created programs for migration of material master, vendor master and stock data of an acquired company into an R/3 system and imported data.
Developed batch input for price fields (append structure) in the material master.
Generated reports on purchase orders transferred to new purchasing organizations.
Developed batch input for vendor master.
Apr 1996 - Mar 1999
3 years
SAP Consultant
Carl Zeiss
Managed SAP authorization profiles for the MM module according to business requirements.
Extended or developed ABAP/4 programs displaying authorization profile information.
Performed ABAP/4 dialog and batch programming for interfaces between legacy systems (MVS) and R/3.
Conducted cross-module ABAP/4 programming.
Created and monitored interfaces in ABAP/4, PL/1, JCL between R/3 systems via RFC and ALE and between R/3 and MVS via Call Transaction and batch input.
Conducted in-house ABAP/4 training.
Jan 1993 - Dec 1998
6 years
Oracle DBA
Carl Zeiss
Performed Oracle Version 6 database administration one week per year.
Jan 1991 - Dec 1992
2 years
Oracle DBA and Developer
Carl Zeiss
Installed and configured Oracle Version 6 databases.
Maintained indexes and managed tablespaces.
Provided hotline support for database issues.
Commissioned the LAGOS warehouse management system.
Used SQL extensively for warehouse inventory data analysis.
Jul 1986 - Mar 1999
12 years 9 months
Mainframe Developer
Carl Zeiss
Developed in COBOL and PL/1 under MVS, CICS, DB2 and IMS for decentralized time and order data capture, production control, work scheduling and sales.
Centralized creation of IMS-DB access for programmers across multiple groups.
Conducted two two-month training courses on IMS-DB access.
Summary
R/3 Transport management +++
R/3 Authorization management +
ABAP/4 +++
Java +
Perl +
Shell +
AWK +
C +
PL/1 +++
COBOL +++
SQL +++
Access to IMS DB +++
Languages
German
Native
English
Intermediate
Education
Oct 1972 - Jun 1977
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
State exam, teaching at high schools · Mathematics and Physics · Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany · 2.0