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Gerard Rodolfo

Work History

January 2005 - Present         K-Swiss Global Brands

                                                   Los Angeles, CA

Current position:  IT Shared Services and SAP Security Analyst                              

·         Responsible for the administration and maintenance of SAP Security role and user accounts for various systems (ECC 6.0, NetWeaver 7.0., PI: Process Integration, MDM) based on business requirements.

·         Works with internal and external auditors, Business Process Managers, and Techno-Functional Teams in the development and maintenance of security roles and user accounts to ensure SOD and SOX Compliance.  Conducts regular review of user access and usage including Firefight Ids.

·         Responsible for the development of SAP security roles (Composite, Single/Parent and Derived roles) while leveraging the transport system using (Development –Quality-Production) SAP Landscape for validation and production transport release.

·         Provides standard and escalates support to end-users using standard SAP transactions for analysis, implementation and resolution. Extensive hands-on experience on standard SAP Basis & Security transaction including, but not limited to SU01, SU53, ST01, PFCG, SU24, SM30, ST22, ST21, SE16, SA38, and SU24/SU25 for authorization/authorization object checks and implementation of Upgrades/Enhancements packs.

·         Collaborates with SAP Developers, Functional Teams, and Business Process Managers to ensure proactive prevention and resolution especially on escalated issues. 

·         Provides leadership in the organization’s system cloud migration by serving as the regression testing Lead in moving to the cloud by validating and ensuring connectivity and application integration.

·         Works with various external/third party resource teams by serving as a liaison between the internal organization’s technical and functional teams.

·         Leads the initiative on the continuous improvement of IT Standard Operating Policies and Procedures, SAP transport release workflow, and publication of release calendar while following the ITIL framework and best practices.

·         Promotes adherence to best practices and ITIL framework on Security policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.

·         Initiated the ‘Lunch N Learn’ information technology educational program.

·         Supervised US and overseas IT staff in the continuous improvement and communication of the organization’s security policies following best practices including ITIL framework.

·         Redesigned JIRA Workflow design for Agile Project Management and Service Incident Management

Previous position:  SAP Basis and Security Administrator

·         Ensured the stability of the underlying infrastructure where SAP Basis components are installed by proactively monitoring the systems and mitigating any potential problems

·         Reported to the Director of IT Infrastructure

·         Administered and managed day-to-day operations to ensure the stability of SAP Basis Components (ECC/BW/XI/MDM) including OS security patches, Kernel Upgrade

·         Managed the Global SAP security role and user administration

·         Worked with Internal and External Auditors/Cross functional teams on critical authorizations & SOD violations

·         Primary individual who handled the security tasks of the entire organization in SAP FI/MM/SD

·         Constantly provided SAP Security status to management

·         Closely worked with the Business Process Managers and Functional team on corporate business initiatives

·         Responsible for VMWare/ESXi 5.5 server management and VMs pertaining to SAP systems.

·         Responsible for Network security and prevention.

·         Responsible for NetApp SAN Management and Administration 7-Mode and Cluster Mode

·         Responsible for MS SQL 2008 Database Administration for performance system improvement and stability

·         Responsible for Office 365 Admin/Integration. (Email, SharePoint)

·         Responsible for Corporate Backup Operations (Symantec Backup Exec 2012/2014

·         Responsible for Symantec Endpoint Protection Administration and Deployment

·         Managed third party IT service providers in SAP Basis, Network and IT Helpdesk

·         In depth hands-on experience on the migration of volumes from NetApp 8.2.3 7-Mode to 8.3 Cluster Mode using NetApp 7-Mode transition tool 2.0. Led the project in the NetApp upgrade from FAS3240 to FAS8020.

·         Responsible for multiple implementation of FlexClone provisioning for SAP System refresh on Testing and Sandbox systems

·         Administered SAP Basis Components to ensure stability (ECC/BW/XI/MDM) including OS security patches, Kernel Upgrade, performance analysis, benchmarking, and database management.

·         Converted all remaining physical SAP application servers to achieve 100% virtualization.

·         Reviewed user access requirements and provided advice in case of segregation of duties conflicts and/or security risks. Maintain user information and parameters, troubleshooting

·         Responsible for Infrastructure stability. 

·         Performed System Refresh, Client Copy, Enhancement Packs, Kernel Update

Previous Position:  Network Technology Analyst

·         Resolved second tier end user networking and local workstation issues

·         Reported to the Director of IT Infrastructure

·         Responded to helpdesk tickets entered in Jira Ticket System

·         Provided day-to-day administration of users, file system, email accounts, security, and distribution groups using Windows 2003 and 2008 Active Directory

·         Provided backup and restoration of files/data using Symantec Backup Exec

·         Worked on third party tools such as Websense, Juniper SSL VPN, Cisco switches/routers

·         Responsible for IP Monitor Administration

·         Responsible for Symantec Endpoint Protection

·         Responsible for Showcase Administration – In house CRM Tool for sales

·         Responsible for Avaya Phone System (Definity and Audix)

·         Responsible for Windows DHCP reservation

February 2002 - 2003           Arrow Electronics

                                                 Thousand Oaks, CA          

Position:   Integrated Circuits Design Engineer  

·         Responsible for physical design implementation of LSI Logic ASIC products.

·         Worked closely with customer’s front-end design team to define floor planning, refine timing constraints to achieve timing closure.

·         Used industry standard design tools such as Synopsys’ Apollo, Mars Rail for power analysis.

·         Worked on ASIC products with 1.8 million gates. Responsible for debugging Layout versus Schematic (LVS) and Design rule check (DRC) violations on ASIC products.

June 1997 – January 2002       LSI Logic Corporation 

                                                      Milpitas, CA                        

Position:    Integrated Circuits Design Verifier

·         Responsible for back-end design verification and quality assurance for ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) designs using Mentor Graphics’ software (Calibre) for identifying/resolving Layout versus Schematic (LVS) and Design Rule Check (DRC) violations.

·         Documented/reported correlation issues between several industry standard layout and verification tools to minimize the number of iterations on ASIC designs.

·         Responsible for EBEAM (Electronic Beam) of ASIC designs for all design centers of LSI Logic Corporation.

·         Recipient of LSI Logic’s Winner’s circle award in recognition for significant contribution to the success of LSI Logic.