Ralph Roth

Background

About Ralph Roth

At SUSE Consulting, I specialize in solution architecture and consulting with a focus on SAP environments and high-availability on Linux. With over two decades of experience, I've held roles such as Senior Consultant and Senior Solution Architect, demonstrating expertise in account/project/partner/stakeholder management, as well as pre- and post-sales activities. I handle various aspects of consulting, including RFPs, RFIs, SoWs, PoCs, demos and pilots. My core skills include architecture design and comprehensive solution architecture services. Specializing in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Solutions and Enterprise Architecture, I act as a trusted advisor to CxO level executives, managing partnerships, overseeing project delivery and ensuring high availability solution implementation. I'm technically proficient in SAP Basis, SAP/HANA, SAP High Availability and various Linux distributions. My expertise includes clustering solutions, SAP HANA high availability, backup and disaster recovery, SAP migrations, shift & lift migrations and re-hosting. Security is a priority, covering areas such as security hardening, openSCAP and anti-malware, APT, antivirus, spyware and honeypots. In cloud computing, I've worked with IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, OpenStack and all major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, Google etc.), virtualization projects using VMware, KVM or XEN with a focus on server consolidation and data center migration. My background includes DevOps practices working on tools such as cfg2html. I'm proficient in programming languages (shell/bash/awk, C/C++, Pascal, Python, GO, assembler) and familiar with version control systems such as Git and configuration management tools, including Infrastructure as Code.