SUMMARY:

Confidential is a Lead SAP BASIS/HANA certified hands - on consultant with Strong HANA, Database, OS and Storage background. Specialized in large complex SAP implementations, landscape conversions, upgrades, SAP systems migrations, SAP Cloud Migrations for large & complex SAP infrastructures, Data Center migrations. He provides technology & Architectural leadership, strategic direction and long-term vision for the SAP infrastructure and investment.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Environment Architecture
• Technology Architecture & Sizing
• Release Management
• Landscape Optimization
• Support Stack Management
• Client refresh
• Environment builds
• Landscape/Environment refreshes
• SAP Upgrades
• OS & database Administration
• OS/DB & Hardware Migrations
• Unicode conversions
• Database upgrades
• Enhancement packs
• Performance analysis and tuning
• IAAS vs SAAS vs PAAS offering
• End to end implementation and project support
• High Availability & SLA management
• Backup & recovery Management
• DR & Business Continuity
• Storage & Array Management for SAP
• Archiving Solutions including DT
• Audit/Compliance Management
• Localization Support
• ITIL processes and procedures
• SAP New Implementations
• SAP Operational Support
• ABAP and Java stack administration
• SAP Security
• Single Sign on & NW IDM
• SAP portal installation and support
• Solution Manager Setup
• Technical Monitoring
• Charm (Change Management)
• Batch Management
• SAP Component Builds & Support
• Process Orchestration
• Integrations & Legacy architecture
• Data center consolidation
• Cloud migration Services
• Public Vs Private Cloud offerings
• Analytics & Data Conversions
• HANA TDI Technologies
• HANA Installations & Conversions
• HANA Architecture and Strategy
• HANA Migrations(DMO) & Support
• Data Volume Management
• MCOD and MDC strategies
• S4HANA Deployment Strategy
• S4HANA build & Configuration

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

HARDWARE : Sun Enterprise 450, Dell Power Edge, Confidential, HP, Sun Sparc, Compaq Alpha, VBlock

OPERATING SYSTEMS : Linux RHEL, Linux SUSE, Windows, Unix AIX, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, MS DOS

SAP APPLICATION: SOH, BOH, S4HANA, B4HANA, SLT, SAP ERP (TMS, TP, STMS, CUA, CTS, IS-Auto, IS-U), SAP BW 3.0B, SAP APO, Solman, PO, SRM, GTS, GRC AC, WBD, ADS, SAP EP & CRM, BOBI, BODS

LANG/ TECH : ABAP, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, Unix Shell Script, R Server

ADDON’s: MRS, MII, EHSM & TM

THIRD PARTY: Topcall, Vistex, Vertex, Tibco

DATABASES : HANA, Sybase ASE, Oracle 9.x, MS SQL Server 6.5, DB2 UDB 10.x

FRONTENDS: SAPGUI, FIORI, SAPGUI S4HANA, GUIXD, SAP Thin Client

METHODOLOGY: SAP Activate, Value SAP, ASAP, SCRUM

CLOUD OPTIONS: IAAS, Managed Services, SAAS & PAAS

SIZING TOOLS: HANA Sizing, SAP Quick Sizer, Confidential Insight, SAP EWA Eval, SAP HP Sizing Tool, SPLUNK

SERVERS : Confidential P Series, HP ProLiant, CISCO UCS, SUN SPARC, VMware

STORAGE: EMC, NETAPP, Confidential Enterprise Storage

TOOLS : RMAN, INFO PRINT, OPEN SPOOL, NETAPP Cloning & Snapshots, HANA Life Cycle Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MD

SAP BASIS Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• CAP Planning strategy includes pre-evaluation, scoping, HA and DR enablement with RPO/RTO & SLA’s
• Archiecture evaluation, Sytem Landscape design, Landscape Optimization
• HANA sizing, Scope,DMO approach, data migration scenario’s
• ASIS footprint review, sizing recommendations, Backup approach & configuation
• Basis Technology review, release & change managent, Upgrade/Conversion Strategies

Confidential

SAP HANA Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Technical Planning, Installation, Upgrades with Technical proficiency in Linux Redhat/Suse and Database
• Implementation of S/4HANA 1511/1610 using SAP Activate methodology
• Planning strategy includes pre-evaluation, scoping, sizing, HA and DR enablement
• Evaluate predefined SLAs for DR with RPO/RTO commitments
• Design, Architect and Install HANA TDI Scale-out/Scale-up envirments per customer specific requirements with Shared and non-shared storage environments
• Advice an adopt SAP’s Best practice and reference architecture recommendations for core digital transformation
• Provide multiple HANA design models to accommodate architecture frame work
• Provide guidance and assistance on LOG and DATA management strategies
• Installation and configuration of S4HANA 1511 on VBLOCK systems
• Provide recommendations on Storage architecture for DT and Long Term Archiving planning
• Advice Customers on Configuration approaches for HANA databases within MCOD and MDC
• Analyze Data Volume and Load patterns to device Optimal Storage Architecture

Confidential

Advisory Architect

Responsibilities:

• Amazon S4HANA deployment strategies, Conversion Options, DMO, Migration approaches
• S4HANA installation and Configuration, BSR review, backup and Restore options
• Finalize and propose DR and HA requirements, Landscape optimization, System evaluation
• HANA Sizing & Solution application scope validation, infrastructure architecture
• HANA Scale out/Scale up Scenario’s, DT recommendations & Archiving Strategy NLS
• HCP and HCI evaluation for Public Cloud usign Success Factors and Ariba
• IAAS Server Provisioning for Customer foot print

Confidential, New York

Lead - Technical Basis

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of SAP TELESKAR SAP new program at Confidential global.
• Onsite Lead consultant in Support and implementation projects. Liaison with Customer management team, providing thought leadership, strategy and best practice recommendations, based on collaborative
• Understanding of business processes within the Basis and technology architecture.
• As a Lead Consultant responsible for problem and change management as well as support of 24/7 on Call for Basis related activities in SAP ERP, SAP HANA/BW, SAP PI, SAP GTS, SAP APO, SOLMAN, and SAP portal systems for the customer. Manage delivery and reporting of SAP Basis/Application performance, resource statistics, and metrics via a system health report on a Monthly schedule.
• HANA POC, Installation, Migration including architecture and design review.
• Installed and configured SAP HANA 1.0 SPS08 with BW standalone, TDI .
• Successfully migrated BW/NW7.3 to HANA SPS08 using SUM/DMO with ‘Rapid Upgrade & DB migration target release NW7.4 .
• Configure and Test 4 node HANA distributed environment for main BW production system.
• Configure, Test Hana System replication for production system .
• Configured HANA Studio & Cockpit.
• Optimized System configuration parameters as per the Landscape needs.
• Configured & tested Log and DB backups using Confidential Tivoli Storage Manager.
• S/4HANA: Install and configure On premise 1511 and configure POC box .
• New implementation for NA supply, demand & forecasting.
• Strategized, Build & Configure Infrastructure for Development, Quality and Production environmen using
• NW 7.3 Platform & integrated with ERP, BI systems.
• Built, configured CTM, Optimizer and Livecache on Dev, QA and Production environment .
• As part of implementation/go-live, strategized & meeting the requirements for System refreshes, client copies and consistency check.
• As Part of Big-Bang upgrade, strategized and upgraded entire APO landscape to 7.4 .
• Install, configure, Optimize SNC, Live cache, CTM, Optimizer, EM & TM across landscape.
• Setup & configure test system environment for Confidential data Integration and implementation of best test results in production environment.
• Successfully implemented and executed Upgrade project within the scope of (ECC/Ehp7, PI 7.3/Ehp1, APO/7.3, GTS/10.0, Redhat7.1, DB2 10.X, Solman) using single down time window. This project includes SAP Ehp, DB2, OS upgrades and Cloud Migration on all Prod Landscape systems.
• SAP Infra Cloud Migration :
• Completed 3 cloud migrations on Development, Test and QA & Production environments using parallel split-brain technic with reduced down time.
• Build, Configured, Deployed GTS landscape (Dev, QA, Training, production) integrating with ERP systems.
• DB2 UDB Database version upgrade from current 9.x to 10.x
• Assisted on ChaRM implementation project for Release management team
• System builds/Landscape setup of N+1 and N+2 environments for EMEA & ASIA specific Go live
• SAP Language implementation for EMEA/ASIA specific region
• Supported hardware team on High Availability testing for all SAP production systems
• Supported Landscape Optimization, Landscape consolidation project for SAP systems within the Cost center budgeting initiative
• Assisted and supported on year end closing for financial and Sales management teams
• Supported BI team on a initiative to consolidate and optimize BI cube level & DSO data
• Assisted data conversion team on data mapping/loading and performance tuning exercise
• Supported DR Drill exercise for SAP production systems including RPO/RTO & SLA validation
• Supported Proof of concept for OS upgrades & DB2 UDB version enhancements
• Some of the day to day activities include:
• System Builds, System Refreshes, technical planning and landscape optimization
• Configure SAP landscape for all SAP systems including SOLMAN
• Compatibility check and SPS stack upgrades.
• Performance tuning and Monitoring via technical Monitor
• Batch Management and configuration of critical jobs
• Troubleshoot Printing issues & Spool Management
• Release management effort via CHaRM and TMS
• Interface tracking via PO through channel monitoring
• UNIX/SQL custom scripts as per the environment requirement.