EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

• SAP Certified Consultant, along with MCP Certifications over 15 Years of IT experience with extensive experience of 11 + years as Sr. SAP Basis Admin. Extensively worked as Basis System Administration and Database/Network Administration during implementation, production support, upgrade, migration phases and On - Going Operational support. Having good knowledge on Hardware on different OS/DB platforms like UNIX, Windows, Oracle, MSSQL, Sybase, HANA, Db2 etc. . Trained by Sap for SAP HANA and Solution Manager Administration.
• Designing and Sizing the HANA Landscape
• Installing and managing multi-tenant, scaled out Hana systems
• Implementing HANA on Cloud and On premise
• Testing and recovering in HA scenarios and DR scenarios
• Monitor and Analyze Load Balancing using node distribution feature of Hana.
• Migration of Tenant DB from one Hana to another Hana DB
• Expertise in security implementation using analytical privileges
• SSO and windows AD authentication for Hana access, FIORI
• Design and deploy S/4 HANA On Premise Version Execute DR, backup and recovery tasks with infrastructure teams
• Expertise in data provisioning using SLT, SAP SLT system configuration
• Manage transports of objects in Hana using Export/Import delivery units
• Hana system, parameter configuration, delta merge etc.
• HANA Studio installation and configuration
• HANA DB Backup and restore process development adding the HANA system to solution manager
• Used HANA DBA Cockpit, LCM UI and other tools for HANA DBA
• Monitoring HANA System by using Solman Technical Monitoring
• Install FIORI Components and Configure Fiori Applications.
• Install SAP Afaria Server and manages Mobile Applications.
• Install SAP Personas and Configure it.
• Evaluation of clients system landscape, and supporting day to day Basis Activities
• Sap Basis Skills:
• Expert in designing/sizing and implementing SAP Systems Landscape.
• Experience in installing and configuring SAP ECC 6.0 EHP6, CRM 7.0 EHP 2, Net weaver 7.0, Solution
• Manager 7.0/7.1, on different OS and DB platforms.
• Strong Skills with High Availability/Virtualization solutions.
• SAP Clustering in Unix/Windows Environments on Oracle RAC, MS Cluster and SQL Cluster.
• Good Exposure to IBM Tivoli Volume Management.
• Planning for the Backup and Recovery Strategies.
• Expertise in full Implementation of DQM, Working Knowledge of Presort/Satori
• Deployed Client strategy and Configured Transports for all the SAP systems across the landscape.
• Maintaining Backup Strategy- DB backup, Restore, Point in time Recovery.
• Maintained Table spaces, tables, extents on the DB systems.
• Maintained SAP landscapes with onshore and offshore work load balancing.
• Extensive experience in Migration of SAP landscape from HP-UX Oracle 10g to IBM-AIX-DB2, SQL Server.
• Very strong with SCM/APO and Live Cache concepts.
• Created procedures for configuring, monitoring, tuning & troubleshooting the ECC, CRM, BI, and PI & Portal Environments for the entire Landscape for Daily/Weekly/Monthly basis..
• Hands on experience on all aspects of SAP BASIS ADMINISTRATION (ABAP and JAVA Stacks ) which includes Client copy/Import/Export, Support Packages, Kernel upgrades, Spool Administration, Background jobs, Workload Analysis, Backup/Recovery, Add-on installations, Transport management system, CTS, System Monitoring, applying OSS Notes, Partner Profile configuration, troubleshooting and processing IDocs and TRFC/QRFC queues and NWDS.
• Hands on experience on all aspects which includes Performance Tuning for over twenty plus clients and load balancing, Unicode Conversions, Stack Splitting, SSDM, SPAM, SWPM, DMO for SAP HANA
• EHPI, SUM, Solman UP, JSPM, Client Workload Analysis, Backup/Recovery, Add-on installations, Applying OSS Notes, Profile configurationTroubleshooting and Managing Webdynpro Applications.
• Experience in monitoring and maintaining SAP systems using Solution Manager 7.1 as Central Monitoring
• System (CCMS) and configuring threshold values for early watch alerts.
• Configuring for Project Administration, MOPZ, SLD, LMDB,EWA, CCMS, Service Desk, ChaRM,
• Configuring Maintenance Optimizer, and Willy Introscope
• Work Centers and BPM Configuration, Root Cause Analysis
• Data Volume Management, Technical Monitoring and Test management
• Project Management Administration, Central TMS and EEM Administration
• TDMS Control System, Receiver & Sender System Configuration.
• RCA, DVM, LVM, Custom Code Management and Alerts Configuration
• Extensive experiences in the production go live and cutover activities and in supporting the post go live issues. And by providing In-time solutions for critical issues.
• Experience in Implementation, Monitoring and Administration of AS JAVA systems using Configuration Tool, Visual Administrator and NetWeaver Administration (NWA).
• Good exposure in system maintenance with minimized/near-zero downtime using Tivoli System Automation (TSA) and HADR.
• Experience in scheduling of background jobs, update mechanism, spool administration, client copies, Applying Support packs, and reorganization of table space in database.
• Experience on SAP R/3 Basis Administration, Transport Management, Database Administration, System Monitoring, Performance Tuning.
• Tuning SAP buffers, Memory Management, Optimum distribution of work process (workload balancing) amongst all application servers.
• Configuring Operation Mode (Day/Night).
• Knowledge on Security Concepts (User Administration, Role Administration, Authorizations).
• Defining Security policies & implementing them using SAP Security GRC/VIRSA using Compliance Calibrator, Firefighter, Access Enforcer, Role Expert & SOD implementation, Profile Management and Generation using PFCG. SSL and AD integration with Client Certificate based authentication configuration. Including SAP Single Sign-On 2.0 and 3.0
• Willingness and ability to quickly adapt to new environments and learn new technologies.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving skills and work independently as well as in teams.
• Excellent knowledge in Business Process Management. Can do case studies and coordinate with various Departments in developing a flow chart to synchronize and reduce costs & improve efficiency.
• As part of migration, Installed and configured High-availability for SAP systems ECC 6.0, BI 7.0, BOBJ, SCM 7.0, SRM 7.0, ICH 5.0 and solution manager 7.1.
• Configured and adapted profile parameters of SAP systems for the new AIX operating system and DB2 Database platform.
• Performed number of system refreshes/renames of various systems ECC 6.0, BI 7.0, BOBJ, SRM 7.0, CRM 6.0 and SCM7.0
• Provided 24/7 on-call Basis support for QA testing, UAT testing, interface connectivity testing and for day to Day basis activities and issues.
• Provided support to various releases of SAP applications and performed various release cutover activities for ECC 6.0, CRM 6.0, SRM 7.0 and SCM 5.0
• Interacted and coordinated with SAP Infrastructure teams, development teams, configuration teams, security
• Team and various technical support teams to optimize and maintain the overall SAP reliability, availabilityand Performance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP: SAP R/3, ECC 5.0 / 6.0, BI 7.0 / 7.3 / 7.4, Enterprise Portal 5.0 / 6.0 / 7.0, ITS 6.20 / 6.40 / 7.00 , PI 7.0, SRM 5.0, 7.0, CRM 7.0 2, SCM 4.1, 5.0, Solution manager 7.0 /7.1/7.2, SAP Net Weaver 7.0 / 7.3 / 7.4, Net Weaver BPM version 7.3 ( Composite Environment 7.2 ) Archive Development Kit, GRC/IDM/BOBJ/BODS.

OS: Sun Solaris 9.0 / 10.0, IBM AIX 5l 5.3, Windows NT / 2000 / 2003 /2008 , RHEL 4 / 5 / 6

Database: Oracle 11g / 10, MS SQL 2000 / 2005 / 2008 / 2012 , DB2 7.1 / 9.0.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP Basis Lead

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7, NetWeaver 2004s, SAP EP 7.0, Solution Manager 7.1 SP 10, BW 3.0, BI 7.0, SCM 7.0SRM 7.0, CRM 7.0 EHP 2, Oracle10g, DB2 9.1, RHEL 6, HDB, Windows 2012, SQL 2012.

Responsibilities:

• Installed SAP ECC 6.0., CRM 7.0 EHP 2 Solution Manager 7.1. Process Integration (P.I ), BODS. Both H.A & Non H.A. Enabled SAPCTL on Cluster environments.
• Performed post installation activities.
• Configured Transport management System.
• Import System Profiles and set the Operations Modes.
• Scheduling and Monitoring Background jobs.
• Upgrade the kernel Patch.
• Applying support packages, Plug Inn and Add On.
• Client Copy/Import and Export and Client Maintenance.
• Created Logical Systems for SAP R/3 and assign to Particular Clients.
• Management of SAP users along with their Roles/Profiles and Authorization
• Performed System Copy.
• Central User Administration Configuration.
• Monitoring for failed transports and analyzing the issue
• Monitoring Database growth and Buffer hit ratio
• Monitoring R/3 Locks and Database Locks
• Monitor system logs and ABAP dumps
• Upgraded Solman Plug-ins for better system performance analysis.
• Created client copies (SCCL) according to the business requirement and managing the clients (SCC4).
• Installed, configured and administered APO 3.1, Live Cache 7.2 Build 20 and Optimizer
• Involved in Post-Installation activities and configuring/maintaining the Live Cache instance (LC10) and RFC (for all the clients who are using Live Cache) for APO server.
• Established RFC connections (SM59) between R/3 and APO Servers for SNP Modeling.
• Monitored the Core Interface (CIF) queues and consistency of LC database using the Live Cache Consistency Check tool.
• Documented each and every activity in the project phase plan and its implementation process.
• Involved in Implementation and Configuration of Solution Manager in the landscape. Setting up Early Watch & Also planning to implement Business Process Monitoring, Charm & Service Desk.
• Extended TMS support, authorization management, STMS transport rules for customizing and self-defined objects and troubleshooting.
• Established connections between different systems through RFC (SM59).
• Carried out Transport requests (SE01) from Development to Test and Production clients using Transport Management System (STMS).
• User maintenance & administration includes authorization and profile maintenance.
• Client copy (SCCL), export and import and Client Delete
• Day to day performance monitoring and trouble shooting of servers by analyzing R/3 system logs, Oracle system logs and Workload (SSAA, RZ20, SM21, ST01/02/03/04, DB02/13/12)
• Configured and maintained Operation modes (RZ04, RZ03, SM63) for efficient utilization of server resources.
• As part of the Basis team, performed administration of the LAN and monitoring of server operating systems (ST06), Load balancing of R/3 application servers using logon groups (SMLG).
• As part of migration, Installed and configured High-availability for SAP systems ECC 6.0, BI 7.0, BOBJ, SCM 5.0, SRM 7.0, ICH 5.0 and solution manager 4.0 on NWDS plot form.
• Configured and adapted profile parameters of SAP systems for the new AIX operating system and DB2 database platform.
• Performed number of system refreshes/renames of various systems ECC 6.0, BI 7.0, BOBJ, SRM 7.0, CRM 6.0 and SCM7.0
• Applied support packages and kernel patches to the latest level for SAP systems BI 7.0, SRM 4.0, CRM 6.0 and SCM 7.0 with live cache 7.6 and NWDS.
• Provided 24/7 on-call Basis support for QA testing, UAT testing, interface connectivity testing and for day to day basis activities and issues.
• Provided support to various releases of SAP applications and performed various release cutover activities for ECC 6.0, CRM 5.0/6.0, SRM 7.0 and SCM 7.0
• Monitoring work processes and their statuses from time to time
• Assigning missing authorization using SU53 screenshots.
• Expertise in DQM & Presort Satori Implementation, Upgrade and Maintenance.
• Supported BW System on Hana Platform.

Confidential, NJ

Sr. Lead SAP Basis Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7, NetWeaver 2004s, SAP EP 7.0, Solution Manager 7.01 SP 10, BW 3.0, BI 7.0, SCM 5.0SRM 5.0, CRM 7.0 EHP 2, Oracle10g, SUSE 10, Windows 2008, SQL 2008.

Responsibilities:

• Managed basic security for SAP Systems. Users, Roles, Profiles. Authorizations.
• Performed Client Administration activities like Client Copy and System refresher including Client Creation, Local Client Copy, remote Client Copy, Client Export & Import and Client Deletion
• Transport Management System Administration
• Database and Table Space Administration.
• Configured monitoring, tuning & troubleshooting the ECC, CRM, BI, and PI & Portal Environment (NWDS) for the entire Landscape for Daily/Weekly/Monthly basis.
• Configured and maintained Internet Pricing and configuration (IPC 4.0) for SRM 4.0 system including starting, stopping and monitoring IPC server.
• Change request management (ChaRM) using Solution Manager 4.0 and importing production sync transports to the lower landscape systems.
• Involved in the implementation and testing of Tivoli Automation system (TSA) and database HADR activities.
• Provided 24/7 on-call Basis support for QA testing, UAT testing, interface connectivity testing and for day to day basis activities and issues.
• Provided support to various releases of SAP applications and performed various release cutover activities for ECC 6.0, CRM 5.0/6.0, SRM 5.0 and SCM 5.0 and NWDS.
• Interacted and coordinated with SAP Infrastructure teams, development teams, configuration teams, security team and various technical support teams to optimize and maintain the overall SAP reliability, availability, and performance.
• Upgrade the kernel Patch.
• Applying support packages, Plug Inn and Add On.
• Client Copy/Import and Export and Client Maintenance.
• Created Logical Systems for SAP R/3 and assign to Particular Clients.
• Management of SAP users along with their Roles/Profiles and Authorization
• Performed System Copy.
• Monitoring for failed transports and analyzing the issue
• Monitoring Database growth and Buffer hit ratio
• Monitoring R/3 Locks and Database Locks
• Working with Visual admin tool: Administering JAVA Engine.
• Documented each and every activity in the project phase plan and its implementation process

Confidential, CA

Lead Sr. SAP Basis Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7, NetWeaver 2004s, SAP EP 7.0, Solution Manager 7.01, BW 3.0, BI 7.0, SCM 5.0, SRM 5.0, CRM 5.0, Oracle 9g, DB2 7.1, Solaris 8, Windows 2008, SQL 2008.

Responsibilities:

• Established system landscape strategy for R/3 SYSTEM & BI system Landscape
• Implemented client development strategy (Development, Quality, Production, Testing)
• Maintained Backup Strategy- Database backup, Restore, Recover, Increasing Table Spaces, tables, extents on the system.
• Well versed with Upgrade Strategy and Patches - Database, Kernel, and SPAM/SAINT.
• Configured Printing strategy- Installed Configured and maintained network printers and local printers.
• Configured Transports for all the SAP systems across the landscape
• Deployed Client copy strategy - Local Client copy, Remote client copy, Import/ Export.
• Worked on Solution Manager Maintenance Optimizer to download and apply SP stack on sand box and Production Landscape.
• Setup the Solution Manager System Monitoring, Solution Manager Service Desk, Charms, Business Process Monitoring.
• Setting up early watch alerts to monitor all the systems in the landscape periodically.
• Establishing connectivity between systems using RFC connection and identifying systems using logical systems.
• Provided support during Support Package installation including post SP install activities. Applied SPAM / SAINT Upgrade including support packages, BASIS, ABAP, Logistics and Accounting, HR.
• Open the systems for sap support.
• Systems refresh activity/Post DB Refresh Activities Based on Functional and Development team demand.
• Daily Basis support for their R/3 System Landscape, troubleshooting and system Monitoring.
• Defining Operation modes based on the requirement.
• Creation of logon groups for load balancing.
• Analysing System errors & ABAP Dumps, Administering Backgrounds Job, updates, locks & Spool.
• Managed background jobs (scheduled background jobs, monitored background jobs, and cancelled background jobs).
• Changing the memory related parameters to support different program loads and batch jobs.
• Performed system-monitoring and tracing activities using transaction codes for systems.
• Daily task is System monitoring, System logs, Optimizing Performance, Scheduling Backups, and SQL Trace.
• Worked extensively on Config tool to create server process, setting JVM, Heap Memory and administering secure store.
• Working with Visual admin tool: Administering JAVA Engine.
• Applied support packages, Kernel upgrading by using SDM & JSPM.
• Working with UME tool.
• Configured SLD (System Landscape Directory).
• Used JCORFC provider service to establish communication between sap R3 systems and Java systems.
• Performed number of system refreshes of various systems (BI 7.0, ECC 6.0, SCM 5.0, liveCache 7.6)
• Provided monitoring, trouble shooting, tuning and general support to SCM 5.0, BI 7.0, ECC 6.0, CRM 5.0, SRM 5.0 systems in the landscape.
• Participated, developed and documented Basis processes for Virtualization, Hardware Stabilization and Migration activities for entire SAP landscape within HP server ranges.
• Involved in various releases of SAP applications and performed various releases cutover activities for SCM 5.0, BI 7.0, ECC 6.0, CRM 5.0, SRM 5.0 systems
• Upgraded Kernels, applied ABAP and Java support packages in various systems to latest patch levels

Confidential, FL

SAP Basis Net Weaver Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7, NetWeaver 2004, SAP EP 6.0, Solution Manager 4.0, BW 3.0, BI 7.0, Oracle10g, DB2 Solaris 8, Windows 2005, SQL 2005

Responsibilities:

• Involved in System Landscape Design and Client Instance Strategy.
• Performed Installations of SAP SRM-MDM, CRM-MDM and carried out Post Installation activities.
• Installed SAP NW BI 7.0 ABAP Stack on Microsoft OS 2003 clustered environment with MS SQL 2005 as DB as second SAP System in MSCS cluster and Java Stack as third SAP System.
• Performed Installation of Solution Manager 7.0 and involved in Upgrade of SM 7.0 EHP 1.
• SSO configurations and Setup of JCO Connections.
• Performed Client Administration activities like Client Copy and System refresher including Client Creation, Local Client Copy, remote Client Copy, Client Export & Import and Client Deletion.
• Configured SMTP, Transport Management Systems, Support Packs, Spool Administration, Performance Issues, Configuring printers, workload Analysis and all day BASIS activities.
• Performed Import of Transport requests from Development to Quality and to Production Systems in several Landscapes using Transport Management System (STMS), monitored Transports and maintained Transport Logs and Transport Workflow.
• Applied OSS NOTES using SNOTE to the systems downloading from OSS as per instruction or wherever applicable.
• Involved in Installation and support of NetWeaver 2004’s and Enterprise Portal 7.0 with HR Business Packages like Employee Self Services (ESS) and Manager Self Service (MSS) for reducing the administration tasks.
• Worked with Portal Security like setting permissions for users in Portal Framework using UME (User Management Engine), assigning roles to users and troubleshooting user related problems.
• Assisted Security team for Creating Users, Assigning Roles, Authorization Checks, and Designing Roles in Creating SAP Accounts.
• SAP Compliance/Audit Administration, Auditing System controls.
• Made use of Accelerated SAP tool to make the transformation easier.
• Managed basic security for SAP Systems and maintained Activity groups.
• Day to day job involved in monitoring the database performance (ST04), OS. (ST06) and Workload (ST03).
• Maintain the system profiles in development and production systems, and created operation modes and logon groups for optimal utilization of servers. Monitored jobs in background to cleanup spool requests, dumps, batch-input sessions, background jobs.
• Performance monitoring, workload analysis, performance tuning, system monitoring using CCMS.
• Download Patches from OSS and applying OSS notes.
• Daily administrative tasks include monitoring system logs, work processes, locks and updates.

Confidential, Madison, WI

SAP Basis Administrator

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c, HP-UX 11.V2, Oracle 8i, Windows 2003, SQL 2000

Responsibilities:

• Administered and supported the SAP Production, QA and Development systems in a 24x7 Oracle environment with R/3 4.6C.
• Carried out Transport requests from Development to Quality and production using Transport Management System (STMS).
• Maintain User and System administration for SAP systems. Providing support and troubleshooting SAP Servers.
• Created RFC Destinations and Tested the connectivity.
• Tested and implemented security recommendations given by SAP audit team
• Assisted the audit team for SOD & SOX compliance.
• Scheduled and monitored background jobs.
• Performed client operations such as client copy (SCCL), export and import.
• Monitored alerts and ABAP short dumps (ST22) using System Administration (SSAA).
• Maintained the system profiles, used developer trace files/ABAP short dumps for troubleshooting problems.
• Monitored SAP buffers using ST02, analyzed workload of SAP (ST03).
• Checked CPU utilization and volume space utilization.
• Daily administrative tasks include monitoring system logs, Work processes, locks and updates (SM12, SM13, and SM21).