EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Confidential has over 19 years of SAP Basis Administration/Architecture and experience in leading a team of Basis administrators.
• He has over two years of experience in Cloud Hosting environment on Hana Enterprise Cloud (HEC).
• He is dynamic and well - qualified, with experience in leading multiple implementation projects, working for well-known SAP firms including Confidential.
• HANA 2.0 sizing, deployment, and performance monitoring as well as S/4HANA and NetWeaver on Hana. Has completed Hana (Associate).
• He has extensive SAP Basis Administration experience along with SAP project management, troubleshooting of SAP technical issues, J2EE administration, and database/OS level support.
• Has worked on VMware environment extensively.
• He is an experienced mentor and proficient at managing teams.
• Rahul is looking for a long term and challenging engagement with prospects for, growth and stability.
• Ensuring policies, procedures and processes for SAP Basis.
• Establishing and managing service level agreements (SLAs). Monitoring and reporting to management on SLAs, project and program milestones, and future needs. Performing vendor management and budgeting activities.
• Coordinating critical calls, communication with teams and vendors to resolve problems.
• Developing and implementing preventative maintenance program
• Working with process owners, management and SAP team to make continuous process improvements.
• Ensuring all SAP and Database components are meeting performance expectations.
• Ensuring Disaster Recovery (DR) policies/procedures and documented/tested for SAP and Databases on a scheduled basis.
• Coordinating multiple test systems with competing projects and priorities.
• Managing personnel including coaching and mentoring.
• Managing Application Administration projects including scoping, estimating time, resources, and cost.
• Planning and communicating SAP and database architecture/tactical plans.
• SAP Implementation, Upgrades, Configuration, Administration: extensive SAP Basis Administration experience including S/4HANA, Fiori, ECC, BW, CRM, Business Objects (BOBJ), NW 7.5 Portal, PO/PI, J2EE administration, Solution Manager and Web Dispatcher on UNIX/WIN OS and HANA 2.0, MSSQL database platforms; SSL implementation.
• Strong SAP problem resolution skills: to achieve timely project milestones for SAP rollouts and to help maintain ‘live’ SAP system environments. Also, work with SAP to find solutions to the technical problems, as needed.
• Completed numerous SAP implementations - from the installation stage through maintenance of ‘live’ production environment (full life-cycle SAP project management), including projects and services below:
• S/4HANA and Hana 2.0 deployment: Installed SAP Hana 2.0 database successfully on Linux environment. Completed implementation of S/4HANA system on Hana database successfully.
• SAP Hana sizing, performance monitoring through SAP Hana studio. Resource optimization.
• SAP System Performance tuning/improvement, sizing, troubleshooting SAP issues, coordinating OSS resources, Early Watch & Go-Live check

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Saint Louis, MO

Senior Basis Lead Architect, SAP Solutions

Responsibilities:

• Dow Jones - Managed and led a team of 10 SAP Basis Consultants to complete full implementation of S/4HANA on Hana 2.0 SP02 database, SAP Fiori, BOBJ 4.2, BODS 4.2 SP09, PO/PI (NW 7.5), Solution Manager 7.2 (ABAP+Java), TREX, Web Dispatcher, Information Stewart, Open Text (OT/ADA). Setup the regular backup for the whole landscape coordinating with the Netback up team. All the installations were completed well before the committed delivery dates.
• Key Food - Managed and led a team of 5 SAP Basis Consultants to complete implementation of S/4HANA on Hana 2.0 SP02 Database, SAP CAR (Customer Activity Repository), yMarketing (Hybris), SAP Promotion Management, SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT), Enterprise Portal (NW 7.5) and Web Dispatcher.
• NetApp - completed implementation of SAP Hana 2.0 SP02 database as Hana data mart.
• ESI - Led a team of SAP Basis consultants to complete implementation of PO/PI (NW 7.5), S/4HANA on Hana 2.0 SP02 database, SAP Fiori, BODS 4.2, HCI-DS Agent, Web dispatcher.
• Providence/St. Joseph Healthcare - Managed and led a team of SAP Basis consultants to complete full implementation of Hana 1.0 SP10 database, Hana EIM, SAP Predictive Analytics and R Server for the full landscape of Development, QA and Production. All the installations were completed well before the committed delivery dates.
• Sotheby’s - Managed a team of Basis consultants to complete installation and database/system copy of ERP on Hana, BW (ABAP+Java) on multi-tenant Hana database, and TREX systems. This was a brown-field implementation with client database copy over the new installations.
• ADTRAN - Completed BOBJ Lumira and Sybase database installation and configuration. Completed Solution Manager diagnostics agent setup.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois,

Senior SAP Basis Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP Hana sizing, performance monitoring through SAP Hana studio. Resource optimization.
• SAP Hana deployment: Installed SAP Hana database successfully on AWS cloud environment. Was engaged in implementation of ECC EHP7 system on SAP Hana database.
• Finalize SAP Technical System Architecture: Define SAP landscape Sizing requirements for ECC 6.0, BPC 10.0, BW 7.4, BI/BO 4.1, PO (Process Orchestration) 7.4, GRC 10.0. Work with hardware vendor to arrive at actual CPU, Memory, Disk (SSD) and server requirements for the complete SAP landscape.
• Basis support tasks - System copies/refreshes of ECC/BW instances, apply Support Packs/stacks through SUM tool. Define printers in SAP for MICR/check printing, client maintenance/copies, Support Pack application, maintain SAP systems in Service Marketplace, troubleshooting SAP issues, coordination with SAP on issue resolution, EarlyWatch administration.
• Maintain SAP Landscape - Create and maintain transport domains and routes. Provide Basis support to SAP Functional teams. Coordinate with infrastructure and DBA teams to maintain SAP landscape.
• Solution Manager 7.1 - System landscape management, SLD integration, EarlyWatch (EWA) report generation, Maintenance Optimizer (MOPz) for Enhancement Pack (EHP) & Support Pack management, landscape monitoring and alert management.
• Installation and configuration of SAP systems - ECC 6.0 EHP7, BPC 10.0, PI/PO 7.4, BW 7.4, BODS 4.1 SP02, Solution Manager 7.1.
• Implementation of 20 International Languages on ECC systems and install foreign language fonts to support installed languages.
• Mentoring/ new Basis team members.

Confidential, Deerfield, IL

Senior SAP Basis Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Recommend high availability solutions for Production and Pre-Prod environments with VMware and/or Microsoft clustering options.
• Coordinate with SAP Implementation Partner ( Confidential ) on all technical aspects of implementation.
• Ensure all SLA clauses are fully adhered to by the Implementation Partner during SAP implementation.
• Provide Post Go-live Support of complete SAP landscape: DEV, TST, Pre-Prod and Prod environments for SAP Enterprise Portal 7.3, Netweaver 7.3, BI 7.0 Ehp2 (ABAP & Java), ECC 6.0, BO 3.1I (Business Objects), PI Netweaver 7.3, Solution Manager 7.1 and GRC.
• Finalize SAP Technical System Architecture based on Sizing requirements. Use SAP Quick Sizer tool to estimate server hardware resource requirements including CPU, Memory and Disk Storage space.
• PI 7.3 - Complete installation and post-install configuration of PI NW 7.3 dual stack (ABAP+Java) configuration including JCo RFC, inboundRA, PI/XI adapter framework. Troubleshooting tRFC and qRFC message queues (SMQ1, SMQ2 & SM58 transactions) interfacing SAP ECC system with external systems.
• BOBJ 3.1 - Provide full Basis support including installation and post-install configuration, troubleshooting of BO issues, Life Cycle Management (LCM) of BusinessObjects: Crystal Reports/Universes/QAAWS objects from source to target systems.
• Solution Manager 7.1 - System landscape management, EarlyWatch (EWA) report generation, Maintenance Optimizer (MOPz) for Enhancement Pack (EHP) & Support Pack management, landscape monitoring and alert management, Root Cause Analysis, Performance Monitoring of SAP ABAP and Java landscapes.
• System Landscape Directory (SLD) - Created SLD data suppliers from all ABAP and Java systems of the landscape. Created federated relationship between SLD systems in SAP landscape (essential for PI/XI, ECC, BI & Sol Man).
• SAP Single Sign On (SSO) implementation - Actively took part in the implementation of SAP SSO for SAP BO systems as well as involved in SSO implementation of ABAP and Java system as part of Basis team.
• SAP Batch Job management - set up, configuration and triggering through ActiveBatch Scheduler (a leading third party tool for batch job management) for all FI, SD, MM and BI background jobs in SAP landscape.

Confidential, Lisle, IL

SAP Basis Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP System Landscape Evaluation - Performed detailed SAP Technical Landscape Evaluation from systems perspective to evaluate current as is condition and evaluating gaps in the client system landscape as per SAP best practices. Finally providing remediation and suggestions for System Landscape and Architecture, improving system performance, Transport strategy, Disaster Recovery strategy, Backup strategy, ECC-EH5 Upgrade strategy, System Hardware Sizing keeping in view of future growth requirements.
• Completed BI 7.0 Homogenous System Copy (System Refresh) successfully. Performed post refresh steps to ensure that backend ECC 6.0 and CRM 7.0 systems are updated as source systems for the BI target system, so that BI background jobs can access the data from backend systems for successfully creating and publishing BI reports.
• OS/DB Migration (Certified) - Completed Project Plan for OS/DB migration for the client SAP landscape comprising of BI 7.0 and R/3 4.7 systems, from HP-UX 11.11/Oracle 10.2 platform to AIX 6.1/Oracle 10.2 platform.

Confidential,Chicago, IL

SAP Basis Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Coordination with offshore Basis consultant from India.
• SAP System Landscape performance monitoring and improvement for CRM 2007/7.0, BI 7.0 and ECC 6.0. System Profile Parameter changes for optimum performance and memory utilization.
• Solution Manager: system landscape configuration, configuration of centralized system monitoring, Maintenance Optimizer configuration and utilization for SAP software/support pack downloads.
• Support Pack application, BSI Tax Factory bulletin updates of ECC HCM environment.
• Refreshing QA and Sandbox (ECC, CRM & BI) environment with Production database. Establish Client strategy and Transport strategy (and routes). Installed SAP router for the SAP landscape.
• Troubleshooting Basis issues including RFC connection between CRM and Business Objects (BOBJ). Updating BOBJ directories for US, Canada and World, downloaded from SAP Service Marketplace.
• Evaluation of Client SAP Landscape and suggestions for improvement in performance and Sizing of Production SAP instances.
• Configuration of Adobe Document Service (ADS) for ECC 6.0.
• Managing and mentoring Basis team to enable it to provide Basis support to the client.

Confidential, Louis, MO

Sr. SAP Basis Architect & Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide SAP Basis Leadership: Leading and providing proper directions to the Basis team including System and Security Administration resources. Optimized Basis team performance for prompt response to user and system requirements. Mentored Basis resource to take the challenge of providing Basis support to SAP Landscape.
• Ensure efficiently operational SAP system environment: When I started with CSI, I found that the CSI SAP Landscapes: ECC 6.0, CRM 2007, BI 7.0 and Solution Manager had serious stability issues as the systems frequently stalled, transactions would not run, transports would not work. I rectified these issues and stabilized CSI SAP environment by taking proper corrective actions as necessary, including but not limited to, correcting transport domains and transport paths, re-distribution of database & system files for best performance, and regular SAP system maintenance checks.
• SAP System Performance monitoring and tuning: with regular system performance monitoring and tuning actions, and leveraging techniques to maximize system performance I have ensured that SAP environment performs at its peak level, optimizing the system resources.
• SAP Security Administration: Provided SAP role based access to the SAP team members and end users according to their organizational roles and transaction requirements, to enforce security policies and procedures as per organizational guidelines. Implemented the Security Architecture and managed user security through CUA based on Solution Manager.
• Successfully troubleshooting SAP issues: I have been involved in troubleshooting of critical SAP issues and have been able to successfully resolve them. Corrective action involved researching and finding solution to the problems including coordinating OSS and SDN resources.
• Implement SAP Best Practices: Established and implemented successfully - policies and procedures based on SAP best practices to improve System Performance and Security Administration. Early Watch & Go-Live checks form part of SAP Best Practice to ensure optimum SAP environment.
• Sizing: Re-visited Sizing of SAP Landscape to ensure best system performance and availability for future growth as well as to utilize and refine sizing models to plan for growth in business and new implementations.
• SAP System Administration: J2EE administration, performing client copies, transport administration, user master data management, support pack management.
• Database Administration: Coordination of activities for MSSQL database administration for optimum DB performance, regular DB maintenance actions, DB backups & restoration, System/database copies.
• Management of Hosting Partner and SLAs: Coordination of activities with current Infrastructure Hosting Partner and ensure Service Level Agreements (SLA) are in effect as well as lead project for potential in-sourcing of infrastructure environment.
• Liaison with other MIS infrastructure resources (i.e. desktop, networking, etc.).