EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Have 12.5 years in SAP Basis HANA of which 8 years in Architect & Lead role’s, currently responsible for Implementation & Operations, Core strength in leading SAP Basis HANA & Solution Manager Deployments, responsible for Builds, Support and Maintenance of SAP environments,, managed large SAP Implementations, Rollouts, Support, Upgrade and SAP and Data Centre Migration projects, Scheduling resource, cross team coordination and system delivery.
• I specialize in Presales, managing Stakeholder’s expectations, Technical Solution Design, Planning, Execution, I am hands on with SAP Basis, Solution Manager Project planning, Scheduling, Documentation, Risk, Issue Management, stake holder management, periodic reviews and communication, Change coordination, usage of tools like MS Projects, MS Office Suite. .
• SAP HANA
• Hands on with SAP HANA 1.0 Implementation and Migration scenarios, Platform SizingArchitecture, Installation and configuration.
• SAP Landscape Transformation Replication server installation on Same / Separate systemsSource and Target DB connections, Defining replication frequency and background jobs.
• Configuration, Add - on DMIS and HANA Administration, Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting
• Installation, Support and Upgrade of ECC 6.0, BI, SCM 5.1/APO, SRM, HANA Enterprise BW 7.4 on HANA and SLT, CRM 6.0 (including SAP Best practices, RDS, WCEM 3.0), BI, PO 7.4, PI 7.4, BO 4.0 (DS 4.2 SP2, IS 4.2) SAP GRC Release-V1000. SAP Netweaver Enterprise Portal 7.x and 6.x Installation and support, SSO configuration and integration with backend systems like ECC. Web Dispatcher configuration, Netweaver 7.3 ABAP and Java Stacks.
• SAP Solution Manager
• Solution Manager 7.1 Installation, SP 14, Preparation, Basic configuration, Wily Introscope and MOPZ, Solution Manager Upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1
• Technical System Monitoring and alerting, Managed System configuration, Service level planning and reporting, EWA (Early watch alerts).
• RCA (Root Cause Analysis), BPM- Business Process Monitoring (mapping OTC scenario).
• CHaRM and Service-desk Configuration.
• High Availability clusters and DR configuration and DR drill as part of Business Continuity Plan, including full life cycle implementation project and also providing production support on multiple platforms.
• Hands on experience on all aspects of SAP Basis Administration including Client management (like Client Copy/Client Delete), Support Packs / Add-ons Installation, Kernel Upgrades, System Copy, STMS Transport Management system, Printers management and Spool Administration, Background jobs, System Monitoring, Backup, Performance Tuning and applying SAP Notes, Enhancement Pack Installation and upgrade, Additional Language pack Installation.
• Experience of various servers like HP Superdome, Sun SPARC, IBM-Power Series and OS like Unix HP-UX, AIX, Sun Solaris, RedHat Linux, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 2K.
• Fair understanding of ABAP and SAP functional modules (SD, MM, PP, FI/CO) and cross modules.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

RDBMS: Oracle 8.x, Oracle 9.x, Oracle 10g, Oracle11g, MSSQL & MAXDB

ERP: SAP NW 7.4 & 7.x, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, SAP R/3 (4.6C, 4.7/ 4.7 EE), BI 7.3, PI 7.4, EP 7.x & 6.0, SRM, SCM 7.0 /APO Live Cache, Solution Manager 7.1 and earlier versions.

OS: Unix HP-UX, AIX, Sun Solaris, RedHat Linux, Windows Server 2008, WIN2K and Windows NT, Novell Netware 3.x

SAP Tools: SAPINST, SWPM, SAP Split tool, Solution Manager, SAP SUM tool, BRTOOLS & SAPDBA (ORACLE 10.x, 9.x, 8.x) activities

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

SAP Build Lead

Responsibilities:

• Manage SAP Basis & UNIX team activities, plan, build, maintain and support customer SAP environments.
• Identify, interview and hire basis resources per business demand.
• Create and manage key SAP deliverable.
• Provide and actively participate in status and reporting of activities and plans.
• Participate as member of technical infrastructure core PMO team.
• Follow technical infrastructure PMO governance process.
• Participate in Customer strategic planning activities.
• Partner with Customer Basis lead and SAP Functional and Technical teams (FI-CO, SD, MM, PP and ABAP teams)
• Provide guidance on IBM and SAP leading best practices for implementing SAP Components to Primary Stakeholder.
• Project plans and charts
• SAP Basis support plan and schedule Weekly status reports
• SAP system documentation: build sheets, installation documentation.
• System inventory and architecture.
• SAP issue risk action log
• Documentation maintained in customer repository
• Staffing model and org chart
• Budget and actual Labor Spending reports
• Basis documentation in support of strategic planning activities
• Team calendar and Training plan

Environment: SAP Netweaver Components Systems built - ECC, BI, SRM, CRM, SCM, BOBJ (Data Services), SAP HANA 1.0, MDM, EP, PI and Solution Manager

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP Basis lead Architect

Responsibilities:

• Presales activities, Technical solution Design,
• Participate as member of technical infrastructure core PMO team.
• Follow PMO governance process.
• Participate in Customer strategic planning activities.
• Manage stake holders expectations,
• Implementing SAP Projects following SAP best practices.
• Manage basis team activities, Plan, Build, Maintain and Support customer SAP environments.
• Actively participate in status reporting.
• Project plans and associated charts
• Basis support plan and schedule Weekly status reports
• Daily SAP team checkpoint
• SAP Baseline documentation, build sheets, installation documentation, System inventory and architecture maintained in customer repository.
• SAP Issue Risk action log
• Change log
• Staffing model and org chart
• Budget Vs Actual Labor Spending reports

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

SAP Basis Architect

Responsibilities:

• Project Planning and execution
• Effort estimates and budgeting.
• Upgrade from 7.01 to 7.1, responsibilities include Planning and Coordinating with stake holders, Preparation and execution of Upgrade, Performing Basic, Technical and Scenarios, including CHaRM configuration.
• Support SAP activities 24x7 for ECC 6.0, BI, PI & Solution Manager 7.0 & 7.1
• SAP Automation projects like Solution Manager EWA, CHaRM configuration, Service desk, Technical Monitoring.
• SAP Change & Transport Management, Batch Jobs Management,
• Plan SAP Maintenance Calendar, Support SAP system Maintenance activities, Support Pack and patching activities
• DB Refresh and Client copy activities.
• High Availability implementation of Oracle Fail Safe and Windows Clustered environment management activities. Provided go live extended warranty support for rollout of Business functionalities into ECC 6.0
• SAP Systems Performance Tuning and Monitoring.
• Plan and implement SAP Gateway

Technical Architect - SAP BASIS

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• SAP Business Objects 4.0 landscape build Activities include plan, prepare, install and configure of SAP BOBJ Business Objects 4.0 systems landscape (Dev, QA & Production) configured activities like Business Enterprise 4.0 SP2 Patch 7, BO Explorer 4.0, Business object Client tools 4.0 SP2, Crystal server 4.0 SP2. Crystal reports 2011, Dashboard Design 4.0, Analysis tools- Microsoft office & live office 4.0
• SAP CCMS Auto alerting to Ticketing tool, configured CCMS alerts (technical and Business process related) for ECC, BI, SRM, SCM & CRM with threshold values, configured CCMSPing agents, tested monitor sets related alerts, coordination with stale holders for testing of alerts from SAP into Tivoli Netcool, creation of Situation codes for mapping to CCMS alerts, monitoring and testing of alerts on Netcool Console, conversion of Alerts into Auto / Manual incidents into ticketing tool.
• Leading Basis team supported Performance tuning, Systems Monitoring, Transport & Spools Management, Client Copy and Refresh, Monthend Maintenance activities systems sop and start activities in for SAP ECC 6.0, BI 5.0, BIA, BO, SCM 5.1 APO, LiveCache, SRM 5.0, CRM 6.0, EP 7.x, PI, XMII, SOLMAN 7.1 systems.
• SAP Solution Manager 7.01 CHARM configuration, responsibilities included Planning, solution design. Configuration of prerequisites and CHaRM scenario related configuration for urgent and normal corrections in CHARM, supported post go live and user training activities.
• Responsibilities include Planning, coordination and performing System Refresh ABAP / JAVA stack of (ECC 6.0, SRM, SCM, BI systems performed pre and refresh activities for all training, Testing, Pre-production
• System landscape 3 tier architecture, defining migration path and environment strategies, Hana administration activities.
• Supported performance tuning on ECC 6,0, BI 7.3, SCM and SRM systems
• Configuration of EWA reports for ECC 6.0, SRM, SCM, BI Systems in landscapes in Solution Manager 7.01, configured SLD, ST/API, RZ70, SDCCN, DSWP related activities in Solution Manager and managed systems
• SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 3 to EHP 6 Upgrade Project responsibilities include planning, Preparation, Upgrade and Post Upgrade activities, Coordination and communication with stake holders, Client refresh, System copies, Change Management during Upgrade, testing and post go-live support

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Principal Consultant - SAP Basis

Responsibilities:

• Supported performance tuning, Background Job Management, Printer and Spool Management activities for ECC 6.0, BI, PI and Solution Manager 7.0 systems
• SAP Transport management, Performance tuning activities
• SAP R/3 (4.7 to ECC 6 CUUC) Upgrade project, lead the project for CUUC Upgrade of R/3 4.7 to ECC upgrade. Responsible for preparation, Pre-Upgrade, Upgrade and Post Upgrade, analyzing programs / object to be effected by Unicode conversion upgrade activities performed activities like System refresh and Upgrade, managing changes during upgrade phase. Monitoring and troubleshooting upgrade issues and document lessons learnt
• Handling SAP infrastructure service requests (ISR’s) related to SAP ECC 6.0, BI, PI, Solution Manager Systems
• Setup Virtualization lab, hands on experience with VMware, Virtualization Center, Lab Manager, ESX installation
• Troubleshooting and supporting Basis & Security & Authorization issues (User & Roles Management for ABAP & JAVA Stacks)
• Supported and Support SAP Go Live activities of SAP related business scenarios
• Performed Support pack upgrades, patch management activities as per Maintenance calendar
• CHARM configuration, Lead the project END to END successfully, Service Desk configuration, coordinated workflow configuration, go live, supported post go live and user training activities

Confidential

Sr. SAP BASIS Support Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead team of 15 members responsible for Transition of SAP Basis & Authorizations activities to offshore
• Migrated SAP Applications R/3 4.7 EE, BW 3.5, SRM 5.0, XI 3.0, Solution Manager 3.2, EP 6.0 systems to new hardware, System refresh, Oracle Database Administration, Unix & Windows Operating System areas relevant to SAP, Using third party software’s (IBM products) & Interfaces to SAP Application, Impart training to the team members, Adhere to SLA’s
• Monitored systems and troubleshoot any issues
• Transports management and Spools and printers Administration
• Managed third party software’s and tools like Topcall, Tivoli products like Tivoli Scheduler Manager, Tivoli storage manager. Tivoli Ondemand
• Handling routine Access requirement to users and creation of composite, single, emergency roles and derived roles from generic roles
• Performing regular Oracle DBA activities using SAPDBA tool and at SQL level

Confidential

SAP Basis Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed R/3 4.7, BW, systems monitoring and troubleshooting and performance issues
• Performed transports movement at OS and SAP Application level
• SAP Security and Authorizations: handling routine Access requirement to users and creation of composite, single, emergency roles and derived roles from generic roles
• Solution Manager 3.2 CHaRM implementation for Change Management for normal and urgent corrections in R/3 systems, configured Basic, Technical configuration and BC sets activation, STMS configuration and CHaRM scenario specific configuration
• Worked on SAP 4.7 / ORACLE 8.x / Solution Manager 3.2 & HP-Unix / Solaris