SAP BASIS Architect/Lead Pittsburgh, PA

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Profile

SAP Basis Certified Architect with 16+ years of experience including cloud and on premise design, planning, performance tuning, troubleshooting, implementation, OS/DB upgrade, migration and administration of SAP products

Proven expertise with system upgrades and migrations to reduce business costs, speed up business processes and enhance business workflow. Proven ability to perform system performance optimization, data reduction and archiving.

Successful full global life cycle implementations in medical manufacturing, mining, banking, oil & gas, financing industries.

Multiyear experience of leading and supervising onshore/offshore/near shore SAP BASIS teams, training SAP BASIS associates, presenting SAP products, technical design and plans to the clients. Proven ability to identify requirements and propose solutions to meet client needs, supervise or participate in a project, create architectural documentation, plans and guides.

Technical Experience

Experience with SAP WebAs/NetWeaver based systems, ERP (Suite on HANA, S4/HANA)/HCM/CRM/SCM/BW(BW on HANA, BW4/HANA), SAP Enterprise Portal, Solution Manager, SAP Business Objects/Lumira, SAP Business Planning & Consolidation, SAP BODS, SAP CPS/BPA/Redwood in Cloud, S/4 HANA, Test Data Migration Server, TREX, Content Server, Vertex, Vistex, OpenText, LVM(LaMa), NWDI, SLT, Fiori, Ping Federate, Kerberos

Long term experience with Windows Server, HP-UX/AIX/Linux operation systems.

Expert in Oracle, Sybase/MAXDB, HANA DB, MS SQL Server and DB2.

Expert in configuring OS and DB clusters (Windows Server Failover Clustering, Always On, Pacemaker, TSA, PowerHA(HCAMP), RAC, Oracle Standby )

Certifications

SAP Certified Associate – SAP S/4HANA Implementation Scenarios for Architects

SAP Certified Technology Specialist - SAP S/4HANA Conversion and SAP System Upgrade

SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0

SAP Certified Technology Associate – System Administration (SAP HANA) with NetWeaver 7.5

SAP Certified Technology Associate - OS/DB Migration for SAP NetWeaver 7.4

SAP Certified Technology Professional Platform Technology with SAP NetWeaver 7.0

SAP Certified Technology Associate – System Administration (Oracle DB) with NetWeaver 7.0

Project Work

Industry: Natural Gas and Utility serving, Wyomissing, PA

Project Description/Scope: Technical migration of HANA 1.0 to HANA 2.0 for the DEV, QA and PRD environment, installation of BO 4.2 and basic setup, installation and configuration of the Data provisioning agents (SDI) and adapters for different data sources, support during object migration, support during UAT and SIT, PGLS, installation of the HANA XS Advanced Migration tool on the source systems, installation of web IDE for HANA 2.0 development, installation of a GIT repository for the project, setup the HANA Deployment Infrastructure (HDI), technical support coverage during SIT/UAT and during post go live

Role: SAP Technology Lead/Architect Duration: February 2019 –

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Assisting with building technical approach, timelines and prerequisites for HANA upgrade for customer, technical presentations preparation, leading actual HANA upgrade, SDI, BOBJ, XSA install activities

Achievements: SAP BOBJ, HANA 2.0, SDI, XSA, Web IDE, HDI install & upgrade project preparation is on-time and on budget

Industry: Fashion Retail, Columbus, OH

Project Description/Scope: Lift & shift from HEC (IBM) to HEC (Azure) for BW on HANA, CAR on HANA, Fiori, Solution Manager ABAP and Java, ERP on HANA, SLT, Process Integration, BOBI, Web Dispatchers

Role: SAP Technology Lead/Architect Duration: February 2019 – June 2019

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Assisting with building technical approach, timelines and prerequisites for HEC migration for customer, technical presentations preparation, leading actual OS/DB HEC migration

Achievements: SAP ERP, BW ABAP, CAR, PI, Solution Manager, SLT, BOBJ migration & upgrade project preparation is on-time and on budget

Industry: Filtration & Purification, Canton, MI

Project Description/Scope: SAP Suite on HANA (ERP 6.0 EHP 7), GRC 10.1, BW 7.3 on HANA, Enterprise Portal 7.31, PI 7.3, SCM upgrade & migration to HEC

Role: Solution SME/SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: September 2018 – January 2019

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Assisting with building technical approach, timelines and prerequisites for HEC migration for out-of-maintenance customer, technical presentations preparation

Achievements: SAP ERP, BW ABAP, BW Java, Enterprise Portal, PI migration & upgrade project preparation is on-time and on budget

Industry: Food Manufacturing, Baltimore, MD

Project Description/Scope: SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 6, TREX 7.1 SP 76

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: September 2018 – September 2018

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• NetWeaver Enterprise Search (ESH) security issues and join indexes troubleshooting, providing TREX & ESH configuration, monitoring and performance recommendations

Achievements: SAP migration & upgrade project preparation is on-time and on budget

Industry: Reinsurance, Stamford, CT

Project Description/Scope: SAP ECC EHP 7/4, Business Objects 4.1, GRC 10, GTS, IDM, CPS, Web Dispatcher, PI/PO/SLD

Role: SAP Solution Lead/BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: July 2018 – Sep 2018

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Prepare rough estimates, customer presentation desks (bid council, proposal)

Achievements: SAP migration & upgrade project preparation is on-time and on budget

Industry: Manufacturing, Pittsburgh, PA

Project Description/Scope: SAP Suite on HANA 1503+Fiori, Business Objects 4.1

Role: SAP Solution Lead/BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: July 2018 – Aug 2018

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Prepare rough estimates, customer presentation desks (bid council, proposal)

Achievements: SAP migration & upgrade project preparation is on-time and on budget

Industry: Utilities, Minneapolis, MI

Project Description/Scope: SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 7, NW JAVA 7.31

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: July 2018 – Dec 2018

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Enterprise Project Connection (EPC) architecture validation as per SAP Standards for this solution (ECC system + Java EPC system) and provide SAP BASIS recommendations

Achievements: SAP migration & upgrade project preparation is on-time and on budget

Industry: Retail, Phoenix, AZ

Project Description/Scope: SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 7 update/Enterprise Portal 7.5 upgrade, GRC 10.2 update, Solution Manager 7.2 upgrade+ChaRM reconfiguration, system refreshes

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: Mar 2018 – June 2018

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Prepare and perform BASIS prerequisites for the SAP systems (ECC 6.0/EP 7.31/Solution Manager 7.1 SP12, GRC 10.1) updates/upgrades

• SAP system updates/upgrades technical troubleshooting

• Providing guidelines to perform system refreshes and keep SAP objects versions and imported transport history after refresh

• Resolve high-priority SAP BASIS incidents submitted to SAP Support,

• Solution Manager 7.1 upgrade to 7.2 SP05 and Business Process Change Analyzer configuration

• Building architectural documents including SAP system refresh strategy and landscape design

Achievements: SAP System updates/upgrades on-time and on budget, reduced efforts to perform business processes effectively after optimization, more visibility for the whole business workflow

Industry: Medical Manufacturing, Fort Myers, FL

Project Description/Scope: SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 6 support, HCM 7.31 upgrade, TDMS, BOBJ 4.1/Lumira 1.31 migration to Azure, BOBJ 4.2/Lumira 2.0 upgrade + MS SQL Always On, Vertex\Open Text, Solution Manager 7.2 installation and configuration, Sybase 15.7 installation/upgrade/replication/16.0 Always On

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: Jan 2017 – Feb 2018

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• TDMS installation, configuration, migration and system refreshes+ ECC scrambling, Solution Manager 7.2 migration/installation and ITIL based CHARM (Change Management) and ITSM (Incident/Problem Management ) configuration.

• TREX installation and configuration for ERP and Solution Manager, CTS+ configuration for PI, BOBJ, NWDI, HCM Portal, SSO for Enterprise Portal.

• BOBJ 4.1/Lumira 1.31 migration to Azure, BOBJ 4.2/Lumira 2.0 OS/DB upgrade, BW on HANA migration (Linux).

Vertex\Open Text\ support and upgrade, Sizings, plans, design and technical specification documents, run books preparation.

Achievements: Go-live on-time and on budget, reduced efforts to perform business processes effectively after optimization, more visibility for the whole business workflow

Industry: Pharmaceutical industry, Kazakhstan

Project Description/Scope: Migration ERP 6.0 EHP 7.0 to HANA, Solution Manager 7.1

ERP EHP 6 upgrade to S/4 HANA, TDMS, ECC 6.0 EHP 6,

SCM 7.0 EHP3 (+CFolders), BODS 4.0/BOBJ 4.2/Lumira,

Information Steward 4.2, S/4 HANA

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: (Oct 2015 - Jan 2017)

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

TDMS installation and configuration, Solution Manager 7.1 installation and ITIL based CHARM (Change Management) and ITSM (Incident/Problem Management ) configuration, Upgrade from Oracle 11.2.0.4

to Oracle 12.1 for ERP 6.0 and Solution Manager, HANA installation and system replication, SAP LT and BODS data replication to HANA

• ERP EHP 7 (Linux), SCM 7.0 EHP 3+ CFolders installation and configuration (SWPM), Upgrade ERP EHP 6 (Linux) sandbox to S/4 HANA using SUM (without DMO), HA for HANA based on Pacemaker GUI

• TREX, Content Server installation and configuration for ERP and Solution Manager,

CTS+ configuration for NWDI objects transport, SSO for Enterprise Portal

• Sybase 15.5/15.7/16 installation/upgrade/replication/Always On

• BOBJ 4.2/ Lumira 2.0 (Linux) with OS/DB upgrade

• Sizings, plans, design and technical specification documents, run books preparation.

Achievements:

Go-live on-time and on budget, reduced efforts to perform business processes effectively after optimization and reduced business expenses

Industry: SAP Consulting, Kazakhstan

Project Description/Scope: Oracle upgrade, ERP 6.0, Solution Manager, BW administration, ERP EHP 6 migration to HANA

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: April 2015 – October 2015

Responsibilities/Deliverables: SAP ERP ((Linux)), BW (Linux), Solution Manager, HP-UX hardware administration

• Upgrade from Oracle 10.2.04 to Oracle 11.2.0.4 (DBUA) for ERP 6.0 and Solution Manager

• HANA installation with system replication across several hosts, SAP SLT configuration for data replication from ERP 6.0 systems to HANA

• SAP ERP EHP 6 migration to ERP EHP 7 (Linux)on HANA (DMO)

• TREX, Content Server installation and configuration for ERP, Solution Manager, CPS/BPA configuration (ERP, BW), SSO for Enterprise Portal

• Sizings, plans, design and technical specification documents, run books preparation.

Achievements: Go-live on-time and on budget, reduced business expenses and efforts to perform business processes effectively

Industry: SAP Consulting, Kazakhstan

Project Description/Scope: ERP EHP 6 to HANA migration, Solution Manager 7.1 and SAP Netweaver 7.5 Portal and TDMS installation and configuration, TDMS, ECC 6.0 EHP 7, Oracle 11g, HANA DB, NWDI/CTS+, CPS/BPA (Redwood), BODS 4.2/BOBJ 4.1/Lumira, Information Steward 4.2

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: January 2015 - April 2015

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• TDMS installation and configuration; Upgrade from ERP 6.0 EHP 6 to EHP 7(Oracle, SUM) and migration to HANA (DMO)

• SAP ERP EHP 7 on HANA maintenance

• Solution Manager 7.1 installation and ITIL based CHARM (Change Management) and ITSM (Incident/Problem Management ) configuration (SLD, LMDB, connect BOBJ, ERP, BW, HANA systems, EWA, ITSM, CHARM, Job Management, Wily Introscope), SSO for Enterprise Portal

• SAP Netweaver 7.5 Portal (Linux) installation and configuration

• BOBJ 4.1/Lumira 1.29 landscape design, maintenance and upgrade

• Sybase 15.0/15.5/15.7 installation/upgrade/replication

• CTS+ configuration for NWDI objects transport

• CPS/BPA (Redwood) configuration; BODS 4.2 and Information Steward 4.2 configuration (ERP, BW systems)

• Sizings, plans, design and technical specification documents, run books preparation.

Achievements: Go-live on-time and on budget, reduced business expenses and efforts to perform business processes effectively

Industry: Mining, Kazakhstan

Project Description/Scope: ERP 6.0, BW, SAP BO, Enterprise Portal systems installation in the MSCS environment and administration, Netweaver 7.3 + SAP BI, SAP Enterprise Portal, BOBJ 4.0/4.1/Lumira 1.28 upgrade and support

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: October 2012 - January, 2015

Responsibilities/Deliverables: SUSE Linux 2-nodes cluster configuration for SAP BW

• Installation and administration of ERP 6.0 EHP 5 (Linux), Netweaver 7.31 + SAP BW, MSCS, SAP BO Homogeneous/Heterogeneous system copies using SWPM, BR*Tools and RMAN

• Oracle 11g Database upgrade using DBUA Enterprise Portal installation and configuration SAP Netweaver EHP installations and upgrades, SAP add-ons, SAP packages installation, SSO for Enterprise Portal

• Sizings, plans, design and technical specification documents, run books preparation.

• BOBJ 4.0/4.1/Lumira 1.28 upgrade, architectural design and PGL support

Achievements: Go-live on-time and on budget, reduced business expenses and efforts to perform business processes effectively

Industry: SAP Consulting, Kazakhstan

Project Description/Scope: SAP systems and Oracle database administration; Netweaver 7.0 EHP 1 OS/DB migration, ECC 6.0 OS/DB migration, ECC 6.0, Netweaver 7.3, Solution Manager 7.1, Oracle 11g, SLES 11.0, Netweaver 7.0 SR1 EHP 1, Oracle 10g/11g, HP 11.31, ECC 6.0, AIX

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: April 2012 - October 2012

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Troubleshoot technical issues of SAP ECC 6.0, Solution Manager 7.1 installation and ITIL based CHARM (Change Management) and ITSM (Incident/Problem Management ) configuration

• Perform Oracle Database upgrade using DBUA

• Netweaver 7.0 SR1 EHP1, ECC 6.0 migration to IBM hardware (SAPINST), SSO for Enterprise Portal

• Sizings, plans, design and technical specification documents, run books preparation.

Achievements: Go-live on-time and on budget, reduced business expenses and efforts to perform business processes effectively

Industry: SAP Consulting, Kazakhstan

Project Description/Scope:

Role: SAP BASIS Lead/Architect Duration: September 2010 - April 2012

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

ECC 6.0, Netweaver 7.3, Solution Manager 7.1, Oracle 11g, Windows 2008 R2, HP-UX 11.11/11.21, Oracle 9i/10g, Netweaver 3.5, Solution Manager 4.0, ISV Partner Technical Landscape Configuration; SAP Enterprise Portal, ECC 6.0, Netweaver 7.3 migration; SAP BW unicode conversion/upgrade to v7.3

• Sizings, plans, design and technical specification documents, run books preparation.

Achievements: Go-live on-time and on budget, reduced business expenses and efforts to perform business processes effectively

Industry: SAP Consulting, Kazakhstan

Project Description/Scope: Netweaver 2004, Solution Manager 4.0 and SAP Enterprise Portal installation and configuration, SAP systems administration, ECC 6.0, Netweaver 2004 unicode conversion; Solution Manager 7.0, ECC 6.0 installation, ERP 2005 SR2, ECC 5.0/6.0, Netweaver 3.5, Solution Manager 4.0/7.0, Oracle 9i/10g, Linux, HP-UX 11.11/11.21/11.31, Windows 2003, RHEL 5.5, ECC 6.0, Netweaver 2004, MS SQL 2008/2014/2016

Role: Sr.SAP BASIS Administrator Duration: June 2001 - September 2010

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

• Solution Manager 4.0 installation,update (SAPINST, SPAM, SDM) and ITIL based CHARM (Change Management) and ITSM (Incident/Problem Management ) Enterprise Portal installation, deployment JAVA stack packages (JSPM, SDM) Netweaver 2004 + BI 3.5 installation (Linux) and update (SAPINST, SPAM, SDM)

• Oracle Database (DBUA), HP-UX, Kernel upgrade; Convert ECC 6.0, ERP 2004 systems to unicode (SAPINST)

• Solution Manager 7.0, ECC 6.0 and Netweaver 2004s installation and update (SAPINST, SPAM, JSPM)

• Sizings, plans, design and technical specification documents, run books preparation.

Achievements: Go-live on-time and on budget, reduced business expenses and efforts to perform business processes effectively

Education & non-SAP certifications

2011 University of St Andrews United Kingdom MSc of Computer Science/Networks and Distributed Systems

2009 Oracle Administration in SAP systems Part 1 and 2 OS HP-UX and Network Administration part 1 and 2

2010 HP-UX Administration part 1,2

2012 CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

Operating systems: Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server+MSCS, Unix (HP-UX 11.11, 11.31i, FreeBSD), Linux

Databases/SQL: Oracle 9i/10g/11g/12c (RMAN, DataPump, GoldenGate, Fail Safe), Sybase/MAXDB, HANA DB, MS SQL Server, FoxPro, MySQL, PLSQL

Hardware: HP ProLiant/Integrity/PA-RISC Servers rx/rp series(with HP Service Guard)/DL/ML/BL series, Disk arrays EVA/VA series, Tape libraries MSL series, Intel Pentium(R) 4/Xeon/Core™ i7/i5/i3

Software: Data Protector, Command View, ILO configuration, HP OpenView GlancePlus,

Apache products: (Tomcat, Axis, Ivy, Ant), HTML, PHP, XML;

Programming languages: ABAP, Pascal, Java, C, Python; Scripting: Bash

Mobility: GC-EAD visa

Languages: English

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