SAMIR DESAI

SAP BASIS Consultant ITIL Certified

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COMPETENCIES

Technical Architecture Proposals, Design & Documentation

SAP on Cloud (Azure)

SAP Cloud Platform

SAP Cloud Connector

SAP S4HANA implementation

Complex SSL Setup

SAP Landscape Sizing

SAML2, spnego, SNC, Kerberos Setup

Cluster, HA, Disaster Recovery & Failover setup

SAP ILM and IQ setup

SAP Fiori Setup

SAP Upgrades

OS/DB Migrations

SAP Refresh (system copy)

Other Skill Set

Pre-sales, RFP, SOW & Due-Diligence Support

Incident, Change & Problem Management

Team Leadership

PROFILE SNAPSHOT

An accomplished SAP BASIS Consultant with over 13 years of experience in handling end-to-end SAP implementation projects on various ECC and Net Weaver releases with several Databases and OS Platforms.

Experienced in full cycle implementation from Pre-sales & RFP, developing architecture design, Implementation, go-live support across Telecommunication, Banking & Finance, Manufacturing, Retail & Wholesale and Pharmaceuticals domains

GLOBAL EXPOSURE

5+ years of on-site experience in USA and CANADA

5+ years of on-site experience in Europe (Norway, Sweden, Finland)

TECHNICAL AREAS OF EXPOSURE

SAP Initial, Go-Live & Performance Sizing

Performance Tuning of SAP, DB and OS parameters

extensive experience on HP-UX, AIX, RHEL and SUSE platforms

Planning and execution of Migrations

Implementation, Configuration and Upgrades:

SAP ECC Ehpx SAP Net Weaver 7.xx, 7.51/52

SAP ILM NLS for BW BO 4.0

S4HANA SAP Sybase IQ DB2 Live Cache Oracle

SAP Fiori IoT Neptune

Portal 7.5 APO BI & BPC

Solution Manager 7.2 GRC 10.1

HP Service Guard with RHEL SUSE Cloud Cluster

HANA Replication and Restore

STMS setup ChaRM Setup on SolMan 7.1

Certificate authentication, SSL setup, SSO configuration

BIGIP, Firewall and SAP web dispatcher configuration

CAREER CONTOUR

Organization, Country

Designation

Duration

Volvo IT, Sweden

SAP BASIS Consultant

Feb 2017 – Apr 2019

Cap Gemini, Norway

SAP Cross-System Lead

Aug 2015 - Jan 2017

Cap Gemini, India

Senior Consultant – SAP BASIS

Sep 2010 - Aug 2015

Accenture, USA

Analyst – SAP BASIS

Apr 2007 - Apr 2010

Broader Software, USA

Analyst – BASIS and Network Engg.

Oct 2006 - Apr 2007

iNet Enterprise, Canada

Network Engineer

Jan 2006 - Jul 2006

PROJECTS

@ Volvo IT (HCL Technologies), Sweden

Project # 1

SAP BASIS Design and Implementation Feb 2017 – Apr 2019

Client

Volvo Group, Sweden

Role

SAP BASIS Technical Architect

Key deliverables

Responsible for New SAP Landscape Design and implementation.

Implementation of SAP on Azure Cloud, setup of SUSE Cluster, Setup of High-availability with Pacemaker for HANA on Azure

Prepared best-practice documentation for SAP Upgrade, Refresh, mew landscape setup and security baseline

SSL and SSO setup with SNC, SAML2 and SPNego on HANA, ABAP & JAVA

Implementation of SAP Fiori, Cloud Connector. Cloud Platform Setup

Design and Deployment of SAP ILM and Sybase ASE IQ setup.

Design and Deployment of SAP BPC on HANA Landscape.

Design and Deployment of SAP Portal & Integration with Backbends

Firewall, Network, SAP Web dispatcher & F5 configuration

@ Cap Gemini, Norway

Project # 1

SAP BASIS Roll-out and Support July 2015 – Jan 2017

Client

Statoil, Norway

Role

SAP Technical Architect / Cross-system Lead

Key deliverables

Spearheading team of 23 BASIS, Security, PI, ABAP, MDM, Portal consultants

Implemented SAML2, Kerberos, SSL & SSO between SAP and non-SAP systems.

11 SAP Landscape parallel upgrade (IS-OIL, BW, HR, Vendor Portal, XI, BO, TREX, MDM, SCM, HR, LSO, NFE, GRC, Invoiceware)

Deployment and Troubleshooting Integration between sap and third parties

@ Cap Gemini, India

Project # 1

SAP BASIS Roll-out and support Nov 2011 – Jul 2015

Client

Fiskars, Finland

Role

SAP BASIS Lead

Key deliverables

Troubleshooting java, ABAP, DB2, OS level issues, built SAP B2B/E-commerce Landscape, SolMan Upgrade from 7.1, BO 4.0 Installations & Configuration

Performed SAP Charm implementation and Web dispatcher configuration

Carried out SAP SCM/APO 7.0 + Live Cache 7.7 + MaxDB build, configuration

SAP BI and APO System Refreshes (system copy). STMS Setup. BDLS runs

Project # 2

SAP BASIS Support Dec 2010 – Nov 2011

Client

Onninen, Finland

Role

SAP BASIS Consultant, Oracle Admin

Key deliverables

EHP4 & EHP6 upgrade from ECC 6.0, Kernel upgrade, JAVA upgrade

OS/DB Migration from AIX to RHEL with oracle upgrade from 10G to 11G

RFP & Due-diligence support for bidding, SoW preparation for SAP bid

Project # 3

SAP Migration Oct 2010 – Dec 2010

Client

KF, Sweden

Role

SAP BASIS Consultant

Successfully completed OS & hardware migration of XI, BI, ECC and SolMan

Project # 4

SAP BASIS Audit Sept 2010 – Nov 2010

Client

CPH, Copenhagen Airport

Role

SAP BASIS Consultant

SAP BASIS audit and documentation for SAP landscape and Infrastructure

@ Accenture, San Francisco, USA

Project # 1

SAP Tech Infrastructure Upgrade Jan 2010 – Apr 2010

Role

SAP Tech Arch Lead

Key deliverables

RFP Support for ECC, BI, XI landscape implementation

Upgrading Dual Stack System (ABAP + JAVA), Kernel upgrades

Project # 2

GMAC Global Release 2 Aug 2009 - Dec 2009

Client

GMAC (Finance Client), Michigan, USA

Role

SAP BASIS Lead

Key deliverables

Implementation of 5 Tier SAP landscape

GRC Configuration of Risk Analysis and Remediation (Compliance Calibrator)

Planned, tested, documented and implemented Performance Optimization strategy

Configured JCo Connections, SAP-HR, SAP Adaptor, and SLD for JCO

Project # 3

SAP Globe Core / SAP PARTS (Techno - Functional) Apr 2008 – Aug 2009

Client

AGCO – Germany

Role

SAP BASIS Consultant/Lead

Key deliverables

Deploying HA Environment for SAP Implementations, System Copies, Client Copies, SPS Upgrades

Installation & configuration of SCM 5.0 SR1, Live Cache, TDMS

Project # 4

SAP HCM – HR/SDT May 2007 – Apr 2008

Client

AT&T (Telecommunication Client), USA

Role

SAP BASIS Consultant

System Builds: E-Learning, E-Recruiting, ESS, MSS, Payroll, SAP Web dispatcher, HR Portal

Heterogeneous system copy -Linux/DB2 to HP-UX/Oracle, Adobe Connect Server Install and Configuration, Performance Tuning for ABAP+JAVA+Web Dispatcher;

@ Broader Software, New York, USA

Project # 1

SAP Implementation Oct 2006 - Apr 2007

Client

Broader Software, New York, USA

Role

SAP BASIS Analyst

Key deliverables

Successfully created, authenticated and maintained more than 50 clients in Sandbox, Development and Quality

Completed database administration including monitoring, log analysis, backup, Job schedule, DB re-org, DB RunSTAT

@ iNet Enterprise – Toronto, Canada

Project # 1

Network Administrator Jan 2006 - Oct 2006

Client

iNet Enterprise – Toronto, Canada

Role

Network Administrator

Key deliverables

Involved in daily review of network logs ensuring a proactive and preventative maintenance approach to network management

Validation of daily network backups, Maintenance of SQL Server databases, mail server, SMTP server

EDUCATION

2005 Post-Graduation in Wireless Telecom - Humber Institute of Technology, Canada

2004 Master of Science in Instrumentation & Control Systems - S.P. University, India

2003 Bachelor of Science in Instrumentation & Control Systems - S.P. University, India

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