Navaid Rafiq

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April 04, 2013

Human Resources Department

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am applying for the position of SAP Netweaver

Administrator/Architect.

My current and earlier position in SAP Netweaver technology has given

me an opportunity to gain extensive experience in this field. My

experience and accomplishments make me a well qualified candidate for

this job. I have:

Over 13 years progressive responsibility providing web based services

to different customers in a variety of environments, including Windows,

HP UNIX and AIX.

Accomplished successful implementations of multiple projects by using

different web based technologies, including SAP Enterprise Portal,

BroadVision, .Net, Active Server Pages, Java, Lotus Notes, Cold Fusion,

Visual Basic and CGI/Perl.

Managed development teams and conducted thorough training and knowledge

transfer to content authors including design and preparation of

training materials.

The enclosed resume will further highlight my qualifications. I look

forward to meeting with you to discuss how my background and experience

can benefit your company. I can be reached at the above telephone

numbers or by email address.

Sincerely,

Navaid Rafiq

Navaid Rafiq

8210 Mirar Pass, San Antonio, TX 78255

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Web Based Administration

More than 14 years of experience with innovative and resourceful e-

businesses with strong and diversified technical problem-solving

skills, and experience in the complete project development life cycle

for the enterprise Web-Based-Applications.

Technical Skills

Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer:

(Sun Registration #: G1CDTT0C31. Passed in May 2001, with 84%)

ITIL Certified:

(Passed in May 2009, with 83%)

Programming Languages/Development Tools:

HTML/DHTML, XML, XSL, Visual Basic, JavaScript, CGI, Perl, C++, Java,

Java Servlet, shell scripting.

Microsoft Web Technologies: ISA Server, Microsoft Project, Active

Server Pages, .Net, VBScript, Visual InterDev, Homesite, FrontPage,

Visual Source Safe.

Java Technologies: Java 2, Java Servlet, JDBC, Jrun.

Third Party Packaged Solutions: SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP ABAP/4.0,

BroadVision, OpenSTA Monitoring, Mercury LoadRunner, HP OpenView,

WebTrends, Lotus Notes, FastSearch, IBM VisualAge, ClearCase, PVCS,

UML, Cold Fusion, Documentum 4i, BladeRunner, Photoshop, CorelDraw,

Flash.

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i/10g, MS SQL Server 7.0; Microsoft Access.

Operating Systems: Windows server 2003/2000/NT/98/95, HP UNIX, AIX.

Web Servers: IIS, Apache, J2EE Web Application Server.

Professional Experience

Travis County, Austin, TX

Application Architect, Apr 2013 - Present

Administer the SAP Basis Netweaver 7.31 with Portal 7.02 & 7.31 as a

front end and create and manage end to end connectivity between Portal,

R3, and SRM 7.0.

Upgrade SAP Basis/Portal systems using SUM to Netweaver 7.31

Installed and configured ESS/MSS

Experience in applying Support packs, JSPM, Kernel patch, and SAP Notes

When Necessary.

Performed system refresh and client copy.

Extensive knowledge in administration and Troubleshooting of Transport

Management System (TMS).

Setup and manage RFC destination, Client management.

Creating, Scheduling background jobs and resolving any terminated jobs.

Conduct load balancing across Central Instance and active application

servers and maintain system profile parameters for performance

according to the SAP recommendation.

Setting up printers and troubleshooting of printing problems.

Established OSS connections using SAP routers

Generated Developer key and SSCR key.

Involve in designing the external portal architecture through F5 load

balancer.

Enterprise Portal (EP), JCOs, Cert Keys, SSL.

Environment: SAP Enterprise Portal 7.02, R3 7.31, SRM 7.0, BW

7.02, J2EE Web Application Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, MS SQL

Server 10.50.

Accenture LLP, Austin, TX

Accenture SAP Consultant at CF Industries, Feb 2012 - Apr 2013

Manage the SAP Netweaver portal 7.3 front end and create and manage end

to end connectivity to R3 backend and BI running custom ABAP WebDynpro

application and BO reports.

Involve in designing the external portal architecture through F5 load

balancer.

Coordinate with business and functional folks in designing portal

business roles.

Define and implement Portal security and design ECC composite roles and

portal business roles and their mapping.

Create PCD objects, theme and custom desktop, custom logon page, and

reviews and gain approval on navigation design with the business.

Responsible for Portal admin and development tasks and coordinate

Portal transports and content deployments where needed.

Navaid Rafiq

8210 Mirar Pass, San Antonio, TX 78255

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Design the architecture for displaying Zemeter reports through portal

using Java WebDynpro program that used RFC to extract user information

from ECC, and KM APIs to fetch the reports from the related KM folders.

Design and implement the Portal on Device solution for delivering

portal on Mobile Devices.

Write all Functional and Technical Design documents for all

developments and getting their approval from the business.

Environment: SAP Enterprise Portal 7.3, J2EE Web Application

Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, MS SQL Server 10.50.

Accenture SAP Consultant at Becton, Dickinson & Co., Nov 2011 - Feb

2012

Assisted and lead in defining detail requirements & design and building

SAP Portal Netweaver solution in a virtualized HA Production

environment using Solaris Containers/Zones.

Designed the methodology for application and database failover

scenario.

Designed the methodology for portal monitoring solution.

Configured security around Microsoft Active directory as external user

storage.

Environment: SAP Enterprise Portal 7.0, J2EE Web Application Server,

Sun Solaris, Oracle 11.

Accenture SAP Consultant at American Water, April 2011 - Nov 2011

Integrate Portal with Microsoft Active directory as user storage.

Installed and configured SRM, SUS, and ESS/MSS business packages on

portal.

Created Single Sign-ON between portal and backend servers.

Configured portal to communicate to multiple clients on the same

backend servers.

Configured Universal Worklist on portal to make it work for multiple

backend clients.

Configured and integrated LSO with portal.

Designed portal desktops for different groups of users.

Created custom roles for delegated content authors for different

departments.

Environment: SAP Enterprise Portal 7.01, J2EE Web Application Server,

Oracle.

Westinghouse Electrical, Monroeville, PA

SAP Consultant (SAP Netweaver Admin/Architect), April 2010-March 2011

Designed SAP Portal architecture, sizing, and installation of SAP EP

7.0 EHP1, web dispatcher and configured Microsoft Active directory.

Configured SSL on J2EE Application and R3 Servers.

Installed NWDI server on windows and created and administered NWDI

tracks for various SAP applications.

Configured SSL on Microsoft ISA Server to create a secure connection

through SAP Web AS to SAP backend.

Installed and configured SRM, SUS, CRM, MDM and ESS/MSS business

packages on portal.

Configured automatic sign-on to the portal by windows integrated

authentication using SPNego.

Designed and implemented context sensitive help on portal.

Environment: SAP Enterprise Portal 7.01, J2EE Web Application Server,

Microsoft ISA, NetWeaver Development Studio, Java, JavaScript, HTML,

XML.

Valero Energy Corporation, San Antonio, TX

SAP Specialist (SAP Portal Administrator), Feb 2006-March 2010

Installed and configured SAP Enterprise Portal 7 SP2 on windows.

Setup SAP Portal security for KM and PCD folders for the delegated

administrators and end users.

Involved in designing the authentication scheme for outside users for

external facing portal.

Migrated Portal and Knowledge management content.

Configured SSO between SAP and external applications.

Designed and created departmental portal sites using Merged Roles,

Worksets, Pages and iViews.

Performed the full lifecycle implementation of Web Page Composer based

corporate web site.

Transported KM folders using ICE Protocol.

Configured SAP Transaction iViews (ECC) and BEx Excel Workbooks in

Portal.

Created and managed NWDI tracks and transported contents using tracks.

Responsible for transporting the PCD objects as well as the role to

group mappings across the DEV, QA and PROD landscapes.

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8210 Mirar Pass, San Antonio, TX 78255

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Supported and resolved all production issues related to portal, SAP and

non-SAP applications.

Used HP OpenView for component and functional testing of the site.

Used Mercury LoadRunner 9.0 for stress and load testing of the site

before go-live.

Installed and configured WebTrends 8.0b for creating and maintaining

portal usage statistics.

Worked on Visual composer and Java WebDynpro for setting up the

refinery Operations Dashboard where the data from all refineries are

being displayed after massaging through SAP xMII application.

Modified and enhanced several .Net applications at Valero.

Environment: SAP Enterprise Portal 6 and 7, J2EE Web Application

Server, xMII, NetWeaver Development Studio, Java WebDynpro, Java Server

Pages, JavaScript, HTML, XML, Oracle 9i/10g, Windows 2003 Server.

Holcim US Inc., Dundee, MI

Technical Analyst (SAP Portal Administrator), March 2003-Jan 2006

Designed the SAP Portal architecture, Installed and configured SAP EP 5

SP4 on windows.

Upgraded to subsequent Portal versions of SP5, SP6 and then to EP6 SR1.

Migrated Portal and Knowledge management content.

Apply hotfixes and patches to SAP Portal.

Created portal Roles, Worksets, Pages and iViews.

Created User Groups in the LDAP directory (Novell eDirectory).

Worked on Design Architecture of the Portal with different functional

groups.

Designed and created XML templates for the portal content and

customized SAP component for Single Sign-On.

Defined the Portal Document Repository structure.

Installed and configured TREX, created indexers, configured

Collaboration rooms, built Taxonomy structures, configured BW reports,

R/3 transactions to be pulled into the portal.

Developed iViews using WebDynpro and SAP Portal development kit for

.Net.

Installed and configured WebTrends 7.1b for creating and maintaining

portal usage statistics.

Use Microsoft Project for managing and scheduling the tasks.

Environment: SAP Enterprise Portal 5 and 6, J2EE Web Application

Server, NetWeaver Development Studio, Java Server Pages, JavaScript,

HTML, XML, Oracle 9i, Windows 2000 Server.

Premier IT Inc., Dallas, Texas

Bank of America, Seattle, WA - Contractor

Consultant (BroadVision Administrator), 2002

Administered the online banking content management site running under

BroadVision One-to-One Enterprise 6.0 based on AIX platform.

Installed and configured Publishing Center 6.0, BV Portal 6.0 and

FastSearch 2.x applications.

Applied broadvision and custom application patches and performed

versions upgrade.

Wrote UNIX shell scripting for house cleaning and monitoring.

Installed apache web server and created rewrite rules and implemented

security by using SSL.

Installed and configured OpenSTA monitoring tool for load testing the

site.

Modified and enhanced additional features to the site as per business

requirements by creating JavaScript pages and modifying C++ components.

Used Microsoft Visual Source Safe for version control.

Environment: C++, JavaScript, Apache web server, Oracle 8i, AIX.

CGI, Houston, TX - Contractor

Senior Web Developer, 2001

Member of the eBusiness team that focused on delivering end-to-end

eBusiness technology solutions and architectures that meet the growing

needs of companies moving to the web or expanding their web presence.

Developed an Internet based sales tool application.

Designed and developed Java Servlets, Business Logic, User Interface,

and used JDBC with Connection Pooling to interface Oracle database.

Designed concurrent and fast connection availability by implementing

Connection Pooling concept of JDBC.

Environment: C++, Java Servlets, JavaScript, JRun web server, IBM

VisualAge, WindowsNT/UNIX

Navaid Rafiq

8210 Mirar Pass, San Antonio, TX 78255

ace2f1@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 734-***-****

Home: 210-***-****

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Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA - Contractor

BroadVision Consultant, October 2000 - March 2001

Developed a complete registration process using JavaScript and Java

Servlets for B2B/B2C site for different types of corporate and guest

users viewing different pages depending upon their roles.

Used getAccess software for centralized storage of all users'

information. GetAccess was integrated with BroadVision 5.5 through

Tibco.

Created Java Servlets and a Java class object for sending the detailed

user's information for registration, deletion and, updating in the

getAccess registration process.

Created forms and workflows under Publishing Center used for content

management.

Customized the search pages used with Verity search engine to meet the

business requirements.

Used clearCase for version control.

Environment: Java, Java Servlet, JavaScript, BroadVision, getAccess,

clearCase, Oracle 8i, UNIX.

Hallmark.com, Kansas City, KS - Contractor

BroadVision Consultant, July - October 2000

Modified and enhanced a B2C site running under BroadVision One-to-One

4.5 where guests or registered members can shop for various products

depending upon their taste.

Created JavaScript pages for displaying promotions that were run

periodically by business managers using DCC.

Created a C++ program that read a special formatted shipped

confirmation file from one of their vendor and updated the information

in the database.

Environment: C++, JavaScript, BroadVision, Oracle 8i, UNIX.

Air Liquide Inc., Houston, TX - Contractor

BroadVision Developer, Feb - July 2000

Developed a B2B/B2C site using BroadVision One-to-One 4.0.

Created new content types and database schema under BroadVision and

define communities and rulesets.

Defined permissions in access control file for different types of users

for accessing the controlled resources.

Developed JavaScript pages displaying statement details of the

customer, taking orders from them through different options, displaying

customer's role specific promotions and specials that entered by

business managers through DCC, and sending an email to the user &

notification to the shipping department for scheduling the delivery.

Used PVCS for version control.

Environment: JavaScript, BroadVision, Oracle 8i, UNIX.

OrbitWorld Inc., Houston, TX

IBM, Houston, TX - Contractor

Web Developer, Sep 1998 - Feb 2000

. Created C++ components while working on US Postal Service project.

. Designed various web sites for IBM clients using Lotus Notes 4.6.1,

CGI/PERL, HTML and JavaScript.

. Worked on NASA projects, "MARS Settlement Design Competition", and

an "Online Task Order application" for customers, by using Cold

Fusion, HTML, JavaScript, and SQL Server.

. Designed and developed an on-line DSL Application using Cold Fusion,

SQL server 7.0 under Windows NT, contains an On-line customer

request form and features to retrieve and process these customer

requests and thereby forward the DSL Form Orders to South Western

Bell (DSL provider).

. Designed a Web based application for medical patients using Cold

Fusion, SQL server 7.0 under Windows NT to store, search, retrieve,

and display their records, images, and their medical tests reports

including different diagnosis and their data.

Environment: Lotus Notes, JavaScript, HTML, CGI/PERL, Cold Fusion, SQL

Server 7.0, DB2.

Megamania Inc., Houston, TX

Developer, Mar 1998 - Aug 1998

Designed different web projects using Active Server Pages, VBScript,

JavaScript, CGI/Perl and SQL server.

Designed and created Classifieds section having all sorts of ads

related to different sectors such as employment, transport, Garage

Sales etc.

Navaid Rafiq

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Mobile: 734-***-****

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Created Voting Box that accepts votes from the users and then display

voting result. Administrator can change, add or delete the voting

subject at any time by using GUI designed for administrator.

Designed and created Reminder Service for reminding the users in

advance of any event to be occurred.

Designed and created Singles Connection that serves as a communication

media between two couples and let them choose their best fit person for

them.

Designed and created Discussion Forum template for posting questions

and the solutions or comments to those questions by the users.

Environment: Active Server Pages, JavaScript, VBScript, HTML, CGI/PERL,

SQL Server 7.0.

Education

Masters in Computer Science, University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston,

Texas.

Bachelors in Computer Science, NED University of Engineering &

Technology. Karachi, Pakistan.

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