Shaik Mazhar Ali

Sr. SAP Netweaver/Basis Lead Consultant (SME)

Email: acs0mh@r.postjobfree.com Mobile: +965-********

Summary

Overall 10+ years of experience in IT

7+ years of extensive SAP Netweaver/Basis experience along with leading and mentoring Basis team

Highly motivated team player, inspiring colleagues, handling high pressure with focus on delivery

Strong Technical/Analytical/Troubleshooting skills and proactive problem solver, willing to take

responsibility

Project Management, Time Assessment, Implementation Strategy and Resource Management

Industry experience Manufacturing, Aviation, Pharmaceutical/Biotech, Storage, Oil/Petroleum,

Minerals/Energy, Chemical, Utilities, and Technology

Designing landscape architecture for SAP solutions

SAP Systems Sizing with Quicksizer, Installation, Configuration, Integration, Release Upgrade, EHP

Upgrade, Support Pack and Kernel Upgrade

Full lifecycle implementations, OS/DB migration, Upgrade and Rollout projects

Expertise in extensive range of SAP products ABAP & Java and interfaces

ERP, HR Renewal, ESS/MSS, LSO, ADS, SLD, GTS, GRC Access Control/Process Control, EPC, TDMS

Scrambling, SCM, APO, Livecache, ERecruitment, BI, BEx, BO, PI, NWDI, Portal, MII, PCo, Solution

Manager, Nakisa, Gateway, Fiori, SuccessFactors, Ariba, Redwood CPS, TREX, UME LDAP integration,

SAML SSO, SPNego, SSL/SNC/STS, SFTP, SSH, Webdispatcher, Reverse proxy in DMZ, Comaea, Kindling,

TaxFactory, Antivirus, OSI PI, Meridium APM, Oracle Primavera, MS ADFS, Kerberos, Crystal Reports, HP

Data Protector, BRTools, etc.

Solution Manager 7.1 SP13 Upgrade, Monitoring, Earlywatch, CTS+, ITSM, Incident Management,

ChaRM, CCMS, SMD Diagnostics, CA Wily Introscope, E2E Root Cause Analysis, MOPZ

Handled Security authorizations, User administration, System copy/refresh, Performance tuning,

Workload analysis

Disaster Recovery setup, High Availability, MSCS clustering, MSSQL 2012 AlwaysOn, AIX HACMP, HP

Serviceguard, Oracle Failsafe, Backups and Restore/Recovery, Datacenter Migration

Database installation, patching OPatch/Fixpack/SP/CUP, administration, management, parameters

configuration Oracle, MSSQL, DB2, MaxDB, MySQL

Experience on wide range of storage, hardware, multihomed servers

OS installation and patching Windows, AIX, HPUX, Linux and Solaris with virtualization on MS HyperV,

VMWare

Certifications

Deloitte Industry Proficiency Level 1 certified in Energy & Resources and Health Sciences & Government

industries

SAP S/4HANA in a Nutshell (openSAP)

Education

Bachelor of Commerce Year 2000, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

Employment History

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Organization Position Duration

Equate Petrochemical Co. SAP Consultant Oct 2012 Present

Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. SAP Consultant Oct 2009 Sep 2012

Advansoft International Inc. SAP Programmer Analyst Oct 2006 Oct 2008

Raza Communication Technical Services Supervisor Jan 2005 Jan 2007

GE Capital International Services Technical Support Analyst Oct 2002 Nov 2004

RedleafMultimedia Programmer Analyst May 2000 Oct 2002

Professional Experience

Equate Petrochemical Company Oct 2012 Present

Role: SAP Basis Lead

Industry: Petrochemicals

Technical Environment: ECC 6.0 EHP6, BI 7.01, NW Portal 7.3, PI 7.4, Solution Manager 7.1, TREX, GRC

10, SCM 7.0 EHP3, ERecruitment EHP7, MII 12.2, BO 4.1, Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn, MaxDB

7.9, HPUX 11.11, Windows 2012 R2, HP Data Protector 9

ERP OS/DB migration to Windows 2012 and SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn.

ECC 6.0 EHP6 upgrade.

SAP Webdispatcher implementation for ECC load balancing.

ERecruitment upgrade to EHP7 and exposing to internet with reverse proxy.

McAfee Antivirus server integration through vscan_rfc.

SAP Disaster Recovery site setup.

SNC and STS setup between BI 7.01 and BusinessObjects 4.1.

Portal upgrade to 7.30 and High Availability MSCS cluster setup.

HR Renewal and Learning Solution implementation.

Fiori UX landscape design and implementation with SAP Gateway.

SAP systems on multihomed servers.

Solution Manager 7.1 SP 5 implementation. Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure (MAI) setup, EWA

setup.

Solman ITSM, ChaRM, and CTS+ implementation for all SAP landscapes.

Solman 7.1 upgrade from SP 5 to SP 12.

Implementation of TDMS Data Scrambling for HCM.

Enterprise Project Connection (EPC) integration with SAP Portal.

Basis critical support, Support package/stack upgrade, Kernel upgrade, System refresh/copy,

Troubleshooting issues, systems monitoring, Performance tuning, Database patching.

Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (MII) and Plant Connectivity (PCo) system integration with OSI

PI system.

SAP Org Visualisation by Nakisa (SOVN) implementation.

SAP Process Integration 7.4 design and implementation.

SLD planning and reconfiguration of the entire landscape.

SAP SuccessFactors Performance Management and Succession Planning implementation.

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SAP Ariba implementation for Procurement.

Comaea Job Competency Management implementation.

SFTP Server setup on DMZ and SFTP adapter on PI for file exchanges with cloudbased apps.

Single Signon setup with SAML 2.0 on SAP Portal and Microsoft ADFS with cloud applications like

SuccessFactors, Ariba and nonSAP third party applications Comaea and KindlingApp.

Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Ltd. Oct 2009 Sep 2012

Client: CA Technologies, New York USA

Industry: Technology Role: SAP Basis Consultant

Technical Environment: ECC 6.0 EHP 5, SRM 7.0, BI 7.3, PI 7.1, CRM, MDM, NW Portal 7.02, Solution

Manager 7.01, GTS 10.0, GRC, DB2 LUW 9.7 Fixpack 4, DB2 zOS 9.1, AIX 6.1, HACMP

System upgrades and Latin America SAP implementation.

Planned and prepared upgrade approach documents for the Enterprise portal 640 upgrade to 7.02.

Preparing upgrade templates with times recorded in excel format and documenting the upgrade process

in runbooks.

Java decommissioning from BI, ECC and SRM systems before upgrade.

Twostep upgrades for BI systems.

GTS 3.0 10.0 upgrade.

SLD, ADS configuration and changing UME user data source.

Installation of separate Java stack for BI Java High Availability on AIX HACMP.

BEx/BI Java configuration.

MDM and Netweaver portal installation and configuration.

System copies to perform preproduction upgrades.

Performed DB2 database upgrade to 9.7 Fixpack 4.

Implemented EHP 1 on the CRM 7.0 system.

Client: Southern California Edison, California USA

Industry: Energy Role: SAP Basis Consultant

Technical Environment: ECC 6.0 EHP 5 (ISUT), SRM 7.01, SUS 7.01, Supplier Portal 7.3, CRM 7.01, BI 7.3,

PI 7.3, RCM ABAP & JAVA, MDM, PPM 7.3 ABAP & JAVA, NW Portal 7.3, Solution Manager 7.01, SAP BOBJ

GRC Process Control 3.0, SAP BOBJ GRC Access Control 5.3, cFolders 7.3, TREX 7.1, DB2 9.7 Fixpack 4,

AIX 6.1

Huge SAP landscape Business and Technical Sandbox, Development, Quality, Training, Preproduction

and Production systems.

Planning and preparation of upgrade approach documents for the team for Netweaver systems upgrade to

7.3.

Performing DB2 database upgrade to 9.7 Fixpack 4.

Upgrade of RCM JAVA to 7.3.

EHP 1 upgrade of the CRM 7.0 system.

Performed SRM system copy.

ECC EHP4 system copy.

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Resolved issue of java stack not starting due to JDBC driver incorrect location.

Analysed and resolved the issue of unable to create transport request by activating CTS project.

Client: Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Texas USA

Industry: Power & Utilities Role: SAP Basis SME

Technical Environment: ECC 6.0 EHP 4 (ISUT), BSI TaxFactory 9.0, Netweaver 7.01, CRM ABAP 7.01, BI

7.01, PI 7.1, NW Portal 7.01, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0 XI 3.1, Crystal Reports 12.0, Solution

Manager 7.01, SAP BOBJ GRC Process Control 3.0, SAP BOBJ GRC Access Control 5.3, SQL Server 2008,

Windows Server 2008

Guiding Basis team to follow SAP best practices in installations, configurations, support pack and kernel

upgrades, preparing documentation.

Mentor and Goto person in the team.

Helping team with sound analytical skills in several issues system sizing, portal ESS/MSS configuration,

ADS ReaderRights credentials, Transports, 32bit / 64bit architecture, etc.

Planning and assigning tasks to team members and taking status updates.

Planning and implementation of Solution manager Support Pack Stack upgrade and completing initial,

basic and managed system configuration wizards, maintenance optimizer.

STPI and STA/PI components upgrade for Earlywatch Alert configuration.

Managed CCMS central monitoring implementation.

Disaster recovery planning and implementation.

Providing guidance in preparing strategy for backup/recovery and applying windows updates.

SSO setup between Backend, Portal and GRC systems and BusinessObjects Crystal Reports.

Installation and configuration of GRC Access Control with BI Java and Process Control ABAP systems.

Configuration of Crystal Reports; Email Destination, Job Scheduler and CrystalJobServer in BOBJ.

Installation and configuration of ECC 6.0 EHP4, PI 7.1, Solman 7.01 systems.

PhaseII ECC and PI development, quality and training systems builds through system copies of PhaseI.

SAP Web Dispatcher implementation and Logon groups for load balancing.

Creating source systems in BI, IDOC xml file ports and logical file paths.

Implemented DST rule changes of 2007

Synchronization of inconsistent component levels in ECC landscape by applying EHP4 through SAINT.

Planned portal SPS upgrade and SAP UCES / ISUT landscape architecture.

CUA implementation and created trust relationships between systems.

Troubleshooting several issues Portal SSO, JCo connections, ADS connectivity and custom fonts,

workflow, CTS+, lock table overflow, NWDI deployment issues, switching the webdynpro reports on in

GRC, crystal reports activation issue in GRC ABAP system, applying notes, and resolving OutOfMemory

error during ABAP system copy.

Portal and java transports through CTS+ and NWDI CMS.

BI Java, BEx configuration through template wizard on portal systems.

Basis support throughout Integration Test Cycles.

Client: AmeriGas, Pennsylvania USA

Industry: Oil & GasRole: SAP Basis Consultant

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Technical Environment: ECC 6.0 EHP 4, Netweaver 7.0 EHP 1, BI 7.0, PI 7.1, Solution Manager 7.1,

Redwood CPS, Oracle 10g, Windows Server 2003

Third rollout of SAP ERP implementation project for Oil & Gas and OrderToCash.

Analysis of training system for performance issues.

Updated database statistics and created indexes on database tables for performance improvement.

Implemented SAP recommended database parameters in Oracle pfile and spfile in all systems.

Background job administration and Redwood CPS job scheduling.

Monitored SAP system, database and operating system through various transaction codes like ST06,

ST02, SM66, SM12, SM13, SM21, ST22, DB02, SM04, etc.

Client: Airgas Inc., Ohio USA

Industry: Oil & GasRole: SAP Basis Consultant

Technical Environment: ECC 6.0 EHP 4, Netweaver 7.0 EHP 1, BI 7.0, PI 7.1, Portal 7.0, Solution Manager

7.1, GRC 5.3, Redwood CPS, Vertex, Delego, Oracle 10g, AIX 5.3

SAP ERP implementation project for OM, SCM and FI.

Landscape of Sandbox, Development, Quality, Training and Production systems.

Configured solution landscape, satellite systems definitions in solution manager system.

Performed various tasks as per the cutover plan.

Troubleshooting issues like lock table overflow.

Table space administration using BRTOOLS.

Configuring Operation Modes, Managing Instance Profile, managing Logon Groups for load balancing.

Applied oracle interim patches through OPatch utility in all SAP systems across landscape.

Implementing SAP recommended database parameters in Oracle pfile and spfile in all systems.

Installed/upgraded Redwood CPS application on the solution manager java.

Scheduling/troubleshooting various background jobs/job chains in CPS.

Worked on Alerting module in CPS, to send alert emails when jobs fail.

Created Job Definition Alert Sources, Alert Escalations, and Alert Gateways to get the alerting

functionality in CPS.

Setup separate Job Definitions in CPS to send spool lists to the recipients.

Setup printers and device types for printing from tray 2.

Extensive troubleshooting of Risk Analysis & Remediation (RAR) background job running for very long

time in GRC.

Performed DB cleanup on the GRC system by exporting the VIRSA table contents, then deleting table

contents from database.

Client: Hitachi, California USA

Industry: Consumer & Industrial Products Role: SAP Basis Consultant

Technical Environment: ECC 6.0, Netweaver 7.0, SRM 7.0, SRMMDM, BI 7.0, PI 7.0, Oracle 10g, AIX 6.1

Analyzing/monitoring the newly upgraded ECC system during several tests and tuning the system

performance.

Presented document with several recommendations to improve system performance.

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Monitored systems during different load tests and stress tests with several test load models.

Sending report about problems/issues observed during different performance tests.

Monitored SAP system, database and operating system through various transaction codes like ST06,

ST02, SM66, SM12, SM13, SM21, ST22, DB02, SM04, etc.

Found several issues during analysis like ECC mock systems built for testing purposes were not as per

the SAP sizing recommendations.

Updated sap and database parameters based on the analysis.

Advansoft International Inc. Oct 2006 Oct 2008

Client: Amylin Pharmaceuticals, California USA

Industry: Health Care and Life Sciences Role: SAP Basis Consultant

Technical Environment: ECC 6.0, Netweaver 7.0, Portal 7.0, Solution Manager 4.0, TREX 7.1, IIS 6.0, Oracle

10g, Solaris 10, Windows 2003

Implementation of HCM, SCM, ESS/MSS and Learning Solution (LSO).

Installed TREX 7.1 systems landscape Development, Quality and Production.

Integrated TREX with Netweaver Portal KM and ABAP systems.

TREX implemented for resume search facility in the SAP Learning Solution system.

Worked with UNIX team, to resolve the UIDs/GIDs issue with the SAP users on UNIX level. Kept one GID

for SAP Unixlevel groups across SAP system hosts.

Installed ECC 6.0 Enhancement Pack 2 (EhP2) on ABAP and Java.

Installed and configured the Learning Solution Content Player (LSOCP) on the java stack of ECC system.

Installed SAP Web Dispatcher for the Portal systems.

Configured connectivity and integration between Collaboration and LSO.

Configured Solution Manager Endtoend Diagnostics.

Installed the SMD agents on satellite hosts and configured the Wily Introscope agents for Java

components.

Configured maintenance optimizer in Solution Manager.

Implemented Central Monitoring with agents sapccmsr and sapccm4x on all satellite systems reporting

to the CEN system.

Configured Alert Management (ALM) on Solution Manager and SCOT for emailing alerts.

Configured transport routes to keep the Phase II systems uptodate with Phase I changes.

Created domain link between Phase I and Phase II systems domain controllers.

Adobe Connect server used as a content provider for Learning Solution Portal. Helped to establish

connectivity between the Adobe Connect (virtual learning rooms) on windows with the LSO system.

Performed system copies to build Phase II landscape.

Configured Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for ECC ABAP + Java and Netweaver ASJava J2EE systems

and web dispatcher.

Configured SSL for ADS.

Configured LDAP data source for Portal.

Client: Worldwide Flight Services, Texas USA

Industry: Aviation Role: SAP Basis Consultant

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Technical Environment: R/3 4.6C, ECC 6.0, Netweaver 2004s, Solution Manager 4.0, Oracle 9.2/10g,

Solaris 9

Performed the technical upgrade from R/3 4.6C to ECC 6.0 of the 3system landscape Development,

Quality and Production.

Installed Java Addin for Adobe Document Services.

Upgrade with downtimeminimized strategy.

Adjusted the Oracle and Solaris parameters required for upgrade.

Assisted the DBA in Oracle upgrade.

Troubleshooting issues like shadow instance not starting during upgrade, reset upgrade and restart

PREPARE.

Table space administration using BRTOOLS, maintaining and administering the oracle file system space

utilization.

Troubleshooting ICNV table conversion issues during upgrade by performing activities on database level.

Configured Adobe Document Services (ADS).

Converted all dictionary managed table spaces (DMTS) to locally managed tablespaces (LMTS) with

automatic segment space management (ASSM).

Managed the Ulimits for operating system users root, <sid>adm and ora<sid>.

Updated oracle statistics for upgrade.

Configured different services in SICF and activated HTTP ports through ICM profile parameters and

SMICM.

Client Administration like Creating Clients, Client copy (Local and Remote), deleting clients, Assigning

logical systems to clients.

BSI TaxFactory upgrade to 8.0 64bit.

Client: Continental Tire, North Carolina USA

Industry: Consumer & Industrial Products Role: SAP Basis Consultant

Technical Environment: R/3 4.6C, Netweaver 2004s, BI 7.0, SCM 5.0, APO, PI 7.0, Oracle 10g, HPUX 11i

SCM 5.0 implementation.

Configured SAPConnect (SCOT) for emails.

Designed security authorizations and developed master/derived roles using org levels.

Maintained the SCM Livecache using transactions LC10, /SAPAPO/OM13, OM17.

Sized SCM 5.0 production system with the SAP Quicksizer tool.

Assisted in configuring proxies, integration directory and integration repository in XI.

Background jobs scheduling and administration, Printer spool administration.

Raza Communication Jan 2005 Jan 2007

Industry: Technology Role: Technical Services Supervisor

Technical Environment: Windows 2003, SecureCRT, Telecom Switches, IIS 5.0, ASP 3.0

Managing customer service team providing telecommunication services.

Making sure smooth maintenance of the Cisco switches/servers.

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Monitoring switches for call traffic; divert connections in case of overload.

Resolve customers connection/minutes issues.

Maintaining the office windows network.

Assisting technical team in maintaining company website and applications.

GE Capital International Services Oct 2002 Nov 2004

Industry: Technology Role: Technical Support Analyst

Technical Environment: Citrix, Clarify Ticketing System, Windows

Worked in Customer Service and IT Services divisions.

Provide technical support over the phone.

Appreciations/Awards received: Champs Hall of Fame, Basics of Effective Communication, Building

Strong Customer Relationship, Six Sigma Quality Award

RedleafMultimedia May 2000 Oct 2002

Industry: Technology Role: Programmer Analyst

Technical Environment: Windows 2000, IIS 5.0, ASP 3.0, Oracle, MySQL

Maintaining the Internet Information Services (IIS) and the Windows network.

Designed and Implemented connectivity of workstations to Windows 2000 server on structured cabling.

Extensively used VBScript, JavaScript, and HTML/DHTML.

Programming/maintaining website development.

Implemented IIS on Primary Domain Controllers with ODBC database connectivity for website

development.

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