Sunitha Pakala
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Professional Background:
SAP Certified Technology Associate – SAP OS/DB Migration for SAP NetWeaver 7.30 C_TADM70_73
Participated SAP HANA Cloud Essentials by Open SAP Program
10+ years of IT Experience in SAP Basis Design, Architecture, Implementation, Upgrade, Migrations, Support & Carve out Projects. Currently working on Lannett KU SAP carve out project with Natsoft Corporation through Cognizant
Technical hands on for Change management activities ranging from SAP system installations, SAP system patching, Version/EHP Upgrades, Migration, System Copies, Database upgrades/Patching and all major technical activities in the BASIS sphere. Working in capacity of individual contributor and Team lead.
Experience in High Availability installations, hardware planning, hardware sizing and designing of SAP solutions for implementation from infrastructure end.
Experience on KU Interface solution architect on Lannett
Experience on FTP enhancements for SAP Carve out Projects (JnJ & Lannett)
Experience with the installation and minimal configuration of R/3 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0/6.0, NetWeaver2004/04s, BW 7.0, EP 7.0, and PI 7.0/7.1/7/31/7/4 on HP-UNIX, Red Hat, SUSE Linux, Sun Solaris and Windows NT environment
Successfully completed several SAP data migration projects, system refreshes and system copies
Performed SAP upgrades from 4.6C to 4.7, 4.7 to ECC 6.0, BW 3.5 to BI 7.0, SAP R3, BI and SCM system refreshes, Oracle upgrade from 9i to 10g, 10g to 11g and 11g to 12c. MS-SQL from 2012 to 2014
Expertise in Web dispatcher Installation and configuration setup with F5 and LAG network for portal and backend system connections.
Worked on EHP upgrades, kernel and patch upgrades, Oracle & MSSQL installations and upgrades, Disaster Recovery setup, cluster failover tests, and various SAP Basis and Security activities.
Experience in Heterogeneous and Homogeneous system copies.
Experience with defining Client Strategy and Client Administration like Creating, Maintenance, Local Client Copy, Remote Client Copy, Client Export & Import & Client Delete.
Experience in applying Support packs (SPAM) and Add-ons / Plug-ins (SAINT)
Experience on Security user maintenance /Role Maintenance, Performed Mass User changes through SU10 and EWZ5
Experience in System Profile Parameter Maintenance, Performance Analysis, configuring Alert
Database Migration options using DMO of SUM
Understanding about various tools HANA COCKPIT, DBA COCKPIT and HANA XS Web functionality
Log monitoring and Data volume monitoring and applying license for SAP HANA Database.
Theoretical knowledge on SAP HANA
Educational Qualification
2007, MBA - Systems from S.V University
2005, BSC – Computers from S.V University
Technical Skills: -
ERP: SAP R/3 4.6c, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0 EHP3 to EHP7, BI 7.0, CRM 7.0, EP 7.0/7.1/7.31/7.4,XI/PI 7.0,7.31,
Solman 7.0, 7.1, SAP HANA
Operating Systems: HP-Unix, Sun Solaris, Red hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Window 2003/XP/2007/2008/2012R2
Database: Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g & 11g, 12c, MS-SQL 2012, 2014
Work Experience Details
Current Organization: - Natsoft Corporation Period: from 07/16
Client: Cognizant Designation: Basis Onsite Lead
Project – Lannett (LCI):
Lannett Company, Inc., a Food and Drug Administration and DEA approved cGMP manufacturer of oral and topical dosage forms is currently operating at three Philadelphia locations. Lannett has acquired Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals Inc. (KU), the U.S. specialty generic pharmaceuticals subsidiary of global biopharmaceuticals company UCB S.A. (UCB).
I am currently involved SAP Product OS/DB migration, Carve Out requirement gathering, coordination between multiple teams, understanding, SAP System Landscape Design, Sizing & Solutions including HA environment. Technical team task planning, step by step successful execution of plan for System Build using Migration, configuration and final execution of activities to deliver to Project Team.
Detailed Job Duties:-
Performed Hardware sizing to build new Lannett KU Landscape to bring the KU data from UCB environment.
Installed ECC 6.0 EHP6 on MSSQL DB on windows 2012 R2 for Lannett KU SAP landscape and performed OS/DB migration from UCB export dump after carve out.
SAP System landscape resilience, DR testing for High Available landscape Designed solution.
Time to time keep posted status of Basis team technical tasks execution to Project Manager & client
Managed all technical aspects for SAP System Build on OS as Windows 2012 SR2 & Database as Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SAP ERP 6.0 EHP6).
Took the ownership identified the Problem, risks and challenges for FTP, pulled the data to Lannett with near to zero downtime and eliminate the risk of data loss from UCB environment.
Daily/Weekly customer meetings, resolving open issues and suggestions for the customer landscape, Process in order to resolve problems and enhance performance of customer systems.
Co-ordinated offshore and onsite handover activities and meetings
Configured the memory parameters at sap and DB level to importing carve out data to achieve good performance.
Creation, review and updating of Work Instruction documents for various activities performed.
Handled meetings with all the Lannett stakeholders for requirement gathering.
Configured the Database Backup, Transaction log Backups and housekeeping jobs.
Worked on Homogeneous/Heterogeneous copies, Post refresh activities, BDLS conversion optimization
Co-ordinated with Lannett stake holders for the interfaces setup and testing.
Co-ordinated with SAP to complete the Go-Live Analysis session and implemented the pre and post Go-Live Analysis steps.
Identified KU interfaces related to Lannett KU environment and supported functional team for initial road map and provided the recommendations and solutions to the Lannett.
Supported Functional team to identify the KU specific background jobs, Printers & RF Devices.
Performed multiple Local Client and Remote Client copies based on the Business requirement.
Dealt with SAP Solution Manager Configuration involving system preparation, basic configuration, manage system configuration, etc.
Recommended and made the appropriate performance adjustments to the system hardware and SAP application servers to provide the better performance and reduced the cutover downtime.
SLD configuration, LMDB setup and maintaining satellite systems in the landscape
Performed Diagnostics Agent & Host Agent Installation and Configuration.
Configuring the OSS connection & maintaining the Rout tab entries.
Involved in ECC upgrade activities for Lannett KU landscape and merging activities designing.
Building the Roles using the transaction codes using Profile Generator (PFCG) and implementing these Roles for the client organizational levels creating derived Roles and authorization profiles for the various plants located at different geographical locations in Development system
User management, User creation / deletion / modifications / activation / Locking and Unlocking.
Role Maintenance, Role creation / deletion / modifications.
Security Cases, which includes adding roles and authorizations by getting screen shots.
SAP Security includes, but not limited to role maintenance activities, adherence with segregation of duties requirements, and supporting the current organization level design.
Designed Lannett KU operations Handbook document and released to the Lannett after AMS Support.
Provided KT to AMS Basis support team
Previous Organization 1: (07/11 to 10/13) Period: from 10/13 to 07/16
Organization name: LnT Infotech
Client: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Designation: Team Lead
1.OCD Project Summary:
J&J has entered into a binding agreement with the Carlyle Group to acquire OCD. Carlyle is a global alternative asset manager based in Washington, D.C. The transaction is scheduled to complete in June of 2016 under a Transition Services Agreement (TSA).
I was involved building 25 new OCD prod systems of Mars, Crossroads and Usrotc JnJ platforms from live Production systems. Involved non-OCD data carving out and move OCD data to Carlyle’s group CBTS server. Handling 8 team members from onsite and offshore to deliver the Project.
Detailed Job Duties:-
File system designed along with hardware sizing to build new production servers on new servers.
Installed ECC 6.0 EHP3, EHP4, BW, CRM, SCM, Live Cache, XI, PI of each platform of Mars, Crossroads and USROTC platforms.
Installed TDMS 4.0 and Solman 7.1 systems. Applied DMIS components to all new build systems along with TDMS, Solman systems to perform the non-OCD data carve out.
Performed the oracle upgrade, system copies and export and import from Production data to build new Production systems.
Configured the memory parameters at sap and DB level to delete the non-OCD data for the faster performance and moved the data to CBTS server.
Performed Kernel upgrade and support pack upgrade across the landscape.
Copy the Production live OCD transports and move to CBTS Carlyle group servers until system go live.
Configured the Database, archivelog Backups and housekeeping jobs.
Defined and maintained the instance for OP Modes/Servers, Switching, Scheduling and Work Process distribution
Co-ordinated with SAP, JnJ and OCD Business team to complete the Go-Live Analysis session and implement the pre and post Go-Live Analysis steps
2. Beacon Project Summary:
Data base server’s migration from physical servers HP-Unix to SDDC migration on Linux servers for all ECC, BW, XI and EP systems.
Detailed Job Duties:-
File system and Hardware designed on SDDC Linux servers for Beacon system landscape.
Migrated the servers from HP-Unix to SDDC Linux along with the system upgrade.
Upgraded ECC 6.0 version to ECC 6.0 EHP7 with add on component Fiori, BW system on Hana, Portal 7.01 to 7.4 & PI 7.31 to 7.4 latest N-1 patches for SBX, DEV, QAS & Production systems.
Database upgraded from oracle 11g to 12c version.
Performed the system copies of Sandbox and QA systems for all the landscape.
Performed the Golive support for production systems.
Prepared the Hpyercare checklist to handover the systems to Basis support team.
3.Mercury Project Summary:
Consumer SAP platform Mercury uses Juniper based Reverse Proxy Portal solution. This solution does not use Perimeter based authentication. Currently, authentication is at SAP UME level vs LDAP based authentication for external users. This solution is not WWIS compliant (IAPP S-25). IAPP Waiver for this solution is expiring at year end (2015) and if not remediated, can result in audit finding
Implement F5 Access Policy Manager (APM) based reverse proxy solution in combination with SAP Enterprise Portal 7.31 implementation. Proposed solution will use external LDAP based user authentication
Detailed Job Duties:-
Installed new Enterprise portal 7.31 version landscapes on Linux servers for portal remediation.
Configured SSO and SSL setup for the existing backend system connections from new portal to ECC, BW, XI, SCM & CRM systems.
Web dispatcher consolidation: Installed new SAP web dispatcher for Portal and consolidated all the backend systems connections on the same web dispatcher.
Configured the SAP web dispatcher with F5 setup for external function
Performed the kernel upgrade across the portal landscape and SAP web dispatcher.
Tested the quality with 500 users Load test with the portal and backend system connections with external and internal.
Performed the SAP Web dispatcher portal Golive switching from Juniper network to F5 (APM).
4.Mars Project Summary:
I involved in Installations, hardware migrations and upgradation of Leap live JnJ Project. Leap live is a producer of Medical devices and drugs in Asia Specific for JnJ. They are also specialized in ortho clinical devices and hospitals. Leap live system has 5 system landscape are ECC, BI, CRM, PI, EP
The leap live system has reached capacity on the current hardware. The system will be moved to this new environment in subsequent changes providing increased capacity which will address the performance issues.
Detailed Job Duties:-
File system designed for ECC pre-production and production on new servers.
Installed ECC 6.0 on HP-Unix on a 6 system landscape with oracle 10.2.0.5.0
Performed system refresh and system copies on sandbox, training, UAT & pre-production SAP systems for ECC, BI, CRM.
Configured memory parameters at sap and DB level
Performed Kernel upgrade and support pack upgrade across the landscape.
Configured Database Backups and housekeeping jobs.
Spool Administration like configuring printers and trouble-shooting spool request, deleting old spool jobs and working with objects
Configured STMS in charm on solution manager system and scheduled SAP jobs in Tidal tool
Defined and maintained the instance definition for OP Modes/Servers, Switching, Scheduling and Work Process distribution
Maintained the Profiles, fine-tuned Instance profiles parameters for performance improvement and Logon load balancing (SMLG)
Co-ordinated with SAP to complete the Go-Live Analysis session and implemented the pre and post Go-Live Analysis steps
Previous organization 2: (07/11 to 10/13) Period: - (from 07/11 to 10/13)
Organization name: IBM INDIA PVT LTD
Detailed Job Duties:-
Performed regular System Refreshes for R/3 & BI systems
Performed full installation DR setup on EP & XI systems
Performed Planned Disaster Recovery (DR) tests, EWA report analysis and quarterly DB password change
Performed Kernel Upgrade, Support Pack Stack and add-on installation upgrade
Performed regular DB backups, restore and recovery covering both Net Backup Environment and EMC Sync/Split methodology
Database administration like Oracle parameter changes, table administration, table space administration
Handling Oracle Dataguard and Flashback concepts of Oracle 10g
Performed Oracle patch set and SBP upgrade and regular Table Reorganization using Quest Tool
Taking care of Basis related activities revolving around SAP archiving (to EMC Documentum Server)
Ensuring continuous service availability with Performance Tuning
Handling Quiet Time activities on weekend
Performed SAP and Oracle Parameter changes with stop/start
Opening OSS connections and reporting productive Errors to SAP
Configuring printers at sap level and handling printer related issues
Batch Job administration and Trouble shooting
Taking care of daily transports with STMS and Transport Express tool
Archiving and UN archiving of MDM and XI Systems
I was awarded the best employee award from BP for Q4 of 2012 for my contribution towards significant coordination with all stakeholders in reducing long pending tickets in PR4.
Previous organization 3: (06/08 to 07/11) Period: - (from 06/08 to 07/11)
Organization name: iGATE PATNI GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Detailed Job Duties:-
Installed Development, Technical testing, Quality system for SAP ERP 6.0 with EHP4, SAP CRM 7.0, SAP BI 7.0 SAP PI 7.1
Created users and assigned the roles to the users both ABAP and JAVA side.
Client Administration including client copy / export / import / delete
Generating Developer and Object Keys, Requesting and installing sap licenses
Opening OSS connections and reporting productive Errors to SAP.
TMS configuration and Change request management.
Monitoring Background jobs, re-scheduling, canceling long running jobs
Checking failed update record & system logs
Configured Operation Modes and Profile parameters maintenance
ABAP dump analysis, managing lock entries, lock/unlock transaction codes, displaying and monitoring of Database and Application servers, managing user sessions
Creating RFC destinations
Performing on Profile parameter changes
Logon Load Balancing using SMLG
Kernel Updating, Applying ABAP and JAVA Support Packages
Set up Central User Administration (CUA) to manage multiple systems/clients
CUA for all systems from SOLMAN
Table space administration through BR tools
System Refresh
Daily System Health Checks
SMTP and SCOT configuration
Handling Tickets and troubleshooting the same.
Previous organization 4: (06/07 to 06/08) Period: - (from 06/07 to 06/08)
Organization name: India Infoline Ltd
Detailed Job Duties:-
Processing of Demat A/c Applications. Verify critical & non-critical fields in the application along with other supporting documents to reduce rejections.
Service Clients on daily, weekly and monthly basis. As per the requirement / instructions of Relationship Manager / Client.
Basics of Technical analysis skills.
Active Management of Client Portfolio.
Keep track of stock market news, market fluctuations and update investors on their portfolio.
Execute orders in the Terminal as per the instructions of client / Relationship Manager.
Convert physical shares certificate into electronic mode.