Praveen Kumar Chakilam

SAP XI/PI/PO/BTP CPI/SAP APIM/ Event Mesh /BTP Integration Suite- Senior Technical Consultant

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Professional Summary:

Over 18 years of IT experience in SAP XI/PI/PO, ABAP and JAVA. SAP projects include SAP PI/PO 7.5, SAP PI 7.31/PI 7.1, PI7.0, and XI 3.0 with the responsibility of SAP XI/PI/PO Developer/Architect, Trouble shoot & Production Support.

5 years of experience in SAP CPI (BTPi) Integration with S4 Hana and 3rd party cloud applications and SAP Event Mesh and BTP Integration Suite- SAP Neo and Cloud foundry platforms.

API development experience with CA API Gateway, SAP APIM and APIGEE

Working knowledge on SAP Concur and Invoicing Integration using SAP PO and CPI

Knowledge on MFT tool and Integrate files using SAP PI/PO with MFT

Knowledge on SEEBURGER Adapter for EDI using SAP PI/PO

Experience in integration with SAP modules such as SAP SD, FI, MM, OTC, IS-Retail.

Experience in integrating SAP Employee Central HR-SuccessFactors using SAP CPI/HCI/SCP.

Expertise in providing architecture solutions and road maps for EAI, A2A and B2B

Good understanding on other Middleware like MuleSoft and Dell Boomi.

Design and develop high performance and scalable enterprise solutions using SAP PI/PO cater business.

Work with SAP Functional Teams and other non-SAP applications to ensure that application designs utilize the appropriate Integration patterns and standards.

Implemented various scenarios such as File-TO-IDOC, IDOC-TO-FILE, HTTP-TO-IDOC, File-TO-JDBC, RFC-TO FILE, FILE-TO-RFC, IDOC to IDOC, IDOC to MDM, IDOC to WS, Proxy to Proxy, Proxy to AS2, REST, etc.,

Experience in integrating SAP and non-SAP systems using XI/PI/PO in both synchronous and asynchronous modes. Also, configure Sync/Async or Async/Sync bridges for handling complex scenarios.

Experience with Web Services including SOAP and/or REST Adapter for mobile integration.

Expert to Create in System Landscape objects like Technical System and Business system.

Experience with designing and implementing Java mapping, XSLT mapping, graphical mapping and UDF.

Configuration of Adapters such as IDOC/IDOC_AAE, File, RFC, SOAP, HTTP/HTTP_AAE, AS2, XI, MDM, SFTP, JDBC, MAIL, SEEBURGER Adapters, and other Integration Builder objects.

Expertise in SOA environment and experience with web services consume and publish on SAP PI/XI/PO.

Experience in simulating real time environments using SOAP/HTTP Clients to trigger the messages.

Expertise using the Runtime workbench and SAP t-codes SM59, SICF, SMICM, SXMB_ADM and SXI_CACHE, ABAP monitoring using SXMB_MONI, Channel monitoring, etc.

Expertise in creating ALE settings such as partner profiles, ports, RFC destinations, InboundRA configuration, java destinations, etc.,

Implement error-handling mechanism during design phase and configure component-based email alerts.

Establish secure message processing at transport level (HTTPS) and data level (PGP Encryption).

Transport PI –ESR and ID objects using CTS+ tool and activate the deployed objects.

Experience in following SAP Best practices in design, develop and create technical specs, etc.

Experience in creating/developing the cross-component BPM and BPE trace monitoring.

Experience in design, development, and implementation of EDI documents (810,860,850,855,997)

Working experience using SAP Hana cloud services (DB)

GitHub and CICD Pipelines experience.

Technical Skills

ERP : SAP Net Weaver- MDM 7.1, SAP R/3-ABAP/4, S/4HANA

Middleware Tools : SAP Net Weaver- XI 3.0, SAP PO, SAP CPI

Programming : C, C++, JAVA, J2EE

Databases : Oracle, MS SQL Server

Gateway : CA API Gateway 9.0

Tools : Soap UI, Passport, ECLIPSE and JDeveloper

Others : HPQC, Rev Trac system and SNOW.

Certifications

SAP Integration suite – Certified Development Associate (CPI) - 2021

Academic Qualifications

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)- 2004 from Osmania University, India

Professional Work Experience

Kenvue.

Project: Finance Integration using SAP PO and SAP CPI /BTPi Aug 23 – Till Date

Environment: SAP BTPi (CPI), SAP PO, SAP Ariba, SAP S4, Blackline, Tungsten, Concur

Kenvue Inc. is an American consumer health company. Formerly the Consumer Healthcare division of Johnson & Johnson, Kenvue is the proprietor of well-known brands such as Aveeno, Band-Aid, Benadryl, Johnson's Baby, Listerine, Mylanta, Neutrogena, Tylenol, and Visine.

Responsibilities

Setup tenants, users, roles, connections, keys using SAP BTP.

Understand the blueprint and proposed design solutions.

Defining the CPI Integration strategy and design & build I-flows using SAP CPI

Establish connectivity between CPI, S4, SaaC and On Prem applications.

Design the iflows in the event driven approach that results in guaranteed delivery.

Message splitting with in iflows for handling bulk messages.

PoC on new innovative integrations.

Testing support from end to end.

Google - USA.

Project: Master Data -Integration using SAP PO and SAP CPI/BTPi Oct 22 – Jul 23

Environment: SAP CPI, SAP PO, SAP MDG, Google Cloud and Google APIs

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics.

Master Data Management/Governance Integration for Suppliers/Manufactures and Customer create/update using SAP PO, CPI and ECPI (Embedded- Cloud Platform Integration)

Responsibilities

Blueprinting and Design and develop integrations using SAP PO and CPI.

Setup Pub sub accounts on Google cloud and add Queue subscriptions.

Configure Google cloud adapter for connecting Cloud pub sub server.

Understand the blueprint and proposed design solutions.

Defining the CPI Integration strategy and design & build I-flows using SAP CPI

Establish connectivity between CPI, Google Cloud and MDG

Design the iflows in the event driven approach that results in guaranteed delivery.

Export/Import ECPI content into SAP PO

Monitor messages SAP PO and ECPI runtime.

XSLT and Java Mapping development

Message splitting with in iflows for handling bulk messages.

End to end testing support along with Hypercare support.

Production support and create SAP incidents for product bug fixing.

Lucid Motors – Newark, CA

Project: SAP S4 Hana -Integration using SAP CPI and SAP PO Apr 21 – Sep 22

Environment: SAP Neo platform, SAP CPI, SAP PO, BTP, MES, SAP Event Mesh, SAP S4, SAP RPM, Concur, EDI 3rd party Apps

Lucid Group, Inc. is an American electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Newark, California

At Lucid, they set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

Lucid implemented SAP S4 HANA as ERP application for seamless supply chain, continuous vehicle production and business processes with well-designed architecture using middleware (CPI) and SAP PO.

Responsibilities

Setup tenants, users, roles, connections, keys using SAP BTP.

Understand the blueprint and proposed design solutions.

Defining the CPI Integration strategy and design & build I-flows using SAP CPI

Establish connectivity between CPI, Event Mesh, MES, DiCentral, FIIX and NeoMatrix

Design the iflows in the event driven approach that results in guaranteed delivery.

Implemented custom iflow for authenticate SFDC using Oauth password grant type.

File conversions and process messages using SFTP adapter in CSV format.

Created HTML format email templates.

XSLT and Java Mapping development

Message splitting with in iflows for handling bulk messages.

Cloud connector setup to connect with on-Prem applications.

Established email configuration for alert notifications in SAP CPI

Transport from lower non prod tenant to prod tenants.

End to end testing support along with Hypercare support.

Production support and create SAP incidents for product bug fixing.

Create queues, topics and manage Event Mesh

Designed flows using Publish /subscribe methodology.

On board and integrate SAP RPM- as Saas application into BTP

Proficient with adapters such as File, SFTP, FTP, JDBC, IDoc AAE, SAP B2B AS2, SAP B2B EDI Separator, SAP REST, SOAP, Proxy, SFTP, HTTPS, SuccessFactors, OData, FTP, Mail adapters in SAP PO and SAP CPI

Experience in B2B integration, CPI and PI ANSI X12, as well as well versed in EDIFCT EDI mapping and All EDI formats.

L’Oréal USA, Berkeley Heights, NJ Apr 15 – Apr 21

SAP-PI/PO/CPI Senior Technical Lead Consultant

Project: S4 Hana integration using SAP CPI/HCI, MuleSoft

Environment: SAP CPI/HCI, S4 Hana, Sales Forces, MES, ARIBA and LMS and third party could applications

S4 Hana integration with Sales forces, MES and 3rd party applications using SAP CPI.

Responsibilities

Prepare blueprint with design solutions.

Design and build I-flows using SAP CPI designer.

CPI Integration strategy in hybrid architecture

Establish connectivity with SAP and Non-SAP applications with CPI.

Configure standard adapters (HTTP, SFTP, OData, SOAP, Mail, AMQP, Sales force Adapter etc.)

Prepare test cases and unit test the CPI environment.

Established email configuration for alert notifications in SAP CPI

Established the SFTP connectivity with certificate-based authentication.

Completed end-to-end implementation integrating with Sales forces and 3rd party applications.

Implemented security mechanisms like – SSL, Certificate to user mapping and PGP encryption.

Write Groovy scripts as needed.

Configure the Cloud connector for establish On-Prem applications including S4 Hana.

Cloud to Cloud and Clod to On Prem integrations using CPI.

Troubleshooting and resolving performance and production problems in CPI

Reviewing the implemented interfaces and test results

Cut over planning and execution.

XSLT and Java Mapping development

Experience troubleshooting technical problems.

Production support and debug the issues along with error handling.

Project: SuccessFactors HR integration using SAP CPI/HCI

Environment: SAP CPI/HCI, SuccessFactors, third party could base Payroll system

It is an initiative enable could integration between SAP SuccessFactors with payroll system using SAP CPI.

Responsibilities

Prepare blueprint with design solutions with could integration.

Design and build I-flows using SAP CPI designer.

Defining the CPI-PI Integration strategy and making sure the team is implementing the same.

Establish connectivity with SAP SuccessFactors and CPI

Good working knowledge on the standard adapters (FILE, RFC, IDOC, JDBC, SOAP, REST, SFTP, JMS, SuccessFactors etc.)

Prepare test cases and unit test the CPI environment.

Understand the entities in SAP SuccessFactors for data extraction using SAP CPI.

Established email configuration for alert notifications in SAP CPI

Established the SFTP concavity for back up files in SAP CPI

Hands on experience in developing custom interfaces with SAP Cloud Platform Integration using various HCI/CPI tools on the Palette.

Completed end-to-end implementation integrating with Success Factors building custom iflows.

Implemented security mechanisms like - SSL and PGP encryption.

Experience with Groovy scripts

Establish connection from On Prem ECC with CPI using Cloud connectors.

Cloud to Cloud and Clod to On Prem integrations using CPI.

Project: Cloud Migration – API Gateway

Environment: CA API Gateway 9.0 and APIGEE

Responsibilities

Troubleshooting the API Management and Gateway proxies (CA API Gateway and Apigee)

CA API Gateway and Apigee Knowledge Infrastructure build and maintenance, Oauth configuration

Knowledge on Policy creation/template development and operational support within CA API Gateway and Apigee

Create custom policies in Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Python on the Apigee platform.

Write and understand XSLTs and schemas.

Understanding of UNIX operating systems and shell scripting

Experience with CICD Tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket)

Good understanding of REST API and JSON

API Testing using tools (Postman, SoapUI, or any equivalent tools)

Experience with high availability, load balancing and failover configurations with CA API Gateway and Apigee

Experience in designing and implementing API platforms for high traffic API solutions.

Apply security, throttling, OAuth 2.0, TLS, certificates, KeyStore, and Trust store for the CA API Gateway/Apigee platform.

Experience with Apigee Management APIs and integration to the enterprise systems including Infrastructure & Application monitoring, Approval, Authorization and Authentication, Logging, and Continuous integration/Continuous Deploy (CI/CD), and Developer Portal, etc.

Project: SAP PI to PO upgrade

Environment: PO 7.5 SP 10, Migration tool, NWA and NWDS

It is an initiative to upgrade existing PI 7.31 to latest PO 7.5 to cater the increased scope of the interfaces and improve performance. As part of the upgrade project, we migrated PI 7.31 dual stack to Single stack PO 7.5.

Responsibilities

Migrate classical interfaces into ICOs using SAP standard migration tool.

Analyze existing interfaces- understand the dependency of ABAP stack interfaces.

Redesign ABAP stack dependent interfaces into ICO scenarios

Prepare test cases and unit test the migrated scenarios in PO environment.

Create ALE settings like IDOC, proxy, destinations, Application resources in NWA, SLD setup, CTS+ for transports, drivers/Certificates installation etc.

Conduct and participate in testing the interfaces in upgraded environment.

Prepare migration checklist and fix IDOC mappings to adjust for PO environment.

Design technical solutions that operate efficiently in high data volume scenarios.

Project: BeCom Integration with Canada using SAP PO 7.5

Environment: PO 7.5 SP 10, SAP ECC 6.0, Global Scape & Layer7 SOA Gateway

BeCom Program is within the framework of the PPD digital transformation roadmap. One of the building blocks of a global B2B digital ecosystem. Launch a global transformation program by implementing an unrivalled B2B e-commerce solution, bringing an exceptional Omni channel experience to maximize L’Oreal revenue and profit.

Responsibilities

Requirement gathering and design interface to streamline the integration process.

Transform functional specs into technical specs and development and end to end testing interfaces.

Conduct/attend meetings to understand the testing needs and prepare the environments.

Work with network/Basis team for connectivity establishment and capacity planning

Promote interfaces to testing and pre- production environments for UAT.

Support UAT, functional testing and capture test scripts/screens.

Attend CAB (change control) and get necessary approvals for production transports.

Configure channels in production and support go-live activities.

Post go live support and bug fixing

Project: SFDC, NYX, Exacta & Mosaic Integration

Environment: SAP PI 7.31 SP12, SAP PO 7.4, SAP ECC 6.0, Global Scape & Layer7 SOA Gateway

The SAP PI is the critical integration platform for L’Oréal’s day-to-day operations. As part of NYX integration project, SAP PI uses to integrate Demand Ware (online shopping tool) and SAP for Orders, Refunds and Confirmations. The Exacta (Warehouse management system) is integrated with SAP via SAP PI web services for Inventory updates, Replenishment request and pick container, etc., Mosaic (handheld devices used by salesmen at L’Oréal shopping centers) also integrated with SAP via SAP PI.

Responsibilities

SAP PI Integration Architect and SPOC for L’Oreal Integration development projects.

Worked with Business Teams for understanding Master data transaction sets for Sales and Distribution, Material Master, and Master Data related interface implementations.

Worked on ICOs, ccBPM for Correlation, Web services, value mapping, and File/FTP/SFTP interfaces.

Involved Transporting objects using RevTrac application and coordinate with Cutover Team.

Part of Production support involved in Message Monitoring, Queue Monitoring using SXMB_MONI, SMQ1, SMQ2 and cache delete using SXI_CACHE Transaction codes.

Configured Alert Management, Email, Message Queue, Trace and Adapters.

Performed end-to-end integration testing, regression testing, performance testing, and UAT.

Johnson and Johnson, Bridgewater, NJ Oct 13 – Mar 15

SAP-PI Senior Technical Consultant

Project: BtB- LATAM Implementation

Environment: SAP PI 7.31 SP09, SAP ECC6.0, SAP EMDM 7.0, SAP PI 7.1, SAP SNC & Webmethods

Back to Basics is an enterprise-wide global initiative to enable the Supply Chain, Finance and Customer Process capabilities through standardization of core transactional processes. The objective of the program is to consolidate currently existing J&J ERPs into one logical Global ERP system spread across different regions.

Responsibilities

SAP PI Integration Architect and SPOC for B2B LATAM development project.

Worked with Business Team for understand Master data transaction sets for Finance, Master data and APO related interface implementations.

Worked with MDG, EMDM and SNC teams for interfaces, which involved transfer PO, ASN, Vendors, Customers, Materials, etc.

Worked on IDOC packaging, ICOs, value-mapping cache. Processing of EDI documents using EDI tool – EDI 850, 810,856, 860 and 997.

Coordinated with Basis for SNC enablement and HTTPS enablement for secure connections.

Worked with Validations on Value mapping’s lookup table.

Performed end-to-end integration testing, regression testing, stress testing and performance testing.

National Grid, Long Island NY Jun 13 - Sep 13

SAP-PI Lead Consultant

Project: LIPA Separation Iimplementation

Environment: SAP PI 7.31 SP09, SAP ECC6.0, SAP EMDM 7.0, SAP PI 7.1, SAP SNC

The Long Island Power Authority or LIPA is a municipal subdivision of the State of New York, under the Long Island Power Act of 1985. National Grid USA maintains LIPAs transmission and distribution system under a management services agreement that expires on December 31, 2013. NG- LIPA separation program is to separate the integration and operational system from NG systems.

Responsibilities

Involved in requirement gathering and gap analysis.

Created Functional specifications, technical design specifications and involved in business requirements.

Analyzed and converted user requirements into technical specs for interface development.

Detailed documentations of each interface designed, including Business Scenario with Swim lane diagrams, Object names, namespaces, and their functionality.

Performed Alert configurations to alert for the various events/errors by configuring different alert categories.

Extensively used Debugging skills to handle the errors and Message flows in Pl.

7-Eleven, Dallas TX Mar 13 – May 13

SAP PI Consultant

Project: SAP PI Upgrade Due Diligence

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP XI 3.0, Legacy Systems, Third Party Applications.

7 -Eleven identified, the existing integration landscape is not completely supporting the objectives of the business and furthermore identified the essential improvements required in the integration area. The objective of this due diligence is to define requirements by assessing the as –is integration landscape, understanding the current infrastructure supporting SAP PI and evaluate solution options to address the requirements.

Responsibilities

Workshops with clients to understand the current integration issues and improvement areas identification.

Prepared the solution option analysis based on the requirement and the as-is integration infrastructure.

Cost estimates, effort estimates and project schedules for each option.

Prepare Impact Analysis based on the solution options provided.

Worked on SoW for upgrade project for the proposed solutions.

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Plano, TX Sep 12 – Jan 13

SAP PI Consultant

Project: SAP GDS Migration Project

Environment: SAP GDS, SAP PI 7.31, SAP MDM 7.0.

Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink marketed as having a unique flavor. Global data synchronization (GDS) is a process of exchanging trade items data between CPG (consumer Packaged Groups) manufacturers and retailers using GDSN standards where GDSN means Global Data Synchronization Network. Manufacturers publish their data as product catalogues to data pools. Retailers connect to these data pools and synchronize their data automatically.

Responsibilities

Study the AS-IS and propose TO-BE solutions.

Requirement gathering and design interfaces.

Technical research on the AS2 connectivity and POCs before implementation.

Coordinate with 1Sync team connectivity. Created complex mapping for 1Sync message structure.

Transported all PI objects across environments and validated.

Coordinate with network team and Basis for B2B integration and network ports opening.

Kraft Foods, Northfield, IL Jun 11 – Aug 12

SAP PI Consultant

Project: Regional Workflow and Aprimo Integration

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP XI 7.0, Legacy Systems, Aprimo system, Third Party Applications.

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) is an American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Northfield, Illinois. SHARP is an employee payroll project within the KRAFT NA and Asia Pacific region. The major part of the OTC/PTC interfaces split and tested as part of the Gemini split project.

Responsibilities

Requirement gathering, design and development of interfaces. Identify the business-critical interfaces.

Coordinate with testing and functional group on the end-to-end interface testing.

Onsite and offshore Coordination. Leading a team of three offshore and coordinated between various vendors for integration processes.

Additional Work Experience

RioTino, Brisbane, Australia

SAP GDC migration - SAP XI Consultant Jun 10 – Apr 11

Roles and Responsibilities

Prepare interfaces list and flow diagrams.

Prepared unit test/end to end test plan.

Participate in testing and troubleshooting connectivity issues.

Work with offshore team/ project stakeholders in end-to-end testing.

Work with Basis team for system configurations and settings to tune the performance

Environment

SAP ECC 4.6, SAP XI 3.0, Legacy Systems, Third Party Applications

Adidas, Hyderabad, India

Ashworth Development - SAP XI Consultant Mar 09 – Apr 10

Roles and Responsibilities

Offshore Lead

Technical Load balancing between the team members.

Technical feasibility solutions to the team members.

Daily status updates to the onsite coordinators.

Acted as a bridge between the onshore and offshore.

SPOC for XI team among the project team.

Environment

SAP ECC 4.6, SAP XI 3.0, Legacy Systems, Third Party Applications

Firmenich,Geneva, Switzerland

SAP XI Consultant Jul 08 – Jan 09

Roles and Responsibilities

Onsite Lead

Workload balancing between the team members.

Provide technical feasibility solutions to the team members.

Status calls with offshore coordinators.

Acted as a bridge between the client and offshore.

Environment

SAP ECC 4.6, SAP XI 3.0, Legacy Systems, Third Party Applications

PSEG, Hyderabad, India

SAP XI Consultant Nov 07 – Jun 08

Roles and Responsibilities

Tech Lead

Technical Load balancing between the team members.

Technical feasibility solutions to the team members.

Daily status updates to the onsite coordinators.

Acted as a bridge between the onshore and offshore

Environment

SAP ECC 4.6, SAP XI 3.0, Legacy Systems, Third Party Applications

Adobe, Hyderabad, India

Adobe XI Migration SAP XI Consultant Aug 06 – Oct 07

Roles and Responsibilities

Involved in gathering requirements specifications.

Involved in Interface Designing per SAP best practices.

Involved in Coding, Configuration and monitoring along with transports.

Created Unit Test Plan scripts and performed Unit Testing.

Involved in Support during Technical go-live and Business go-live of interfaces.

Involved in SDLC documents delivery for the project

Environment

SAP ECC 4.3 and SAP Netweaver XI 3.0

PepsiCo, Hyderabad India

Tulip- Development SAP ABAP Developer Jan 05 – Apr 06

Roles and Responsibilities

Understand Software/System components and associated specifications.

Validate efforts required for design and development of system components.

Develop, modify, and review software/ system designs and associate test plans for module testing.

Ensure timely delivery of assigned RICEF objects

Environment

SAP ECC 4.6.

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