Venkata Ramana Prasad Pithani

Sr. SAP BASIS HANA Technical Architect

Mobile: +1-713-***-****

E-Mail: ad1wky@r.postjobfree.com

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• SAP ECC, SAP S/4 HANA,

BW HANA,SCM HANA

• SAP BTP, SAC, Cloud

Connector and SaaS

Applications Integration.

• SAP BOBJ and BODS,

Install, Upgrades, Patching

and Migrations

• SAP Upgrades and Patches

• SAP Migrations, SAP

RISE/HEC Transitions

• SAP HANA Admin,

SDA/SDI, SDQ, HANA

Cockpit

• CELONIS, VERTEX, HMRC,

FINNS 3rd paty integration,

implementation and support

• SAP Implementations

• SAP Content server,

OpenText Archive Server,

content Server & ICC

• SAP

SNC/KEBEROS/SAML/SSO

configurations

• SAP Workloads on Azure

and AWS

• SAP Audits/Data Protection:

Technical Audits and

recommendations (SOX,

ICFR, KPMG, CMM),

ONAPSIS, GAURDIUM

• Support SAP System in all

UNIX and Windows

Platoforms

EMPLOYMENT

• Ascend Performance

Materials July 2023 – Till

Date

• PepsiCo through Rayven,

USA- Sep 2020 – Jun 2023

• Ascend Performance

Materials through Rayven,

USA May 2019 – Aug 2020

• Southwest Water through

Rayven, USA Aug 2018 –

Jan 2019

• Ascend Performance

Materials through Rayven,

USA – Aug 2017 – Jun

2019

• Mylan, Tractor

Supply/Jafra/Sanofi through

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Over 20+ years of SAP Basis HANA Architect, Administration experience. Organized professional with immensely strong leadership capabilities with excellent project management and communication skills.

Strong working experience in SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ECC, MS Azure, SAP CRM, Microsoft Azure, SAP SCM, SAP HANA, SAP Process Integration, SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP Solution Manager including multiple implementations, ERP Consolidations, SAP Version/EHP upgrades, post implementation maintenance, production support, system refreshes and troubleshooting activities

Hands-on experience in SAP installations, upgrading, configuring, performance tuning, user management, workflow, spool and client administration, kernel upgrade, system administration, database management and reorganization, disaster recovery, Correction and Transport System, monitoring, troubleshooting, and providing support to landscapes. Experienced in planning, leading, and executing SAP Implementations, upgrades, migration & support projects.

Vast experience working on various Operating Systems, databases & different versions of SAP products.

Strong Experience with Networking concepts and protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH, Firewall, VPN, Routing and Load Balancing). Understanding EWA & providing suggestions to clients.

Experience working on SAP Content Server, OpenText Archive Server, Content Server & Image Capture center upgrade & migration.

Experience working with Telecommunication, Chemical, Manufacturing, Retail, Development Bank, Pharma and Utilities companies.

MAJOR PROJECTS

While working on Ascend Performance Materials as a Sr. SAP Basis HANA Technical Architect (Rayven)

• SAP RISE Migration, BTP Cloud SAC, CONCUR, VERTEX, CELONIS, Smart Data Integration, Palantir Data Mart integration

• Planning and implementation of entire Upgrade SoH HANA DB and BW HANA DB from 112 P2 to 122 P6

• Upgrading SAP BW/HANA from SP9 to SP11.

• Plan and Configuration SAP GUI SSO Authentication using Kerberos SNC and SAP Web Applications using SAML ADFS

• Plan and configure interfaces to Making Tax Digital SAP Cloud application using SAP HANA SDI Setup.

• SAP GUI Design, Architecture, Packaging, Scripting, testing with pilot user and coordinating with Infra team and distributing each package categories for the users to all SAP users worldwide

• Managing, Coordinating, Mentoring Offshore Teams for Key deliverables.

• Worked on integrating several 3rd party SaaS Applications like CELONIS, PROMETHEUS, Read Soft, ITS Mobile RF Scanner, EDI Inbound, Outbound, Scripting and automation.

• Worked on ABAP and HANA Performance tuning using ST12, SE30, ST02, ST03, ST06, ST07, HANA Cockpit and HANA Studio. RFC Load balancing for IDOC workloads between systems.

• Configured SAP Solution Manager scenarios for CCLM to identify all unused objects for upcoming S/4 HANA project blue filed implementation Cognizant, USA Aug 2010 –

Aug 2017

• Worldbank through Yash

Consulting, USA Oct 2008 –

Aug - 2010

• Worldbank through Tech

Mahindra, USA Apr 2007 –

Sep 2008

• Worldbank, Islamic

Development Bank, Telstra

Tech Mahindra, India July

2005 – Mar 2007

• Steel Case, Morrision

Homes, Syncor Caridnal

Health, Fujitsu Consulting

Mar 2004 – Jun 2005

• Web3M India Jun 2002 –

Mar 2004

• GE Power Systems, GE

Financials through Satyam

Computers, India Jun 2000 -

Feb 2002

• Agilent Technologies

through Soroka Soft Feb

1999 – May 2000

EDUCATION

• Master’s in Computer

Sciences with High

Distinction, Aug 1996- Aug

1998 Andhra University,

VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA

• Bachelor of Computer

Sciences, Apr 1993 – Apr

1996 Andhra University,

VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA

CERTIFICATION

• SAP Certified Technology

Associate - SAP HANA 2.0

(SPS02) (Aug 2018)

• SAP Certified Technology

Specialist - SAP S/4HANA

Conversion and SAP

System Upgrade 2019 (July

2019)

• SAP Certified Technology

Associate - SAP Solution

Manager Mandatory and

Managed System

Configuration (7.2 SPS5)

(May 2019)

• SAP Certified Technology

Associate - SAP Fiori

System Administration (May

2019)

• SAP Certified Associate -

SAP S/4HANA

Implementation Scenarios

for Architects 1610 (Jun

2018)

• SAP Certified Technology

Associate OS/DB Migration

• Configured SAP Solution Manager CHARM for ECC, SCM and BW Landscapes for NORMAL and URGENT corrections

• Generating SAP DVM reports and analyzing the CAPACITY planning for SAP System.

• Migrated from Content Server from On-Premises to Azure along with OS/Content Server and DB Upgrade about 700GB.

• Migrated SAP ECC/SCM/BW/HANA and GRC/Sybase from On-Premises to HEC/SAPRISE using Homogeneous and Heterogeneous migration methods.

• Migrated SOVOS TAXWARE to VERTEX TAX Solution. Migrating VERTEX SIC from LINUX to AZURE Windows 2022 platform.

While working with PepsiCo as a Sr. SAP Basis HANA Technical Architect (Cognizant)

• Managing and Architecture of SAP Applications running on HANA Databases Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform and HP & Lenovo Appliances.

• Support and Project activities all HANA DBA activities like Installation, Configurations of HA, DR using HP Service Guard on HP Superdome and also Managing HANA Systems on Azure Platform for Global Template Project integrating with various SAP Products like SAP Adobe Document Services, SAP Web Dispatcher, SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP Fiori, SAP S/4 HANA, SAP CRM/TPM, SAP CARAB, SAP EWM, SAP BW, SAP Solution Manager, SAP PO, SAP SLT, SAP MDG, SAP Data Services, SAP eHANA, SaaS Integration, SAP CPI-DS (Cloud Platform Integration for Data Services), SAP CPI-PI (Cloud Platform Integration for Process Integration), SAP Cloud Connector and integrating with SAP Cloud Platform Services IBP, ARIBA, SAP Analytics Cloud and Concur), Cyber Security Audit ONAPSIS/GAURDIUM SAP identify Vulnerabilities and remediate on SAP BASIS and HANA DB Layer.

• Planning, coordination for S/4 HANA 1909 Green Field Implementation, upgrade from 1909 to 2021

• Configuring Backup/Recovery solutions using RUBRIK, DDBOOST and AZURE BACKINT, purging unwanted Tables, Table Partitioning and distribution of data across nodes and automating HANA Sitter/HANA Cleaner for House Keeping HANA DB.

• Installing HANA Add-Ons, HANA XSA, Smart Data Integration components and Data Provisioning agents to configure remote source to replicate data to HANA DB.

• Planning, Design, Implemenation of SAP HANA WEBIDE SAML SSO for eHANA SAP HANA Development team

• SAP HANA Monitoring and Troubleshooting (Performance, workloads, memory usage, disk usage, CPU bottle necks, alert situations) using SAP HANA Studio, HANA Cockpit and FocusRun

• Worked on SAP NSE (Native Storage Extension), PMEM (Persistence Memory) Fast Restart, HANA Workload Management capabilities.

• Worked on DBR Automation tool to capture HANA Database repository info for all Project and Support Databases give them in format used by internal home-grown applications for ITSM related purpose.

While working on South West Water as a Sr. SAP Basis HANA Technical Architect (smartShift)

• SAP Upgrades and Migrations of SAP ECC 6.0 EHP6 to EHP8, SAP BW 7.3 to 7.5, SAP SCM 7.0 EHP3 to EHP4 embedded Live Cache using SUM/DMO from Sybase ASE 16.x to HANA 2.0.

• SAP Upgrades and Migrations of SAP BW 7.3 to 7.5 from On-Premises to AWS Cloud Platform using SUM/DMO from MS SQL Server 2012 to HANA 2.0 Multi-Tenant option.

• Configure HA, DR using Cluster Software SUSE Pacemaker on AWS Cloud Platform for SAP Single point of failures.

• SAP Installation and configuration of SAP MCF NW 7.5 on HANA Multi-Tenant DB. for SAP NetWeaver 7.30 Jul

2015.

• SAP Installation and configuration of SAP SMP 3.0 on HANA Multi-Tenant DB. While working on Mylan Pharmaceuticals as a Sr. SAP Technology Architect (Cognizant)

• Managing, Coordinating, Mentoring Offshore Teams for Key deliverables.

• Using SAP DMO Upgrade/Migration of ECC EHP6 SP 10 to Suite on HANA EHP8 (SoH) HANA Revision 112.2.

• Upgrading SAP BW 7.4 HANA to BW 7.5 SAP HANA from 112 P2 to 122 P6

• Installation/Configuration SAP HANA EIM, BODS on BW/HANA System,

• Upgrading and patching SAP BOE from 4.1 to 4.2

• Upgrading, Patching, Applying Add-ons for PO landscape for AS2, Salesforce Adapter and AXIS Framework.

• HANA Transport Content and HANA Transport ABAP Configuration

• Installation/Configuration/Migration of SAP Web Dispatcher from Intranet Network Zone to DMZ Zone.

• SAP Content Server Implementation

• SAP European EPD SAP System Consolidation to Global SAP ERP System, Technical Strategies like Transport, Data Conversion Client, Training Clients, Dual landscape CPS Redwood Job Scheduler:

• Installing/Configure CPS Redwood Software, Migrating Interfaces/Jobs from UC4 to Redwood

• SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood, Administration and Configuration of Jobs in Redwood.

• Install/Configure Redwood Platform Agents, Import and Configure SAP Jobs/Communication Channels

• Create Jobs with OS Commands, Create Complex interface (Job Chains) for Business process involving ERP, PO, and OS Commands

• Use CPS Credential feature to execute OS scripts, Schedule & Monitor job chains and troubleshoot failures

While working on Tractor Supply Company as a Sr. SAP Technology Architect (Cognizant)

• Preparation, Planning, Sizing, working with SAP and Technical Architecture for implementing HANA CAR POSDM for Point of Sales (POS) proof of concept.

• CRM on HANA Green Field implementation, Planning, Sizing, Installation and Configurations

• Solution Manager Upgrades 7.1 to 7.2, Technical Monitoring Setup for all landscapes.

• ECC Retail Data Archiving for the defined Archive Objects.

• ECC 6.0 Non EHP to EHP7 Upgrades, UNICODE Conversions

• PI 7.1 to PI 7.4 Upgrade’s

• Building Parallel Landscapes for ECC and PI using Database Backup Restore methods.

• Setting up TDMS Landscape with solution manger as central and control system, Pre- production as sender and Quality as receiver.

• Creating and customizing Project template, Application portfolios for the Business requirements in TDMS

• Replicated Customizing data from Production system to Non-Production SAND Box Systems

• GRC 5.3 to GRC 10.1 Upgrades and Technical configurations

• OpenText 10.2 Upgrade and Support

• Implementing new PI Projects for new Distribution Centers

• Planning, Updating and Testing IBM MQ Drivers on SAP PI Systems

• Migrating SAP Telnet Console Server from Windows 2003 to 2012 servers

• DR Test Preparation, Planning and Execution, Project Technical Documentations.

• Troubleshooting production and Project issues and Performance Tuning. While working on Sanofi Aventis as a Sr. SAP Technology Architect (Cognizant)

• Review migration plan and plan the migration activities in terms of sequencing and rollback.

• Prepare interface strategy for Vaccines that is under migration process now

• Troubleshoot any issue during migration, suggest the right SAP note / resolution

• Prepare batch jobs strategy for vaccines; help resolving batch job failures due to Basis issues

• Collect Basis KPIs before and after migration; prepare KPI reports

• Coordinate with customer Basis team for any specific requirement related to migration

• Identifying performance bottlenecks and providing recommendations.

• Developing Technical solution and Proposal for SAP HANA Side-Car proposal for replacing their critical DASH reporting using Informatica.

• Perform Post Migration activities for SAP Systems, perform system validations and release system.

• Switch the AutoSys Job Server configuration to new SAP Systems, Test and monitor AutoSys jobs.

While working on The World Bank Group as a SAP Basis/Netweaver Team Lead (Yash Solutions/Satyam)

• Portal implementation, CRM Implementation, EP 6.0 to 7.0/NWDI 640 to 7.0, SLD Upgrades.

• Maintenance and support of ECC, XI, EP, NWDI and CRM Landscapes. While working on Islamic Development Bank as a SAP Basis/Netweaver Team Lead (Satyam)

• SAP Green Field implementation played key team lead role. While working on Steel Case, Morrison Homes, Syncor Cardinal Health as a SAP Basis/Netweaver Consultant (Rapidigm/Fujitsu Consulting)

• Planning, installation, configuration, administered SAP landscapes, 12/7 on-call support for the production systems

• Managing Oracle databases and upgrading from 8i to 9i, Applying Oracle Patch sets and Interim Fixes

• Performed upgrade of SAP R/3 system landscape from R/3 4.6C to R/3 4.7 Enterprise Edition and post-upgrade problem resolutions.

• Worked with 12/7 production support for SAP R/3 4.7, SAP BW 3.0,

• Installation of Dialog Instances on SAP R/3 Apps Server.

• Maintenance of DB2 Database requesting file systems and increasing Tablespaces, Tables Reorganization and Running RUNSTATS, analyzing the Performance Tuning bottlenecks.

• Troubleshooting the system with SAP R/3, SAP B/W, IBM AIX, DB2, Backup, Archiving and TSM Server and Client errors and contacting the SAP, IBM for issues and getting solved the issues.

• Worked on SAP R/3 4.6C, Windows NT 4.0/ 2000 Server, Linux Red Hat 9.0, IBM AIX 5.1, Cygwin SSH Server, Putty SSH Client, PHP, and MySQL 5.0

• Writing Shell Scripts for scheduling Online Backup, Offline Backups and Archive log backups through TSM, in UNIX and WSH Scripting for Windows Platform using SSH

(Secure Shell) to get the SAP Basis Monitoring data for every 5 minutes from the SAP R/3 Application Server to Apache Web Server.

• Installed and Configured the SSH Server and SSH Clients on UNIX and Windows Systems.

• Planning, scheduling backup and performing Homogeneous System copies from Production to Quality system using Oracle Database including Pre-Processing and Post-Processing activities.

• Monitoring the SAP R/3 system using Basis Monitoring Procedures and reporting errors.

• Doing maintenance like applying support patches, kernel patches, sap notes, oracle patches and Database maintenance using SAP DBA.

While working on Web3M India Pvt. Ltd as a Database Administrator and SAP Basis Consultant

• Worked as DBA for Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 and SAP System Administrator for internal products

While working on GE Power Systems, GE Funding Solutions as a Software Engineer (Satyam)

• MS Access, MS SQL Server Database, Visual Basic, ASP Developer While working on Agilent Technologies as a Programmer and DBA (Soroka)

• Database, Visual Basic, C and Visual C++ Developer

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