Enriched SAP Basis/BTP/Archiving administrator and Architect experience with 13+ years of experience in SAP Landscape design, E2E Implementations, OS/DB Migrations, Cloud Migration, Upgrades and Support activities involved in Sizing, Project/Team Management and Mentoring.
Technical Skills:
Cloud
Azure, AWS
SAP Environment (ERP)
SAP R/3, ECC, S/4 HANA & BW4 HANA, CAR, Fiori, APO, Enterprise portal(EP), BI, BW, PI/PO, FI, EI, JAVA, Solman, Charm & CRM, SRM, SLT, BOBJ, BODS, BTP, Cloud Connector, CPI, Concur, SuccessFactors, Blackline, RISE, Ariba, SAC, OData, OpenText, Web Dispatcher
Data Base
HANA 1.0/2.0, Sybase (ASE) 16.0, DB2 9.7/10.5, Oracle 19c/12c/11g, SQL Server 2016, MAXDB, MS-SQL
Operating Systems
HP-Unix, IBM-AIX, SunSolaris, Windows, SUSE, RedHat Linux
Backup Tools
BRTools, NT Backup, RMAN, TSM, Commvault
Third-party Tools
ServiceNow, JIRA, Nagios, Remedy
Accredits:
Academics
MBA in IT & Marketing from Osmania University.
BSC Computer Science from Osmania University.
Certifications
SAP HANA Certified Technology Associate – C_HANATEC_12
Azure Administrator Associate
ITIL® Foundation Certified in IT Service Management
Onsite Experience
Had been to Sweden & Italy
Achievements
Received Outstanding Performer Recognized by Kering.
Attained Best Performance Award from client Unilever.
Honored 2 times with ACE Excellence Award in Accenture.
PROJECTS EXPERIENCE:
Kering as SAP Basis Admin Specialist Oct’2019 to Till Date
SAP BASIS/NetWeaver/S4 HANA Consultant with experience in the design, development, and deployment of SAP solutions. Ability to lead complex projects, manage teams, and deliver results within deadlines.
Hands-on experience in performing Implementation, Upgrade, Migration and provide SAP BASIS support of range of SAP Products namely S/4 HANA 1909, ECC 6.0/5.0, NW 7.3/7.4/7.5, SAP BW on HANA 1.0/2.0, SAP SRM 7.0, CRM 7.0, SCM 7.0, SAP SLT, SAP PI/XI, EP, Solution Manager 7.1/7.2, Gateway, TREX, NWDI, Fiori, with multiple full life cycle implementations.
Worked on BOBJ, BODS, PI/PO, GTS, GRC, HANA Administration. Worked on SaaS Applications like Concur, Blackline, SuccessFactors, OpenText. Exposure in update of Ariba.
Performed End to end Implementation of ECC, PI, BW, SLT & Router inclusive of pre and post steps and configuration & Integration of SAP/Non-SAP systems.
Experience in SAP Cloud Integration, SAP Greenfield Implementation, SAP HighAvailability(HA) / DisasterRecovery(DR) Design, SAP OS DB Migration from oracle to DB2, SAP HANA Migration, SAP Data Center Migration.
Good experience in project activities planning, execution and rollouts on time by coordinating with various vendors and teams.
Expertise in HANA Brownfield Migration and S4 HANA conversion is aided by SUM-DMO
Experience in upgrading from HANA 1.0 to HANA 2.0 and HANA revision upgrades. Upgraded BW4HANA 2.0 from BW4HANA 1.0. Performed multiple ASE patch upgrades. Performed oracle upgrade from 11g to 12c.
Worked on ASE HADR setup and configuration, good in troubleshooting skills on fixing the issues.
Experience with SAP Solutions and migration on Microsoft Azure Cloud & AWS. Exposure in SAP Private cloud administration.
Exposure in administration of AWS & Azure cloud areas.
Having experience in SAP BASIS Support, Maintenance and Administration, Client Administration, Background Jobs Management, Operation Modes, System Profile Maintenance, Performance Monitoring and Tuning. Update/Lock Management, Load balancing. Monitoring the tRFC, qRFC, Inbound /Outbound queues.
Performed Complete Installation of System based on SAP NW (ABAP/JAVA) including Pre/Post steps. Experience in Upgrade/Update of SAP Systems by applying Support Package, Enhancement Packs(EHP), SP Stacks, Add-ons, Kernel Upgrades, OSS notes using Tools - SNOTE, SPAM, SAINT, SUM, JSPM, Maintenance Planner on SAP Cloud Portal.
Extensive experience on Homogenous and Heterogeneous system copies/refresh of SAP ABAP, JAVA & dual stack systems on different environments are HANA, Oracle, Sybase(ASE), MaxDB.
Implementation of archiving Scenarios using Opentext (Content Server). Experience with SAP archiving principles and practices. Expertise in SAP data archiving process at architect level.
Experience in configuration of SAP TMS (Transport Management System), monitor, and troubleshoot transport problems. Performed CTS+ configuration and SAP JAVA Portal transports using CTS+.
Good skills in SAP NW JAVA Portal environment, experienced in administration of j2ee engine with config-tool, VisualAdmin and NWA, analyzing and troubleshooting issues using SAP JVM Profiler, SAP JVM Monitoring Tool, Memory Analyzer tool.
Experience in DB Administration of SAP HANA DB, Sybase (ASE), ORACLE, DB2-LUW and Max DB (LiveCache).
Extended experience of LINUX, UNIX & Windows based operating systems environment.
Expertise in taking the Database backups and restore using standard tools and third-party backup tools like BRtools/ VERITAS net backup, RMAN and TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager). Expertise in Language installation.
Experience in mapping of SAP OSS to SAP Incidents & Service Request Templates. Experience in configuration of FSCM services and integration with SAP S/4HANA systems.
Experience in managing interfaces and integrations between CPI and other systems, ensuring seamless data exchange and interoperability. This includes configuring connections, monitoring message flows, and troubleshooting integration issues.
Worked on setting up and configuring the technical infrastructure required to support SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI). And exposure in provisioning resources such as virtual machines, databases, and network configurations in the cloud environment.
Expertise in SAP dual landscape implementation and maintenance including installation, configuration, and maintenance.
Experience in Installation of Concur and Concur integration with SAP ERP systems, including SAP S/4HANA, through pre-built connectors and APIs.
Setup configuration and service models for concur. Experience in ODATA services configuration and troubleshooting skills of ODATA related issues.
Well versed in Installation, Administration and Monitoring of HANA 1.0 and HANA 2.0. SPS Upgrade of HANA, Sound exposure to HANA 2.0 Cockpit. Setup HANA monitoring in solution manager. Knowledge of SAP HANA Backup and Restore for SAP system refresh. HANA License management, sizing, setting parameters, performance tuning, running traces.
Knowledge of SSO setup from Portal to multiple SAP backend systems. Kerberos based SSO configuration for HANA Studio SAP GUI. SAML based SSO for SAP Fiori, SAP HANA XS Engine. Experience in LDAP based authentication protocol for SAP HANA.
SAP GUI Setup, configuration. Configured SAP GUI SSO using Windows NTLM. Experience in Integration of adapters following ODATA, SOAP, REST, SFTP, Mail, JDBC, HTTP(S), etc.
Experience with Solution Manager(solman) in Solution Manager 7.1/7.2 for Technical Monitoring, Managed System Configuration, Maintenance Optimizer, EWA, CCMS Monitoring, Change Management, Early Watch Alert report.
HANA Web dispatcher configuration for SSL for HANA XS Engine. HANA SDI with MS SQL server. SAP Cloud Connector Installation and configuration.
SAPGUI, SAP HANA studio Install and configuration. SAP Printer setup, spool management.
Knowledge of Third-Party Products such as BOBJ, BODS, TREX, Blackline, OpenText.
General understanding of IT infrastructure, virtualization methods, and backup technologies. Worked with international clients for large scale implementation.
Excellent client-facing and presentation skills with ability to understand and absorb high end technology.
Good knowledge of SAP Fiori environment. Performed SAP Fiori/UI5 setup in SAP ECC and S/4 HANA systems and Fiori issues troubleshooting.
Experience in client administration such as Local and Remote client copy and client Export & Import.
Very strong Problem-Solving skills, with proven ability to analyze and determine root cause and resolution for complex issues. Proven accomplishments in roles with hands on technical and configuration skills with ability to work in a time constrained and team-oriented environment.
Deep understanding of SAP application and HANA/other DBs performance/stability aspects along with related tuning concepts. Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
Experience in SAP Sizing by using the SAP Quick sizer.
Exposure to CRM Activities like Restart of Services & SCC’s, log enabling, Removing Keys, Sync issues, Add users in SCC etc.
DB2 Log functionality, Backup Monitoring, Parameter tuning and Performance Issues.
Experience in SAP BusinessObjects (BOBJ) analytics and dashboard designing tools.
Experience in involvement of Business-critical situations in P1/P2 calls and joining in war room along with client and other teams to troubleshoot and fix the issues. Prepared and provided RCA to client to prevent the issues henceforth.
Good experience in ITIL process implementation.
Database administration of SAP HANA, Sybase (ASE), Oracle, DB2 and MS SQL Server which includes database back-up scheduling (offline, online), maintaining table spaces, tuning performance variables, maintaining archive logs and performing health checks.
Expertise in BTP configuration and integration with Onprem systems for WebIDE.
BTP Platform administration tasks such as provisioning and managing resources (e.g., instances, services), configuring security settings, monitoring system performance, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
The Integration activities of BTP are configuring and monitoring integration flows, managing connectivity to external systems, ensuring data integrity and compliance with data protection regulations, and troubleshooting integration issues.
Experience in configuring and deploying integration scenarios using SAP Cloud Integration Suite (CPI) to connect SAP and non-SAP applications. Design and develop integration flows using various adapters and connectors.
Exposure on the BTP environment such as Cloud Foundry, ABAP, Kyma, Neo and their use cases strong knowledge of integration with SAP, Salesforce, Rest/SOAP Webservices and Database.
Experience in CHARM configuration, creating requests, importing TRs and troubleshooting issues. Performed DIA & SMD agent installation and configuration.
Experience in installation of SAC agent and performed configuration of SAC into cloud connector.
Experience in elaboration of SAP Release plan and in managing planned activities as per the scheduled release. And co-ordination of teams for requirement gathering and execution.
Managing SAP systems may also use VIM(Vendor Invoice Management) for tasks such as editing configuration files, scripting, or performing system administration tasks.
Expertise in designing and configuration of Disaster Recovery Sites for SAP systems. Performed Business DR activity on scheduled basis along with various technical teams and Business team.
Performed Data Provisioning tasks using BODS/SDI/SDA from various SAP and Non-SAP Source Systems to SAP HANA/BW4HANA.
Experience of SYBASE(ASE) PL upgrades. Experience in ASE-HADR setup, configuration, and management. Good experience in diagnosis and fixing for Log file full scenarios.
Experience in building high-scalable clusters, failover and host standby solutions based on Maximum available architecture.
Experience in architecting, configuring, setting up Enterprise Fail over manager or similar technology for High availability solution. Experience in DR activity of ASE.
Enlarged database sizes at DB level and SAP level through DBACOCKPIT. Backups scheduled at DB level using commands and from DBACOCKPIT. Strong in complex performance issues troubleshooting and fixes.
Enel, Lactalis, Barilla as SAP Basis/HANA Analyst Feb’2018 to Sep’2019
SAP BASIS/HANA Analyst – Primary Owner of System Landscape and Offshore Lead. Responsible for heading BASIS shift operations offshore and onsite, work as primary on-call. Provided day to day direction to the team with regular project status to the customer.
Very strong Problem-Solving skills, with proven ability to analyze and determine root cause and resolution for complex issues. Proven accomplishments in roles with hands on technical and configuration skills with ability to work in a time constrained and team-oriented environment.
Implementation of archiving scenarios using Opentext (Content Server). Experience with SAP archiving principles and practices. Expertise in SAP data archiving process.
Experience in Enterprise portal(EP) configuration and administration.
Database administration of SAP HANA, Sybase(ASE), Oracle, DB2 and MS SQL Server which includes database back-up scheduling (offline, online), maintaining table spaces, tuning performance variables, maintaining archive logs and performing health checks.
Cloud AZURE Responsibilities:
Support for Microsoft Azure public cloud infrastructure operations.
Be as a Bridge to Ops Teams and Clients for consistent Project Deliverables.
Deploy, configure, and maintain compute on Azure Cloud.
Remote login to Virtual Machines to troubleshoot and deploy applications.
Troubleshoot Azure related issues and engage vendor for issue resolution.
Manage moderate to complex installation and maintenance tasks on Platforms.
Handling Incidents and Service Requests along with artifacts for Audit Records.
LeverEdge as SAP Basis Lead Apr’2016 to Feb’2018
Very strong Problem-Solving skills, with proven ability to analyze and determine root cause and resolution for complex issues. Proven accomplishments in roles with hands on technical and configuration skills with ability to work in a time constrained and team-oriented environment.
Knowledge of Third-Party Products such as BOBJ, BODS, TREX, Blackline, OpenText.
General understanding of IT infrastructure, virtualization methods, and backup technologies. Worked with International clients for large scale implementation.
Excellent client-facing and presentation skills with ability to understand and absorb high end technology.
Experience in client administration such as Local and Remote client copy and client Export & Import.
HANA Web dispatcher configuration for SSL for HANA XS Engine. HANA SDI with MS SQL server. SAP Cloud Connector Installation and configuration.
Experience in CHARM configuration, creating requests, importing TR’s and troubleshooting issues. Performed DIA & SMD agent installation and configuration.
Excellent client-facing and presentation skills with ability to understand and absorb high end technology.
LyondellBasell as SAP Basis Expert Apr’2015 to Mar’2016
Experience in involvement of Business-critical situations in P1/P2 calls and joining in war room along with client and other teams to troubleshoot and fix the issues. Prepared and provided RCA to client to prevent the issues henceforth.
Good experience in ITIL process implementation.
Very strong Problem-Solving skills, with proven ability to analyze and determine root cause and resolution for complex issues. Proven accomplishments in roles with hands on technical and configuration skills with ability to work in a time constrained and team-oriented environment.
Expertise in taking the Database backups and restore using standard tools and third-party backup tools like BRtools/ VERITAS net backup, RMAN and TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager). Expertise in Language installation.
Unilever as SAP Basis Technical Specialist June’2013 to March’2015
SAPGUI, SAP HANA studio Install and configuration. SAP Printer setup, spool management.
Knowledge of Third-Party Products such as BOBJ, BODS, TREX, Blackline, OpenText.
General understanding of IT infrastructure, virtualization methods, and backup technologies. Worked with International clients for large scale implementation.
Excellent client-facing and presentation skills with ability to understand and absorb high end technology.
Experience in client administration such as Local and Remote client copy and client Export & Import.
Working closely with customers in understanding the requirements. SAP R/3 production 24 X 7 support using ticketing tools.Analyzing EWA report and implementing solutions and worked on EWA reports generation.
SAP OSS Connections to be maintained and activities in Service marketplace like generating SSCR Keys and posting Messages to SAP and coordinating with them.
Setting up and maintenance of the Profile Parameters (Start/Default/Instance). Experience in Kernel Upgrade. Familiar with BRTools for space management.
Experience in defining, configuring, and maintaining the Transport Management System environment and Performing Transports through STMS and OS level. Configuring Operation modes for resource management.
Involved in OS/DB Migration from oracle to DB2 for multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment (development, test, and production).
RISE administrative roles that are crucial for managing and overseeing various aspects of the implementation and ongoing operation of SAP solutions within an organization. These roles ensure that SAP RISE initiatives are effectively planned, executed, and maintained. Managing the SAP systems and landscapes within the organization.
Exposure to CRM Activities like Restart of Services & SCC’s, log enabling, Removing Keys, Sync issues, Add users in SCC etc.
Data guard Functionality. SSL configuration for secure communication and authentication.
British Petroleum (BP) as Sr SAP Basis Consultant Oct’2009 to June’2013
Experience in defining, configuring and maintaining the Transport Management System environment and Performing Transports through STMS and OS level. Applying SNOTE in Development Systems. Configuring and troubleshooting SAP emails via SCOT & SOST.
SAP systems performance tuning, monitoring and fine-tuning various levels like OS, DBA & R/3 applications.
WEBAS Java Administration and Configuration Options: Visual Admin, JCMON, Config Tool, Daily Monitoring, Performed Java upgrades. Experience on NWA tool.
Experience in SLD configuration and SSO Configuration. Portal Transports and Settings. Folders Creation, Deletion and Movement in Portal
Experience in Cluster Environment. TREX Administration and Language Installation.
Executing the AWR reports for investing and checking the workload statistics.
Performed DR drill activity on yearly based. Performed DR Switchover and fail back manually and automatically using scripts.
Taking the Database backups and restore using standard tools and third-party backup tools like BRtools/ VERITAS net backup, RMAN and TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager).
Worked on SAP router configuration and troubleshooting tasks.
Security Roles & Responsibilities:
Fixing Authorization issues for end users. Troubleshooting the CUA configuration issues. Cleanup of roles in the landscapes as per the Audit trail report
Responsible for keeping security related tickets under the threshold Mark.
Involved in Client and end user Interaction for reported authorization issues. Work on profile generator (PFCG) to create roles, composite, & derived roles.
Run and analyze traces for missing authorization and take corrective action.
User and authorization Management like Creation of profiles, granting authorizations. Restricting roles based on parameters like company code, organizational level, purchasing group etc.
Assigning specific roles to users based on location and business specific requirements. User administration activities like creating user Ids & resetting passwords.
Coordinate with other teams regarding Transports and user authorizations. Maintained SAP accounts globally throughout corporation.