Resume of Ashfaq Moghal

SUMMARY

Technology Consultant, In over 22 years supporting the technical environments of IT systems he has covered the Financial, Manufacturing, Packaging and Petroleum industries. After 3+ years as an Oracle Database Administrator and Application Developer, Ashfaq turned his attention to the SAP world. For over 17 years, he has provided expert Basis support for the SAP software solution.

He was involved in a Siemens AG project that was the first to go live in SAP release 4.0B. This project was recognized as a success by SAP and was highlighted in an article on the front page of Computer World. Since that time he has been providing Basis support in increasingly complex environments, hands-on experience with several successful projects. Effectively executed a number of full implementations, upgrade projects and support administrations of SAP with release R/3 (4.0B, 4.5B, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7 SR1 and ECC 5/6), ECC 6.0 SoH, S4/HANA, Portal 6& 7, UCES, SRM 5.0,SRM business package, BW/BI 3.5 &7, XI/PI 2.0/3.0& 7, APO (3.10), EP/MSS (6.0), Solution Manager 3.2/4.0, IS_OIL, IS-U, NetWeaver on different platforms; i.e. AIX/DB2 UDB (32-64-bit), AIX/Oracle (64-bit), Window and MSSQL 2000/2005(MSCE 64x) NT/Oracle, Linux/Oracle and Windows-2000/Oracle/DB2 UDB SuSE Linux/HDB), OpenText, StreamServe, DQM, SAP BODS, CRM, SAP Hybris(Customer, Sales, and Marketing) and HCP, and CPI.

Diploma in Computer Science and Bachelor degree in Commerce reflect and support the interest in the chosen career, providing technical expertise to support the world’s top performing ERP solution – SAP.

Competency Areas:

SAP technical architecture with several Installations, Upgrades experience

24/7 Support/Administration & Trouble-shooting, transition capabilities; including DB2/Oracle/MSSQL Database Administration. Solution Manager Centralized Monitoring and Administration, SAP landscape availability monitoring from Solution Manager (ABAP+ Java Stack), Operating System Administration (AIX/HP/Windows), ERP and BI Upgrades, Live Cache, Output Management, System Management (CCMS), Performance Management, Background Processing, Homogeneous Oracle/SQL Database copy, Java patches, Kernel and Patch upgrade, TMS Configuration using Workflow and Queue controlled and Transport Administration (Change requests, Transport of copy and table data), SAP Connect (Exchange connector, Unix send mail), Backup and Recovery Administration for DB2 and Oracle, SAP Add-on, Client copies & Client Transports, OSS Administration

SKILLS

Technology

NW04: Portal 6& 7, BI 3.5/7.0, XI/PI-7.0, CRM, SRM, Solution Manager 3.2/4.0, XI 2.0/3.0, NW 7.4, BODS, DQM

ERP: SAP WAS 6.20/ R/3-4.6C(32 and 64 Bit Kernel)/4.6B/4.5B/4.0B, ECC and S4/HANA

SCM: APO 3.10

Database: DB2 UDB 7.2, 8.1, Oracle 7.x –to- 10g, SQL Server 7 -to- 2005, HANA DB 1.0 and 2.0.

Operating System: HP-UX, AIX 6.1,5x/4x, Linux RedHat, SuSE Linux, Window 2000/2003 (Server and Advanced Server), NT 4.0 & 3.1, Microsoft All Desktop OS

Network: Experience of Network Administration.

SAP HANA DB Landscape setup, Installation, configuration, HANA Sizing

HANA DMO (Data migration) from Oracle to HANA.

HANA Installation configuration on distributed environment.

ECC, CRM and BW SQLServer to HANA DB

Clould Experience (VirtuStream and Azure)

SAP Cloud (SCC, C4C, CPI and Market) integration

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Company

SDG&E (Sempra), San Deigo, CA

Duration

Jan 2019 – To-Date

Position

Technical Lead (Development and Basis / SAP Cloud Lead)

Responsibilities

Technical Lead Infrastructure/Basis/SAP Cloud Admin, Development and Opentext

Manage On-Shore and Off-Shore development and Basis team.

Sizing (ISU, PO, and BW4/HANA)

BW4/HANA and S4/HANA installation

Responsable for Technical deliverables (landscape / architecture, Change management etc..)

Plan / Design infrastructure for CR&B implementation

Create SAP landscape build plan

SAP Cloud (Customer and Marketing) Integration using SCC/CPI with S4/HANA and OpenText

Infrastructure planning for Cloud application (SAP Cloud, Azure etc..)

Installation of IDEX(MPM) and BDEx and technical configuration.

Install S4/HANA/Upgrade S4/HANA

KNOA and EnableNow installation and Configuration

Company

SoCal Edison, Irwindale, CA

Duration

June 2017 – Jan 2019

Position

Technical Architect HANA / Basis Lead / SAP Hybris tech lead

Responsibilities

Technical Architect Infrastructure/Basis S4/HANA/SAP Hybris (Customer, Sales, and Marketing)

C4C PoT/PoC on SoH

HCP IPS (Identity management) user and roles provisioning for SAP Hybris (PoC).

Sizing (ISU, EDM, PO, and BW on HANA)

S4/HANA installation

CRM 7.0 EHP 4 installation

Technical deliverables (DR plan, infra planning, and landscape/architecture etc..)

Plan / Design infrastructure for CR&B implementation

Manage the technical teams (Development, Basis, Security, and SAP Hybris CPI)

Create SAP landscape build plan

SAP Hybris (Customer and Marketing) Integration using HCI/CPI.

Infrastructure planning and deliver for Cloud application (SAP Hybris, Azure and DSM etc..)

Installation of SAP Model Company and Focus build

Installation of IDEX(MPM) and BDEx and technical configuration.

Company

Washington Gas and Light, Alexandria, VA

Duration

May 2015 – May 2017

Position

SAP NW 7.40 Technical Consultant / ASE and HANA DBA / OpenText / SAP DS /DQM and SUSE Linux Admin

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a Basis Lead/HDB DBA/ BODS/ DQM/ OpenText consultant to help WGL technical team to perform implementation Basis support.

Project Basis Build / support ECC on SoH, BI, EP, PI, CRM, GRC, Solution Manager, Click, BOBJ, Redwood, BOBJ, DQM, BODS, BW HANA, Web Dispatcher and Solution manager, Ancile (Uperform), OpenText and SFTP server.

Build Windows and SUSE Linux VM on Azure cloud (A5/6, DS3/4, G4/5, GS4/5 series machines)

Create VM image and build new VM from image

Create new VM from disk

Data Services on SAP ASE

Create VM snapshot using Azure Powershell scripts

Change VM name and network configuration using Azure Powershell scripts

Setup Azure network and configure VPN tunnel from Azure to WGL

Creating Azure Cloud services, Storage accounts

Configure storage container and new disk using Azure Cloud explorer

Creating and attaching disk to VM and extending the existing disk size.

Apply Windows and Linux.

Prepare Windows and SuSE Linux machine for HANA and ASE DB

Configure the disks and filesystems for HANA using LVM and MD utilities.

Installing Linux packages required for HANA DB.

Configuring SuSE Linux kernel parameters for HANA.

Installation of SAP application servers.

Migration Development and Sandbox ECC, CRM and BW systems from SQL DB to HANA DB.

Migration Development and Sandbox systems GRC, SolMan, DS, PI, BOBJ from SQL Server to ASE 16.00

Installation of QA systems BW, CRM, and ECC on HANA.

HANA multi host installation

Configure ASE disk backups

Configure HANA backups and write scripts for backups and transfer HANA old backups to backup server

Upgrade HANA revisions SPS09 rev 97 to SPS10 102.4

Upgrade BW, CRM, and ECC to SPS10 using SUM tool.

Create HANA schema for side by side scenarios SLT.

Troubleshooting HANA issues (out of memory errors indexserver crash) and view logs, traces and dumps and collect the HANA logs and dump from HANA studio and send to SAP support

Restore HANA DB from backups

Installation of HANA content for CRM and ECC for ISU solution

Configuration of CRM HANA free search and HANA Authorization Assistant

Create HANA users, roles and schemas

Configure HANA DB connectivity between BOBJ and Data services

HANA Studio table distribution for multi host

Adjusting/Changing HANA parameters from HANA Studio

HANA alert monitoring and HDBSQL to view HANA tables and states.

Editing HANA ini files from OS level changing and adding parameters.

HANA DN Sizing using HANA quick sizer and POC

Build SAP ASE 16.00 and SQL Database Server

Project daily support troubleshooting issues.

Non-Production migration from MS Azure to on-premises

Company

Consumers Energy, Jackson, MI

Duration

Mar 2015 – May, 2015

Position

SAP NW 7.40 Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis performance testing and EHP 7 upgrade consultant to help CE Basis team to perform implementation Basis support.

Project Basis support ECC, BI, EP, PI, CRM, IEM, BOBJ, Redwood, DQM, BW HANA, Web Dispatcher and Solution manager

HP Unix / Oracle

Performance Testing

ASCS Split

EHP 7 upgrade and support

Project daily support troubleshooting issues.

SAP HANA Database Administration & Monitoring from HANA studio.

Stop and start of SAP HANA database from HANA studio and OS level commands

Alert monitoring for SAP database using HANA studio

Performance monitoring& tuning using SAP HANA studio

Configuration and parameter changes in SAP HANA system using HANA studio

Company

HCL AXON

Duration

2014/2015

Position

SAP Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Help to build SAP HANA systems for Direct Energy, Iberdrola and John Hopkins in AXON Lab.

SAP HANA DB Landscape setup, Installation, configuration, HANA Sizing.

HANA DMO (Data migration) from Oracle to HANA.

HANA Installation configuration on distributed environment

Installation of SAP HANA database, Studio, Client, Host Agent &Life Cycle Manager

Installation of SAP BW and SAP Business suite application on SAP HANA

Revision/SP Upgrades of HANA DB, HANA Client, HANA Studio, and HLM

Configuration& Troubleshooting of SLT connections using LTR/LTRC transactions

SAP system data migration to SAP HANA using SLT replication

SAP HANA database Refresh & Failover

Performing backup & Restore of SAP HANA database using HANA studio

Installation/renewal of SAP HANA database license

Adding of SAP HANA database to HANA studio and secure store configuration

SAP HANA Database Administration & Monitoring from HANA studio.

Stop and start of SAP HANA database from HANA studio and OS level commands

Alert monitoring for SAP database using HANA studio

Performance monitoring& tuning using SAP HANA studio

Configuration and parameter changes in SAP HANA system using HANA studio

Company

DirectEnery, Houston, TX

Duration

Oct 2013 – Feb, 2015

Position

SAP NW 7.40 Technical Consultant / Oracle DBA / OpenText / SAP BOD/DQM

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis/Oracle DBA/BODS/DQM/OpenText consultant to help DE Basis team to perform implementation Basis support.

Project Basis support ECC, BI, EP, PI, CRM, IEM, BOBJ, Redwood, BOBJ, DQM, BODS, BW HANA, Web Dispatcher and Solution manager

Ancile (Uperform), VLTrader, OpenText and SFTP server

HP Unix / Oracle

Installation, system build, system copies, patches

Build BW HANA system for DE HANA POC in Axon Labs

SAP / Oracle RMAN backup configuration for NetBackup.

Oracle database installation for non-SAP productions

Project daily support troubleshooting issues.

Company

City of Oklahoma (OKC) Oklahoma, OK

Duration

July 2013 – Oct 2013

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant / OpenText / SAP Archiving

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help OKC SAP Basis team to perform SAP Arching and Basis support.

SAP Basis

Windows 2008 / Oracle

SAP Data Archiving Basis support

Installation/Configuration of OpenText Archive server and Content server

Company

Hydro One, Ontario, Canada

Duration

Dec 2010 – June 2013

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant (Basis Lead)

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis lead to help Hydrone SAP Basis team to perform implementation Basis support.

Project Basis support ECC, BI, EP, PI, CRM, BODS, DQM, BOBJ, OpenText, StreamServe and Solution manager

HP Unix / Oracle

Installation, Upgrade

Project daily support

Manage Basis team and deliverables

System copies

HA/DR testing

Performance testing

Company

Timberland LLC

Duration

Jun 2010 – Nov 2011

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help Timberland SAP Basis team to perform implementation Basis support.

Project Basis support ECC, BI, PI, APO, SCM, BOBJ, Live cache and Solution manager

AIX / Oracle

SAP Installations (AIX/Oracle)

Project support and support existing FICO systems

Applying patches

System copy

Implementation of AIX PowerHA

HP Openview (SAP monitoring)

Netbackup

Robotics background scheduling

SAP router setup

Company

Dr. Pepper DPSG

Duration

Oct 2010 – Mar 2011

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help DPSG SAP Basis team to perform implementation Basis support.

Project Basis support ECC, BI, EP, PI, APO, WM, BOBJ, UC4 and Solution manager

HP Unix / Oracle

Company

Regional Water Authority (RWA)

Duration

May 2010 – Present

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help RWA SAP Basis team to perform implementation Basis support.

Project Basis support ECC, BI, EP, PI, MI, BOBJ and Solution manager

Solution Manager central monitoring, EW reporting

Performance tuning

Company

Rochester Public Utilities

Duration

March 2009 – December 2009

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help RPU SAP Basis team to perform EHP support pack and Basis support.

EHP 1 / 4 support packs ECC, BI, EP and UCES and Solution manager

Solution Manager central monitoring, EW reporting

Performance tuning

UCES installation and configuration

Company

Liquidnet (USA)

Duration

March 2008 – February 2009 (Currently support as required)

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help Liquidnet SAP Basis team to perform

Re-architecture landscape. Tasks included:

Re-Architecture

Migration SRM and ECC (Hardware and DB)

Applying Patches (SRM and ECC)

System refresh (SRM and ECC)

Installation of Portal 7 and BI 7

Configure UME with AD and SSO

Configure ECC, SRM and, BI in Portal

Configure SRM Business package for EP

Installation Solution Manager 7.0

Solution Monitoring: Configure Central System Administration and Real-time monitoring based on the Computer Center Management System (CCMS) and SAP EarlyWatch Alerts. Implementation – Tools, Content, and Methodologies to Efficiently Implement SAP solutions

Applying Support packs and Kernel Patches and Java stack using JSPM and SPAM

Support and help implementation and resolving problem

Operating Linux

Database Oracle and MaxDB

Connectivity SRM with ECC

Configuration CUA and LDAP (AD) for ECC, BI and Portal

Configuration of SSO

Central Transport Management

Central SLD configuration

Migration SAP server from Liquidnet data center on VirtuStream cloud

Company

County of Simcoe / City of Kitchner

Duration

September 2007 – March 2008

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help County of Simcoe SAP Basis team to perform ERP 2004s implementation Project. Tasks included:

Installation ERP 2005

Installation Portal 7 SP9 and SP13

Installation of BI 700 SP9 and SP13

Installation CRM 5.0 SP09

Configuration of Portal 7 with ECC, BI CRM (Middleware)

Installation and Activating SAP Best Practices for Canada ERP05VA and CRM Best Practices

Installation Solution Manager 4.0

Solution Monitoring: Configure Central System Administration and Real-time monitoring based on the Computer Center Management System (CCMS) and SAP EarlyWatch Alerts

Implementation – Tools, Content, and Methodologies to Efficiently Implement SAP solutions

Applying Support packs and Kernel Patches and Java stack using JSPM and SPAM

Support and help implementation and resolving problem

Operating System Windows 2003

Database SQL Server 2005 support

Connectivity BI with ECC, Portal 7 and CRM with ECC and Portal

Configuration CUA and LDAP (AD) for ECC, BI and Portal

Configuration of SSO

Central Transport Management

Central SLD configuration

Installation of TREX and configuration for BI and CRM

Sun OS and Windows.

Company

ITM – ARAMCO

Duration

April 2006 – August 2007

Position

SAP NW04 Technology Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help PetroRabigh SAP Basis team to perform Solution Manager 4 and ERP 2004s Project. Tasks included:

Installation ERP 2004s

Installation Portal 7 SP9

Configuration of Portal 7 with ECC 6 with ESS and MSS

Activating IS-OIL in ECC 6

Installation Solution Manager 4.0

Solution Monitoring: Configure Central System Administration and Real-time monitoring based on the Computer Center Management System (CCMS) and SAP EarlyWatch Alerts

Applying Support packs and Kernel Patches

QAS Refresh

Support and help implementation and resolving problem

Operating System HP-UNIX / Database Oracle support

Company

OCE North America Inc. / Chicago, IL, USA

Duration

September 2006 – March 2007

Position

Sr. SAP Basis Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to help OCE SAP Basis team to perform Solution Manager 3.2 – 4.0 and to apply support packs.

Upgrade Solution Manager 3.2 to 4.0

Solution Monitoring

Applying Support packs and Kernel Patches

Problem solving of SAP R/3 and SQLServer Database and EDI and ALE

QAS Refresh

Hardware migration IBM to HP servers

Transport system Migration and CUA

Operating System Window2003

Database SQLServer2003 (Shrink datalife and DRP Testing ect.)

Company

Cosma International Inc. Canada /Vehtek system Ohio

Duration

December 2005 – March 2007

Position

SAP Basis / Oracle Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to perform implementation of MySAP ECC 5.0, Solution Manager 3.2, and SAP Best practices base line package US V2.5 and DIMP 5.0.

Administration work /Tasks included:

Installation of MySAP 2004 ECC 5.0, Solution Manager 3.2, and SAP Best Practices Base line Package US V2.5, and DIMP 500

Configuration of Solution Monitoring – From System Monitoring to Business Process Monitoring

Solution Monitoring: Configure Central System Administration and Real-time monitoring based on the Computer Center Management System (CCMS) and SAP EarlyWatch Alerts

Help implementation team to setup Project using SAP best practices base line package US V2.5 and project administration and Business Blueprint relevant functionality, integrated use of configuration (IMG) and testing facilities

Configuration of Solution Manager Service Desk

Implementing and maintenance of MySAP, DIMP and Implementation support

Performing transports from Development system to Consolidation and to Production System

Configuring SAP spool system and installing printers

SAP OSS connection

Scheduling Basis background jobs

Organization of Help Desk

Applying Support packs and Kernel Patches

Problem solving of SAP R/3 and SQLServer Database

Client Copy and QAS Refresh

Operating System Window2003 / Database SQLServer2003

Company

St Lawrence Seaway Mgmt Corp

Duration

August 2004 – November 2005

Position

SAP Basis / Oracle Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to perform R/3 SAP Version 4.6C

Implementing and maintenance of SAP Corrections and Transport system

Performing transports from Development system to Consolidation and to Production System

Configuring SAP spool system and installing printers

SAP OSS connection

Scheduling Basis background jobs

Organization of Help Desk

Applying Support packs and Kernel Patches

Problem solving of SAP R/3 and Oracle Database

Client Copy and QAS Refresh

Operating System Tru64 / Database Oracle

Database reorganization (Tables and Table spaces) and other SAP DBA tasks

DRP Testing

Oracle Upgrade from 8.1.7, 8.17.4 to 9.2.0.4 Tru64

Company

Progistix

Duration

April 2002 – September 2006

Position

SAP Basis / Oracle Consultant

Responsibilities

Release 4.6C and WAS 6.x (Windows 2000 and HP UNIX) SAP Basis development and Production support and new ongoing projects

Database refreshes, client copies, transports, performance tuning

Installation of Web Application Server 6.10

Solution Manager 3.1, 3.2

Configuration of Central CCMS monitoring system WEB AS 6.10, 6.20 and 6.40

Configuration of SMTP mail setup in 6.10, 6.20 and 6.40

Configuration of CCMS alerts and generate pages and email on alerts

Installation of SAP solution Manager

Database reorganization (Tables and Table spaces) and other SAP DBA tasks.

Oracle upgrade 8i to 9i and 10i

SAP NetWeaver EP

Portal and NetWeaver Installation

Configuration of Portal access through Proxy server and LDAP configuration Portal user data, configuration of Portal runtime display, permission and securities, PCD, ActiceX

IViews, Personalize User Profile, creating second Admin user

Availability and Connectivity Monitoring J2EE Nodes (dispatchers and servers), Database pools, JCo connections to R/3, Core services and J2EE applications (EJBs and servlets)

J2EE Log monitoring (Memory, HTTP requests, Session and database pool connection)

The Internet Communication Manager (ICM) Monitoring

Internet and processing Internet requests in HTTP, HTTPS, and SMTP protocol monitoring

Configuration of Portal access through Proxy server

Availability and Connectivity Monitoring SAP Enterprise Portal (SLR)

Portal availability via load balancer, Load Balance, SSO, LDAP (Down time, response time and monitor), Portal instances (Status, availability, runtime availably and Diagnosis), Services and backend system monitoring, Portal log monitoring and user connectivity, IGS, SLD, SDM

Applying Patches and hot fixes and trouble shooting

Company

Domtar Inc

Duration

June 2001 – December 2001

Position

SAP NW Technical Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq joined Origin North America in June 2001 and has been serving as a Basis Consultant. Working for Domtar client he executed follows actions:

Production support for Domtar and Origin’s local support SAP R/3 4.6C

Installation of BW 2.1C

Installation of mysap workplace, Middleware and plug-ins

Installation of Web server Instances

Installation of ITS AGATE

Installation and troubleshooting of ITS Instance for Administration purposes

Configuration of Sap DCOM component connector

Installation of Drag&Relate Servlet

Defining the Drag&Relate Parameters – MiniApp Servlet Installation

Defining the MiniApp Servlet for iViews Parameter

Company

Haliburton Oil Co

Duration

October 2000 – May 2001

Position

SAP Basis / Oracle Consultant

Responsibilities

Ashfaq was called in as a basis consultant to perform R/3 SAP 4.6C Administration work/Tasks included:

Implementing and maintenance of SAP Corrections and Transport system

Performing transports from Development system to Consolidation and to Production System

Configuring SAP spool system and installing printers

SAP OSS connection

Scheduling Basis background jobs

Organization of Help Desk

Applying Hot packages, LCPs, BW and, Kernel Patches

Problem solving of SAP R/3 and Oracle Database

Client Copy

Operating System HP Unix and Sun Database Oracle

Database copy one system to another system

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Date

Company Name

Role

Jan 19 – Present

Accenture

Business & Integration Manager

Mar 08 – Dec 18

HCL AXON

SAP NW Technical Consultant

Apr 06 – Mar 08

IDS Scheer North America

SAP NW04 Technology Consultant

Apr 02 – Mar 07

CGI SAP CENTRE OF EXPERTISE

Sr. SAP Basis Consultant

Jun 01 – Dec 01

ATOS ORIGIN INC

SAP Basis / Oracle Consultant

Oct 00 – May 01

CIBC INTRIA HP

SAP Basis / Oracle Consultant

Jun 98 – Aug 00

SIEMENS, Pakistan / SBS AG

SAP Basis / Oracle Consultant

QUALIFICATIONS

Level

Subject

College / University

Degree

Bachelor in Commerce

University of Karachi, Pakistan

Diploma

Diploma DBA Oracle

Oracle Education Centre

Diploma

Oracle Diploma

Oracle Education Centre

Diploma

computer science Diploma

Grace Institute of Tech

TRAINING

Certification

SAP Technical Consultant (SAP Basis Admin 2002) certification

CONTACH INFORMATION.

Phone: 917-***-**** / 917-***-****

EMAIL : adg8qi@r.postjobfree.com

Home Location : Tampa, FL

Immigration Status: Canadian Citizen / US GC

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