Daxesh Patel
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Executive Summary
** ***** ** *** ***** administration / consulting experience in the IT industry.
Expertise in SAP ECC / NetWeaver / Solution Manager / Portal Administration / BI / PI / Security / BOBJ / SLT / HANA / S/4 HAHA / Non-SAP Bolton / BW BPC / MDM / SRM / Fiori / Gateway / UI5 / EWM / SCM / Live Cache / EWM / BODS / NWDI / SAP Business Suite / SAP Suite on HANA BW/4HANA
Extensive knowledge in SAP application OS support of Linux, AIX, Windows, Sun Solaris,RedHat, SUSE, IBMi and Database of Oracle, Max DB, DB2, Sybase, HANA.
Design and build S/4 HANA system with integrated Fiori UI and Gateway
Architecting infrastructure to host SAP application with Production High Availability and Disaster Recovery including system sizing.
Design Backup/Restore strategy for SAP systems.
Help Pre Sales team to complete RFP with infrastructure design based on quick sizer result on Different cloud platform (AWS, GCP)
Expertise in various industry solution: Oil and Gas, Retail, Chemical, Transportation, Higher Education, Public Sector, Government, Manufacturing, Healthcare ect.
Calculate HANA size and build multitenant HANA Database to accommodate multiple SAP application on single System HANA DB
Experience in SAP Implementation, including fresh System Builds, Cutover, Go Live, Maintenance, Monitoring and Troubleshooting.
Solution manager 7.1 and 7.2 Installation, Upgrade, configuration, Preparation, satellite system administration and services utilization (e.g. BPM, CHARM, EWA, Technical Monitoring, CTS+).
Plan, assess and manage program/project risk related to IT infrastructure including Network, Storage and Servers
Expertise with SAP specific infrastructure sizing, compute, storage, networking, and security design
Expert in Troubleshooting focused on SAP administration, performance tuning, and technical support of high end critical production systems.
Supported Non-SAP bolt-ons like RightFax, TWS, Livelink, ColumbusOM, Transport Express..
Unix Shell Scripting
Extensive experience in, and knowledge of, database administration for Oracle (11G or higher), DB2, Sybase and HANA, including back-up/recovery architectures and procedures.
Guide and review architecture solutions, roadmaps, integration services, frameworks, standards, and models developed and maintained by others based on ITIL
Set-up the development/test/production/training environments, application component management (libraries)/backups/failover instance, access control, etc.
Setting-up and configuring SAP based on best practices.
Professional Experience
Deloitte: May 2019 – Present
Role: SAP Basis Consultant and Technical architect
Technologies: SAP Solution Manager 7.2, S/4 HANA 1809, PO, Windows, Fiori, Gateway, Webdisptacher, Successfactor, Ariba, Concur, CPI, CIG, NWDI, Vcenter 6.7, ESXi 6.7
Technical Responsibilities:
Help Pre Sales team to complete RFP with infrastructure design based on quick sizer result on Different cloud platform (AWS, GCP)
Green field implementation of S/4 hana system including architecture design
Gather customer requirement, Run Quick Sizer and design SAP landscape
Design and prepare Infrastructure to host S/4 hana application server and HANA system including sizing and High Availability /Disaster Recovery.
Install, Patch and Manage Windows 2019 VMs with management utility Vcenter 6.7
Implement SSO with SMAL 2.0 with on promise AD.
Creating name and system users and groups and assign proper authorization profiles.
Define, design and configure all existing third party interfaces to SAP S/4 HANA
New sap architecture includes S/4 hana and its integration to Success factor, Ariba and Concur with PO
Solution manager installation and configuration
Configuration of Fiori UI with custom catalog and tile and building z user roles for access control.
Configuration of Embedded/Optimized BPC
Best Practice activation
NWDI system migration
Year-end HR patching
Coaching customer to be self sufficient.
Solution Manager Upgrade
SAP DMS archive link setup with SharePoint.
Uni – Select Inc. Oct 2017 – May 2019
Role: SAP Basis Administrator, Application Manager for HEC systems of Uni-Select.
Technologies: SAP Solution Manager 7.1/ 7.2, HANA, BOBJ, ABAP, JAVA, APO, PI, BW, Portal, SAP, DB2, Windows 2008 - 2012
Technical Responsibilities:
Application Manager for HEC ( HANA Enterprise Cloud ) systems (BI, SLT, HANA, BO-BI, BODS)– Application support and Application Maintenance.
Basis Admin for in house ECC, SCM, PI, PO, WD and Non SAP Boltons
Integration of Concur cloud solution with ECC system through PO and coordinate with FICO consultant to implement all expense and travel process to concur.
Solution Manager Admin (SolMan 7.2)
Administer and maintain infrastructure ( Windows/Linux OS, Network )
Define/Build system architecture to Migrate SAP BPC from HEC supported BI on HANA to in House infrastructure.
-New HANA system build, Performance tuning and BPC Data Migration
BODS Migration from SBO 4.1 to 4.2 and sql server 2008 to 2014 and Windows 2014 server administration.
SAP SSO configuration with SMAL 2.0, Kerberos/SPNEGO, x.509 to HEC and on premise systems HANA, ECC, SCM, BOBJ, BODS, SOLMAN, BPC, Portal and PO with WinAD.
SAP BPM configuration in Solman 7.2
Power BI integration with HANA and Power BI gateway configuration for KPI Dashboards.
SAP Job Management with Control-M
IBM, Canada Jan 2016 – Oct 2017
Client: IBM SAP Cloud Services – IBM Canada
Supporting 90+ clients using IBM – SAP cloud architecture for Enhance monitoring and EWA reports.
Role: Product Delivery Lead (Celanese international corporation – SAP HEC customer) & Solution Manager SME for ALL SAP – IBM HEC ( HANA Enterprise Cloud ) customers.
Technologies: SAP Solution Manager 7.1/ 7.2, HANA, BOBJ, ABAP, JAVA, APO, PI, BW, Portal, Fiori, SAP ASE, DB2, oracle, AIX, Windows
Project Requirement: Solution Manager services to IBM cloud clients and project lead for SAP HEC customer.
Technical Responsibilities:
PDL for SAP HEC customer – Application support and Application Maintenance.
DB2 and SAP Patching
Enhance Monitoring setup of HANA systems
Fresh build and system preparation of Solution manager 7.1
Managed System configuration of HANA, ABAP, JAVA and BOBJ Systems in Solman 7.1 and 7.2
EWA configuration for HANA, ABAP, JAVA and BOBJ systems
Technical Monitoring setup for SAP application on Solman 7.1 and 7.2
SAP Extended Diagnostics by CA Wily 9.7+.
Application Maintenance and Support Lead for Celanese International Corporation.
Solman 7.2 installation and Upgrade
Landscape Virtualization Manager (LVM) 3.0, SAP LAMA 3.0 Deployment and configuration.
Service Automation with LAMA 3.0. Like system refresh and restart.
Deliver IBM internal Solman build in time and support hyper care after go live.
Client: Cascades - IBM Canada
Role: SAP Basis Consultant
Project Requirement: ECC and CRM system Migration to SAP HEC environment.
Technical Responsibilities:
EHP7 upgrade for ECC and SCM systems
System export and post migration activities
Post Migration sustainment support for Migrated system
Migration to HEC could with NZDT (Near Zero Down Time).
Client: Province of Nova Scotia - IBM Canada
Role: Sap Basis Consultant - SME
Technologies: ECC 6.0 and EP, SAP ASE, MS SQL, Fiori, Solman 7.2
Project Requirement: System Upgrades, Critical Incident support, System Support
Technical Responsibilities:
SAP SPS upgrade for all ABAP and non-ABAP systems
Administration of HP ALM application.
SME for system sustainment support.
Change Management Implementation
Support Enhancement, estimate work hours and complete enhancement in estimated hours
Application Priority Incident solving
Preparing RCA for Priority incident
Preparing RFP for new project
Administer and maintain infrastructure ( Windows VMs with Vcenter, Linux VMs and Network )
Solution design to upgrade current technology
HP QC to HP ALM Migration (SAP Quality Centre by HP (SAP QC) 12.x to HP ALM 11.52)
Performance tuning of the production systems.
Client: Husky Energy - IBM Canada
Role: Sap Basis Consultant
Technologies: ECC 6.0, EP, BW Portal, Oracle, Linux, Windows
Project Requirement: System Upgrades
Technical Responsibilities:
SAP BW Portal upgrade
EP system upgrade
ECC EHP7 upgrade
BOBJ system patching
PI Support pack upgrade
ADS Migration
Client: CP Rail - IBM Canada
Role: Sap Basis Consultant
Technologies: ECC 6.0, BI 7.3, SCM, CRM, Solution manager, HANA Oracle, Linux, Windows, Fiori gateway
Project Requirement: System Support
Technical Responsibilities:
System sustainment support
Change Management Implementation
Day to day system support
System Monitoring
Security Patching
Tata Consultancy Services Jan 2014 – Aug 2015
Client: GE Power and Water, NAM and EMEA region
Role: IT Analyst - Sap Basis and Security Consultant
Technologies: ECC 6.0, BI 7.3, Solution manager, Oracle, Linux, Windows
Project Requirement: SAP system Installation, System Upgrades, System Copy and Oracle DB Administration, System Support, Kernel Upgrade, Non-SAP Bolton Support, SAP Archiving
Technical Responsibilities:
System SID Rename and SAND System build using SWPM
System upgrade from EHP4 SP05 to EHP4 SP12 using SUM tool
EHP upgrade from ERP 6.0 EHP4 to ERP 6.0 EHP7 using SUM tool.
SAP OS/DB migrations, downtime optimization and data center migration
System refreshes for ECC and BW systems.
DB administration in Oracle 11g.
SAP Router configuration.
RMAN backup and recovery.
Security Patching
Content server and TREX server administration.
ADS configuration and troubleshooting
Kernel updates on different platforms and troubleshooting.
ADD-ON installation using SAINT/SPAM tool for various SAP solutions.
Language import and export for SAP systems.
Fine-tuned the memory parameters to increase the performance of the system.
Maintained system parameters in all kind of profiles at SAP and OS level.
Administered the Printers with SPAD and its troubleshooting via SP01 and supported non-SAP Bolton Columbus OM for printing.
Background job administration. Create, schedule and monitor SAP Background job in IBM TWS (Maestro).
Installed CCMS and Host agents for ABAP, JAVA and ABAP+JAVA environments.
Installed the IGS service and trouble-shoot its issues.
SAP notes implementation using SNOTE transaction.
Performed J2EE support package implementation via JSPM/SDM for various releases and its troubleshooting
MS SQL Database Administration
Oracle Database for system administrators
Configuring parameters offline via Config tool and online via Visual admin tool
Basis Support for SAP projects like New GL Conversion, EHS PLM implementation
IBM, India June 2010 – Jan 2014
Client: British petroleum and Marathon Petroleum, Warrenville, IL
Role: Systems Engineer - Sap Basis Consultant
Technologies: ECC 6.0, BI 7.3, PI 7.0, EP 7.0, MDM 5.5, Oracle, MSSQL, Solaris, Windows
Project Requirement: SAP system Installation, System Upgrades, Homogeneous System Copy and Oracle DB Administration
Technical Responsibilities:
SAP Implementation for DR system using Homogenous system copy.
Quarterly System refresh for Customer production systems ECC 6.0, BW 7.0.
Yearly Disaster Recovery Drill for Customer production systems using Oracle Flashback method.
Hot Standby re-build using backup and restore method.
Data guard implementation on standby database for PI 7.0 system
Oracle patches upgrade
Online Table re-organization for production system using QUEST software tool.
To monitor and troubleshoot the Daily System Backup configured with Veritas NET backup software.
Index rebuild Online/Offline using BR* tools or direct sql query. Fragmented indexes will be determined with respect to its sizes.
Table space extension using BR* tools and performed DB password change quarterly for security purpose.
Data file administration such as data file addition, data file size altering using BR* tools and Online Redo log file resizing using Oracle commands.
Oracle parameter change statically and dynamically and trouble-shoot when R3trans -d gives RC=8.
Restore and recovery using BR* Tools and Oracle Export and Import of tables.
Dropping the table and Table space after Table Reorganization.
Control file generation using Oracle command and Oracle DB restart after Parameter changes
Extending the Table extents when space critical objects detected.
Support pack implementation and its troubleshooting on Production systems.
Kernel updates on different platforms and its troubleshooting.
Worked with Java admin tools NWA, SDM, Visual Admin, Config Tool, and Deploy Tool [JSPM].
Performed Printer configuration and its troubleshooting and Local and remote Client copies.
EWA report analysis, CCMS agent administration, SMD installation, Performance analysis and memory management.
Handling interface to SAP and Non-SAP system through FTP and SFTP protocol.
Education & Certification
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication. 2008
Master of Technology in Electronics and Communication. 2010
Certification of ITIL 2011 Foundation 2015
Certification of Lean six sigma green belt 2015
Training of HANA 2.0 and S/4 HANA Administration and Migration. 2018
Training of Architecting with Google Cloud Platform Specialization 2019
AWS Solutions Training for Partners: SAP on AWS – Technical 2020
AWS Technical Professional Bootcamp 2020