Muhammad Arshad
SAP HANA Basis and Authorization Consultant
Have 20 years of IT experience with 16 years in SAP Basis, Netweaver, Infrastructure operations, Security and Authorizations, Implementation, Migrations, Upgrade, Support and Service Delivery. Strong understanding of full cycle implementations.
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AL Khobar, Saudi Arabia
WORK EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Client: Rosderra Irish Meat
Industry: Food
Role: SAP HANA BASIS Senior Architect
Duration: June2020 to till now
Client: South African Airlines
Industry: Airlines
Role: SAP Basis Consultant
Duration: Nov 2019 to May2020
Client: Almarai Food & Beverages Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Food and Beverages
Role: Senior SAP Basis Consultant
Duration: Nov 2017 to October 2019
Client: TAQA (The Industrialization & Energy Services Company)
Industry: Power Utilities
Role: SAP Basis Support with SAP
Role: Responsible for leading a team of technical professionals in the Basis, SAP S/4 HANA “Enterprise Edition” Performance and Capacity Planning, and SAP architecture functions
Duration: June 2017 to Nov 2017
Client: Corvit Networks
Industry: IT industry
Role: SAP Solution Manger implementation PCOE (VAR)
Duration: Feb 2017 to June 2017
Client: Qatar Petroleum –Qatar
Industry: Oil and Gas
Role: Senior SAP Basis Consultant
Duration: Oct 2016 – Feb 2017
Client: Saudi Electricity Company – Dammam - Saudi Arabia
Industry: Power Utilities
Role: responsible for leading a team of technical professionals in the Basis, SAP & Non-SAP Performance and Capacity Planning, and SAP architecture functions
Duration: Feb 2013 – October 2016
Client: Qatar Aluminum Company –Qatar
Duration: June 2012 – Feb 2013
Industry: Aluminum Manufacturer
Role: Senior SAP Basis Netweaver Consultant
SAP S/4, SAP BASIS, SAP HANA Enterprise
SAP Authorizations, SOLUTION MANAGER
Oracle, SQL Server, SAP HANA Cloud Integration. CHARM, ITSM, SAP BO
Certifications/Highlights
SAP BASIS Certification
SAP HANA Certification
SAP BO
SAP OS/DB Migration
SAP Certified Associate - SAP Activate Project Manager
SAP Certified Associate - SAP S/4HANA Implementation Scenarios for Architects
SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP Cloud Platform Integration
SAP Certified Technology Specialist - SAP S/4HANA Conversion and
SAP System Upgrade 2019
SAP Certified Technology Associate - System Administration (SAP HANA) with SAP NetWeaver 7.5
SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP Solution Manager, Mandatory and Managed System Configuration (7.2 SPS8)
SAP Certified Technology Specialist - SAP S/4HANA Conversion and SAP System Upgrade 2020
SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP Fiori System Administration
SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS04
SAP Certified Technology Professional - SAP System Security Architect.
Education:
BSC from Karachi University, Karachi Pakistan.
Technical Trainings
•Attend SAP Hybris Commerce Course
•Attend SAP TADM70 SAP System: Operating System and Database Migration.
•Attend SAP BO 4.0 Course: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform: Admin. Servers
•Attend SAP BO 4.0 Course: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform: Administration and Security
•Attend SAP HANA Course: OKP SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance 1.0 (SAP HANA 1.0).
•Attend SAP HANA Course: TZHANA SAP In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA 1.0) by SAP North America
Projects Details Summary
Client: Rosderra Irish Meat
Industry: Food
Role: SAP Technical Architect
Duration: June 2020 to till now
Project Scope:
Migrate Sap landscape systems from on premises to Cloud and Spilt company data with Datavard tool.
Responsibilities:
• Build POC SAP Migration landscape
• Migration All SAP Systems 3-tier landscape to DXC Cloud
• ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
• Implement solution manager
• Performance Monitoring, re Sizing systems
• Plan Go-Lives Cutover activities and manage the team on day-to-day technical activities.
• Plan and Execute installations and technical configuration.
• Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance.
• Support after migration sap system landscape.
• Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures.
Client: South African Airlines
Industry: Airline
Role: Basis Consultant
Duration: Nov 2019 to May2020
Project Scope:
Migrate Sap landscape systems to SAP HEC.
Responsibilities:
• Build POC SAP Migration landscape
• Migration All SAP Systems 3-tier landscape to SAP HEC
• ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
• Transport Management System and automated TMS
• Performance Monitoring, re Sizing systems
• Plan Go-Lives Cutover activities and manage the team on day-to-day technical activities.
• Plan and Execute installations and technical configuration.
• Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance.
• Support after migration sap system landscape.
• Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures.
Client: Almarai Food & Beverages Riyadh, Saudia Arabia
Industry: Food and Beverages
Role: Basis and Authorization Consultant
Duration: Nov 2017 to October 2019
Project Scope:
Implement TMS (Transport Management System) integration with EWM.
And ATS (GEO satellite System) and YMS (Yard Management system).
Responsibilities:
• Basis Solution Architect with skills to design SAP landscape, prepare and perform installation of SAP Products, Technical configuration, Design and Implement Change management and support strategies.
• Client Architecture and configuration
• Run ASAP Implementation
• ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
• Transport Management System and automated TMS
• Performance Monitoring, re Sizing systems
• Plan Go-Lives Cutover activities and manage the team on day-to-day technical activities.
• Plan and Execute installations and technical configuration.
• Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance.
• Modules included PS, PM, MM, PP, SD, FI, CO, HR.
• Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Client: TAQA (The Industrialization & Energy Services Company)
Industry: Power Utilities
Role: Basis Lead Support with SAP
Duration: June 2017 to Nov 2017
Project Scope:
Implementation for S/4 HANA “Enterprise Edition”
Responsibilities:
• Basis Solution Architect with skills to design SAP landscape, prepare and perform installation of SAP Products, Technical configuration, Design and Implement Change management and support strategies.
• Client Architecture and configuration
• ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
• Transport Management System and automated TMS
• Performance Monitoring,re Sizing systems
• Plan Go-Lives Cutover activities and manage the team on day-to-day technical activities.
• Plan and Execute installations and technical configuration.
• Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance.
• Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Client: Corvit Networks
Industry: IT Company
Role: Solution Manager implementation (VAR)
Duration: Feb 2017 to June 2017
Project Scope:
Implementation Solution Manager with VAR config
Client: Qatar Petroleum –Qatar
Duration: Oct 2016 – Feb 2017
Industry: Oil and Gas
Role: Senior SAP Basis Consultant
Project Scope:
3rd Phase: Implementation E-recruitment
Support Administration Role
• Installation and Configuration of SAP Basis system
• Solution Manager configuration and Charm Configuration
• ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
• Spool management
• Transport Management System and automated TMS
• CCMS
• Performance monitoring
• Support Packs
• Kernel upgrades
• SAP daily system monitoring
• Table space monitoring
• Archiving and backup process
• Analyzing Database checks
• Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance
• Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Client: Saudi Electricity Company – Dammam - Saudi Arabia
Industry: Power Utilities
Role: responsible for leading a team of technical professionals in the Basis, SAP & Non SAP Performance and Capacity Planning, and SAP architecture functions
Duration: Feb 2013 – October 2016
Project Scope:
1st Phase: FI/CO & HR (Go-Live)
2nd Phase: Transportation & Fleet Management, MM, SRM, Plant Maintenance, Portal & Business Intelligence. (Expected Go-Live December 2010 & In Phases onwards).
3rd Phase: Restructuring Project, Implementation BPC & PM and Transmission Golive for 38 Plants.
4th Phase: Implement Principal Buyer, ISO, WCM, and SRM E-invoicing
5th Phase: IFRS Go live
Responsibilities:
Basis Solution Architect with skills to design SAP landscape, prepare and perform installation of SAP Products, Technical configuration, Design and Implement Change management and support strategies.
BO Administration 4.1 upgraded 4.2
Manage BO security access to users
Client Architecture and configuration
Run ASAP Implementation
ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
Transport Management System and automated TMS
Performance Monitoring, resizing systems
Plan Go-Lives Cutover activities and manage the team on day-to-day technical activities.
Plan and Execute installations and technical configuration.
Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance.
Modules included PS, PM, MM, PP, SD, FI, CO, HR.
Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Monitoring the health checks of the servers
Troubleshoot the environmental issues
Client: Qatar Aluminum Company –Qatar
Duration: June 2012 – Feb 2013
Industry: Aluminum Manufacturer
Role: Senior SAP Basis Netweaver Consultant
Project Scope:
SAP systems Migration from hosting partner Norway to Qatalum
Responsibilities:
Involve in migration from IBM AIX Oracle to HP windows 2008 R2 SQL2012,2008 Platforms
SAP Basis system (ECC 6.0, Web Application server, PI, Solman 7.1, BI7.0)
All Non-Production systems are migrated in virtual machines (Hyper –V)
SAP Production systems are migrated in two nodes Microsoft Clustered Environment
Client architecture and configuration
Run SAP Implementation
ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
Transport Management System and automated TMS
Performance monitoring
Support Packs, EHP installation
Plan Go-Lives Cutover activities and manage the team on day-to-day technical activities.
Plan and Execute installations and technical configuration.
Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance.
Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Additional roles and tasks:
Installation & configuration of Solution Manager 7.1 for the following scenarios:
Implementation project administration
Solution Directory, System landscape, Central Monitoring & Administration
SolMan Work centers
EWA, Service reporting
Service level reporting
Solution Manager Diagnostics
E2E root cause analysis & wily Introscope.
Service desk
Change request Management
Client: Saudi Electricity Company – Dammam - Saudi Arabia
Duration: November 2008 – June 2012
Industry: Power Utilities
Role: As a backup of Basis Team Lead and Technical Architect,
Project Scope:
1st Phase: FI/CO & HR (Go-Live)
2nd Phase: Transportation & Fleet Management, MM, SRM, Plant Maintenance, Portal & Business Intelligence. (Expected Go-Live December 2010 & In Phases onwards).
3rd Phase: Restructuring Project, Implementation BPC & PM and Transmission Golive for 38 Plants.
Responsibilities:
Involve in migration from IBM to IBM platforms
SAP Basis system (ECC 6.0, Web Application server, PI, Solman, Portal, SRM, MDM and Trex).
Client architecture and configuration
Run SAP Implementation
ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
Transport Management System and automated TMS
Performance monitoring
Support Packs, EHP installation
SAP daily system monitoring
Plan Go-Lives Cutover activities and manage the team on day-to-day technical activities.
Plan and Execute installations and technical configuration.
Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance.
Modules included PS, PM, MM, PP, SD, FI, CO, HR.
Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Additional roles and tasks:
Installation & configuration of Solution Manager 7.0 for the following scenarios:
Implementation project administration
Solution Directory, System landscape, Central Monitoring & Administration
SolMan Work centers
EWA, Service reporting
Service level reporting
Business Process Monitoring Setup
Solution Manager Diagnostics
E2E root cause analysis & wily introscope.
Service desk
Change request Management
Client: Saudi Electricity Company – Dammam - Saudi Arabia
Duration: November 2008 – June 2009
Industry: Power Utility
Role: SAP Technology Consultant, Netweaver III
Project Scope:
1st Phase: FI/CO & HR (Go-Live)
2nd Phase: Transportation & Fleet Management, MM, SRM, PM, Portal & BI.
Responsibilities:
Involve in migration from HP to IBM platforms
SAP Basis system (ECC 6.0, Web Application server, Solman).
Client architecture and configuration
ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
Transport Management System and automated TMS
Client copies and database refreshes
Performance monitoring
Support Packs
SAP daily system monitoring
Table space monitoring
Archiving and backup process
Analyzing Database checks
Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance
Modules included MM, PP, BW, SD, FI, CO, HR
Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Hardening and scrubbing of all sensitive data from related SAP systems prior to release into the production environments
Client: SABIC Jubail - Saudi Arabia http://www.sabic.com/
Duration: January 2008 – November 2008
Industry: Oil and Gas
Role: SAP Netweaver Consultant
Project Scope:
1st Phase: FI/CO & HR, MM, Portal, BI (Go-Live)
2nd Phase: LSO (Learning solution online).
Responsibilities:
Configured with Integration of ECC 6.0, EP 7.0, LSO 600(LSOFE, LSOCP, LSOOP).
Provided Configuration and Trouble shooting
Provided sizing calculations for CMS, ADS, TREX, LSO.
Provide Training to Portal Admins, Basis Admins, on the architecture.
Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Project Scope:
1st Phase: FI/CO, HR, MM, Portal, BI, LSO (Learning solution online) (Go-Live).
2nd Phase: E-recruitment Project
Client: Coca Cola Pakistan http://www.sabic.com/
Duration: March 2006 – January 2008
Industry: Beverages
Role: SAP Netweaver Consultant
Project Scope:
Green Field Implementation FI/CO, MM,SD,HR http://www.google.com.sa/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=M6Ul0c4rY0-6EM&tbnid=a6ooWxz0gnfccM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.sa%2Furl%3Fsa%3Di%26rct%3Dj%26q%3D%26esrc%3Ds%26frm%3D1%26source%3Dimages%26cd%3D%26docid%3DM6Ul0c4rY0-6EM%26tbnid%3Da6ooWxz0gnfccM%3A%26ved%3D%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.theblaze.com%252Fstories%252F2013%252F01%252F14%252Fcoca-cola-is-rolling-out-new-ad-campaign-to-address-this-issue-for-the-first-time%252F%26ei%3DRLxjUdi2Hs73sgbu_oBo%26psig%3DAFQjCNE1HNza_Tb5AS8MJYpOQ_KHg5sdlQ%26ust%3D1365577156807836&ei=YrxjUeaVDcXotQbSxICoCA&psig=AFQjCNE1HNza_Tb5AS8MJYpOQ_KHg5sdlQ&ust=1365577156807836
Responsibilities:
R/3 Administration
Installation and Configuration of SAP Basis system (ECC, R3 Enterprise, R/3, - Web Application server, Solman 4.0).
Client architecture and configuration
ABAP trouble shooting and programming error determination
Spool management
Transport Management System and automated TMS
Client copies and database refreshes
Monitoring of sensitive/secret data loads
CCMS
Performance monitoring
Support Packs
Kernel upgrades
SAP daily system monitoring
Table space monitoring
Archiving and backup process
Analyzing Database checks
Coordination of scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance
Modules included MM, PP, BW, SD, FI, CO, HR
Documentation of all training materials, policies and procedures
Hardening and scrubbing of all sensitive data from related SAP systems prior to release into the production environments
R/3 Security
User master maintenance
User and activity group’s creation/modification
User creation/deletion/lockdown/activation
Profile generator
Authorization traces
Password management
Client: Lakson Group of Companies (PMI) http://www.sabic.com/
Duration: December 1996- January 2004
Industry: Tobacco
Role: SAP BASIS Consultant
Project Scope:
Green Field Implementation FI/CO, MM, SD
Responsibilities:
R/3 Administration
Installation of SAP R/3 4.7 software. Creating users, creating groups, setting up proper permissions to the same and configure the server for SAP R/3 server software with Oracle 9.2 database.
Extensively worked on authorizations (manual) and profile generations for all modules
Defined systems landscape present in the group of systems (Development, Quality & Production) and defined System change options for the system. Defined transport layers.
Performed setting up of printers through SAP spool system administration for network printers
Responsible for looking after lock entries, dump analysis, system log and process overview.
System performance monitoring: All activities like system response time, processes, operating system related issues, memory-CPU, utilization, monitoring.
Client: Lakson Group of Companies (PMI) http://www.sabic.com/
Duration: January 1997 – April 2004
Industry: Tobacco
Role: Network Administrator
Duration: 7 years
Project Scope:
1st Phase: IT Project
Responsibilities:
Manage LAN/WAN Installation/configuration/support (Novell, WinNT4.0 Windows 2000, ISA server, Exchange2000, Share Point Portal) for Head office and remote clients with as many as 300 users, daily backups, connectivity, hardware and software trouble shooting; network virus inoculation; and software troubleshooting; and workstation performance optimization, repair, and configuration key contributions.