PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
** ***** ** ********** ** SAP technology focused on product development and consulting, with most recent implementations focused on ABAP NetWeaver 7.5, Fiori UI5 apps, OData REST services, Process Orchestration and Cloud Platform Integration
Prior experience working for SAP Labs and Tata Consultancy Services.
Strong technical understanding of the product with the ability to discuss and demonstrate the system capabilities and how it may be customized to meet a customer’s business needs.
Excellent programming and problem-solving skills with knowledge of Relational DBMS, MVC Architecture, DOM interface, REST Architecture and Object-oriented Design patterns
Proficient in extending standard and creating custom OData services, CDS annotations to generate OData services, UI5 Fiori apps to utilize OData services.
Proficient in implementing deep-entity methods to build OData services and various UI5 controls.
Proficient in using tools like JIRA for bug tracking, Nexus for documenting and GitHub/Bitbucket for UI5 code versioning.
Seasoned in using ABAP Workbench, SAP Web IDE and Git Pane and ADT Eclipse
Expert in Development of Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms and Webdynpro
Good knowledge in SAP PO Development and Production Support.
Proficient in handling critical production system issues, providing viable solutions and root-cause analysis and performance analysis.
Worked in projects which followed Agile and ASAP methodology.
Experienced in conducting Code Reviews and managing Capacity Planning for team members.
Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, training, collaborating and Team building.
CORE COMPETENCIES
SAP Technical Skills
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SAPUI5/Fiori, ABAP Workflow, OData services, HANA studio, Webdynpro ABAP with FPM, Object-oriented & Procedural ABAP, HR-ABAP, SAP Data Dictionary, ABAP debugging, SAP Afaria, JavaScript, HTML5 /CSS, PI/PO interfaces, Cloud Platform Integration, ABAP development tools on Eclipse
SAP Functional Skills
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Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Payroll, Time Management, US Benefits – Open Enrollment, Affordable Care, Employee Self-Service, NewGL, Record of Employment, Canada Tax, Manager Self-Service, Grants Management, Earmarked Funds
Additional Skills
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Android (Java) app development, MS SQL, SQLite for Android, SAP SQL Anywhere, Tableau, R, WEKA, PHP programming, WordPress, MySQL,
WORK EXPERIENCE
Business Application Developer Aug 2016 – To Date
Weill Cornell Medicine, NY
Responsible for conceptualizing and designing SAP solution to HCM and FI business requirements, while ensuring architectural standards and best practices are followed. I am also responsible for ensuring support teams abide by the necessary standards and processes within the company while developing software through Agile values and principles.
Responsible for determining the project scope, liaising between business analysts and staff throughout the project lifecycle, and ensuring the objectives are met
Currently working on SAP Cloud Platform Integration and Groovy scripting
Developed ABAP objects for Employee central payroll, SuccessFactors Onboarding and integrations between SF and ECC for Master Data replication
Developed BAdI implementations for Ariba Invoice creation and enhancements to Concur standard code
Created custom REST based OData services to support CRUD operations and utilized them in UI5 applications, used to upload data to standard tools such as Timesheets, Infotypes/Master data.
Developed in-place approval Fiori/UI5 applications based on custom Business workflow.
Enabled and enhanced My Inbox SRM Shopping Cart Approval app and Leave request approval UI5 app.
Responsible for BAdI implementations for US Benefits' functionalities such as Affordable Care Act
Enhanced custom reports to extract Master data and Application data required by vendors, developed Process Orchestration interface for data transfer from SuccessFactors Onboarding SFTP location to ECC system.
Created a custom decoupled Infotype with ALV grid detail screen, with dropdowns and conversion routines
Responsible for changing master data maintenance tools; includes module pool changes and enhancements in ABAP decoupled Infotype framework using ABAP classes.
Developed custom Data elements, Domains, Transparent tables, Database and maintenance views, CDS views, OO ABAP ALV reports for security audit.
Created implicit and explicit enhancements to support Grant maintenance and Sponsor programs in SAP FI area, including enhancements to BDT programs.
Developed workflow for department approvals, also the single point of contact for custom workflow production support.
Assisted in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work, leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work and mentoring/developing other team members.
Contributed effectively to the continuous improvement of technology solutions, resources by submitting improvement proposals whenever possible.
Prepared, maintained updated IT procedures and documentation related to our processes and platforms operations.
Intern Aug 2015 – May 2016
Sybase – SAP America Inc.
Quality Assurance Intern with Development team for SAP Afaria that handles iOS devices area of the Afaria MDM solution (on premise) and SAP Mobile Secure (Cloud solution).
Created test plans in HP Quality centre for features and corrections made, to rectify bugs reported by Customers.
Manually tested on-premises solution with SAP SQL Anywhere and Microsoft SQL databases and the Cloud Edition. Proficient in installing Afaria on Premise, configuring Server and recreating Enrolment and usage scenarios based on bugs or test cases for iOS devices.
SAP Consultant Aug 2011 –Aug 2014
Tata Consultancy Services
Client: SAP SE
Responsible for product architecture and gathering requirements for upcoming Service Requests and decide the scope for development.
Single point of contact for all Web Dynpro ABAP issues in applications such as ESS Personal Profile, Cartus Mobility Provider Interface, Long Term Incentives and PTARQ based Leave request application.
Developed custom Webdynpro ABAP components to support various business requirements
Worked in Data Harmonization projects for features delivered by SAP. Example: Personnel area Validity
Managed Change Requests for functionalities such as Global Mobility based on Concurrent Employment framework. Tasks included ABAP code corrections, custom Selection screen reports, Job scheduling, developing Web Dynpro components, BAdI Implementations, Infotype screen /Module pool changes, PFCG Role and Authorizations, Enhancement for standard classes, OSS Note Implementation, Creating UI Tables/Structures, testing applications deployed on the Self-Service portal.
Developed Custom Infotype subtypes, reports and HR Report categories for Global On boarding
Customized the US Benefits for Open Enrolment and the Long-term Incentives for employees worldwide to comply with Legal requirements.
Resolved Incidents related to Time Management, Master data issues, Leave Accruals and deductions with strict adherence to Service Level Agreements.
Senior Software Engineer Mar 2007 – Jun 2011
SAP Labs
Project: ESS with ABAP
Developed Form and List Feeder classes for FPM OVP and OIF applications and utilized the Feeder classes to generate UIBBs to be used in Web Dynpro Component configurations. Created country-specific Application configurations.
Worked on Business Object layer (BOL) model and GenIL classes for Personal Information framework. Implemented the POWL Interface required for India Claims application.
Analysed Infotype decoupling framework and worked on adapting the back-end classes and UI to suit the transition from Java to ABAP stack.
Participated in discussions with the Solution Management and other Development teams to design solutions, was involved in Unit testing activities in various stages of the project.
Project: NewGL
The project aimed at adapting the Country-specific Payroll and posting solutions to be compliant with the NewGL functionality offered by the SAP FI module starting ERP 2004.
Point of contact for ALE issues and HR and FI configuration within the project
Responsible for coordinating project activities across various geographical teams handling different country versions.
Conducted kick-off and status meetings for the teams comprising of product management, HR consultant, FI consultant, briefing them about the activities to be done.
Guided the teams in FI configuration required for ALE set-up and setting up ALE between the HR and FI test systems.
Quality tested the solution provided by the central Payroll posting team before adapting it to country-specific requirements.
Project: HCM for Canada
Developed payroll functions, ABAP reports and classes to make the Canada SAP HR and Payroll solution legally compliant; provided issue resolutions to customers across all Releases.
Analyzed Business/Legal requirements, adapted the existing solution to new Legal requirements.
Developed Year End reports delivered to two very prominent Canadian customers for Pilot testing and later released as standard for all customers.
Developed ABAP classes, function modules, Message classes, Data dictionary objects supporting the Java Employee Self Service - Canadian Tax Forms solution.
Reformed the Record of Employment functionality in Concurrent Employment (CE), Vacation Pay, Mid-Year and Year-End Legal changes for 3 Year-ends.
Handled customer OSS messages (Support requests) related to ESS scenarios, Infotype decoupling classes, Module Pool issues, solutions provided via 70+ Knowledge base notes.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Software Engineering GPA: 3.95
Fairfield University, School of Engineering, Fairfield, CT, USA
ACHIEVEMENTS
Received performance rating as “4: Exceeding Expectations”, granted to best 10% performers in the company (TCS).
Recipient of Financial Aid Scholar Award for Academic Excellence at Fairfield University, CT
ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (AXELOS Global Best Practice, License GR750407064DK)
CONFERENCES
Conducted demos on Web Dynpro ABAP products, as part of Scrum-Customer Interaction, at some of the prominent SAP customer sites in India
Presented Floor Plan Manager demos at the India Localization Summits and Partner Summits held at multiple SAP offices.
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