SUMMARY

• I’m a certified SAP HANA Consultant and Certified SAP NetWeaver Technology consultant with an experience in SAP Basis administration, Unicode Conversions, Solution Consulting, SAP Testing, OS/ DB migrations, BW HANA Migrations, S/4 HANA installations, HANA DB Administration/ Performance Tuning, SAP Technical Upgrades, Solution Manager Implementation and AMS Support.
• I’ve been involved in 5 end - to-end SAP Implementations, 3 Unicode conversions, 40 SAP Upgrades, 2 Data archiving, 3 BW HANA migrations, 2 S/4 HANA Installations, 4 HANA DB Administrations & 4 Hardware migration projects with a total experience of 15 years in IT Industry.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAP Releases: 4.0B, 4.6C, 4.7EE, ECC5.0 & ECC6.0 Ehp4, EHp5, Ehp6 & Ehp7, HANA 1.0 SP12, HANA 2.0 SP02, S/4 HANA 1610, BODS, Fiori.

Operating Systems: Win NT 4.0, Win 98/2000, 2003, HP UNIX 1.1, Red Hat Linux, AIX 5.3.2, AIX 7.1, and SUSE LINUX.

Database: DB2 UDB V 8.0, Oracle 9.0/ 10g/11g, MSSQL/ 2000/2005/ 2008/ 2012 , MaxDB 7.6 & 7.7, DB2 10.5, Sybase ASE.

Hardware: Compaq ProLiant Servers, IBM Servers & HP ProLiant ML150 Servers.

Others: CRM 4.0, 5.0 & 7.0, EP 6.0 & 7.0, SCM5.0 & SCM 7.0, SRM 5.0 & SRM 7.0, Solution Manager 3.2, 4.0, 7.0 Ehp1, 7.1 & 7.2, SAP TAO, SAP BW 7.4 & 7.5, SAP HANA SPS9, SPS10, SPS 11, SPS12, GRC10, GRC 10.1, SAP GUI 640, 720, 730, 740, 750, BOBJ XI 3.1 SP3, PI 7.0, PI 7.1.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Greenville, SC

SAP Basis Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Installation of SAP ECC6.0 Ehp6 on Linux/Sybase environment.
• Performed post-steps which includes STSM setup and RFC setup.
• Installation of SAP GUI 750 and patch update.
• Setup Logical systems and ran BDLS to covert Logical system post client copy.
• Setup Single Sign-on (SSO) in QA environment/ Unix Scripting for Backups.
• Performed Local client copies to build new clients for testing purpose.
• Moving transport requests using STMS and setup auto import in QA.
• Performed system copy using DB Migration option (Backup/ Restore).
• Performed smoke test for critical scenarios to make sure nothing is broken after system copy.
• Test Acceleration and Optimization -TAO (Integrated with HPQC) to conduct Unit testing/Integration testing/ UAT/ Regression testing for satellite systems and capture test results.
• Coordinate with the testing team to make sure the testing is carried out according to the test cases provided by Key Business Users.
• Responsible to update the Test Master and provide testing status updates to the project stake holders/ Management Team.
• Conducted Load Testing/ Performance Testing using Load Runner to simulate and run workloads, benchmark systemperformance, diagnose problems, and re-test prior to launching new or modified functionality on the other environments.

Confidential, Greenwich, CT

SAP Basis/Hana Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Used solution Manager 7.2 to create XML and download the patches and software.
• Download the required software to install S/4 HANA and Fiori.
• Install the HANA DB on all the systems DEV, QAS and PRD.
• Install S/4 HANA application in a 3-system landscape.
• Update DB/ HANA patches to the latest.
• Post-steps/ Activate related business functions.
• Installation of SAP GUI 740 in client machines and ran patch update for bug fixing.
• Conducted Load Testing/ Performance Testing using HP Load Runner.
• Unix scripting for scheduling batch jobs, Backup operations.
• Install FIORI and configure with the backend system.
• Post Go-live Support.

Confidential, Berwyn, PA

SAP HANA Migration Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Performed backup of database in SAP BW.
• Migrate Database to SAP HANA (technical migration export and import).
• Connectivity validations and security checks (roles, authentication and authorization).
• Collect new HANA performance statistics for dashboards, BEX broadcaster, reports, workbooks and WAD templates and analyze performance gains.
• Run full Delta Loads from process chainsand collect benchmark statistics from ETL processing and activation. Analyze these against those collected in step 18.
• User migration and log-on validation.
• Setup Alerts in SAP HANA Studio.
• Assign System roles and privileges in all environments.
• Setup base paths for all backups.
• Install SAP GUI 740 and patch update.
• Validate CPU usage, memory footprint and system load during test run for reports and data loads.
• Create a standard operating procedure for SAP HANA support team in terms of process for HANA studio (SUM), license keys, and support.
• Hardware sizing for the BW /HANA upgrade.
• Archive data using Near-line storage (NLS) with SybaseIQ.
• Applying HANA patches (HANA patch upgrade) using HANA life cycle manager
• Creation of High level project plan and upgrade the systems.
• HANA DB installation and upgrade using HANA life cycle manger in 5 system landscape upgrade.
• HANA database backup and restore.
• System copy of BW 7.31 on HANA
• HANA Security (creation of users and providing the roles and authorizations based on the business requirements)
• Sandbox build using Development Data (system copy method)
• Upgrade HANA DB from 1.0.72 to 1.0.83
• Pre and post upgrade activities using ASU tool box and using t-code STC01
• Generation of stack XML file for the upgrade through solution Manager.
• Upgrade the BW/HANA application from BW 7.31 to BW 7.4 using SUM tool.
• Handling of errors and issue between upgrade.
• Prepare a work plan for migrate the systems form BW 7.01/SQl to BW.7.4/HANA
• Solution manager patch upgrade from 7.1 SP04 to SP10
• LMDB check and configuration for the technical systems.
• Basis sanity checks after the upgrade.
• Conducted Performance testing and Run work load analysis to review bottlenecks and provide recommendations to gain optimal system performance.
• Hypercare support

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Lead SAP HANA Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP HANA database installation.
• ERP on HANA installation.
• BW application installation on HANA DB.
• Conversion of Oracle DB into HANA DB (HDB) using SUM DMO option.
• Build END-END landscape for HANA implementation
• Applying support patches using HLM from studio as well as command mode.
• SLT system preparation, installation and setup for the replication of data from different sources (SAP, non-SAP)
• DMIS add-on installation for the SLT system
• Removing and add HANA system using studio as well as command mode
• Renaming HANA system and change the SYSTEM user password.
• Managing HANA disaster recovery
• Upgrade HLM, setup the global parameters whenever required.
• HANA system monitoring, applying HANA licenses, alerts monitoring.
• Manage and transport HANA content using studio.
• Add SMD agent to HANA
• HANA Database Monitoring/ Performance Tuning.
• Create and delete roles and assign roles to users
• Import tables using SLT.
• Data provisioning from SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Solution Manager installation and Solution manager configuration
• Data provisioning using SLT from SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Scheduled weekly backups using studio
• Support end users to give the privileges based on the user request.
• Trouble shooting SLT whenever required
• Creating views based on the business requirements
• Smart data access configuration
• Hive drivers installation for Hadoop integration
• Data provisioning using data services
• Extract the data from flat file
• Demo content deployment in HANA
• Change the SYSTEM user password
• Renaming SAP HANA system at command level
• Data backups using snapshot
• Mass copy to the objects from one package to another package
• Change the ownership of objects from one user to another user (Switch user)
• Migration of objects (enable multi lingual support for the objects)
• Configuration between Source systems, SLT and HANA.
• Configuration between source systems, BODS and HANA.
• Create analytic privileges based on the business user’s requirement.
• Take backups using HANA studio, backup of configuration files
• HANA studio installation
• DB monitoring and performance tuning to ensure optimal system performance.
• SLT system support
• Load the data from the DB2 and ECC system.
• BW on Hana installation.
• AFL installation
• HANA Live installation and configuration
• Continues support for HANA landscape.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP HANA Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Install portal system separately on SQL and configure the BW application portal.
• Responsible for the day to day support activities for the COPA / HANA and BW/ HANA landscape.
• Supporting SLT for the data replication from ECC to HANA for the COPA / HANA landscape.
• Data is replicating from ECC to BW / HANA using BODS.
• Doing delta replication and table partition whenever it requires.
• User administration for the throughout the landscape.
• Done the failover test and DR test for the BW and COPA landscape.
• Replicate the required tables through SLT to HANA.
• Patch upgrade from sp07 rev 72 to sp08 rev 85.
• SAPGUI Patch update for release 730.
• Add or remove nodes using HLM.
• Build transports routs at DB level throughout the landscape
• Moving modeled content from one system to other system using HANA life cycle management.
• Add-on installation.
• Create customized roles based on the business requirement.
• Used Sybase for near line storage (archiving) of unwanted data from BW.
• Setup high availability on multi node.
• Data replication, table partition and database partition on HANA.

Confidential, New Britain, CT

SAP Archiving Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of BRD document and cut-over plans
• Identify the archiving object and corresponding programs and variants for the archival process.
• Performed data archiving using t-code SARA
• Enabled READ functionality using t-code SARI
• Run preprocess step for object COPAC BDOC to identify inactive profitability segments.
• Used Near-line storage (NLS) with SybaseIQ to archive the database data from primary database to secondary database.
• Monitor Batch jobs to ensure the jobs are successful and notify ITTOOLS team in case of any failures.
• Performed Unit/ SIT testing to make sure the archival process is running for the objects that we’ve chosen in the scope with the right programs/ variant information.

Confidential, New Britain, CT

SAP UPGRADE SME/ Testing Lead

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of work plans/ cutover plans for SAP ECC, SAP CRM, and SAP SCM & SAP MII upgrades.
• Performed Support Package Stack and EHP upgrades using SUM tool
• Performed Pre and Post upgrade steps
• Performed kernel upgrades.
• Performed SPAM/SAINT upgrades
• Installation of SAPGUI 740 and ran patch update to fix issues for client machines.
• Applied sap notes using SNOTE - pre-requisites notes for SUM Tool.
• Performed various Java Administration activities
• Coordinate with ITTOOLS team to suspend/ release Batch Jobs.
• Conducted Unit testing/Integration testing/ User Acceptance Testing/ Regression Testing using SAP TAO (Test Acceleration and Automation) tool.
• Post Go-Live support.

Confidential, Waltham, MA

SAP Upgrade Lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed SRM 5.0 to SRM 7.0 upgrade using SUM tool
• Preparation of cut-over plans and performed Unit testing and SIT testing.
• Performed uptime and downtime activities in coordination with ABAP team on SPDD/ SPAU activities
• Performed Pre and Post upgrade steps
• Configured SAP Service Connections, Applying support packages, Add-on components, SNOTES, Kernel Upgrades, ST-PI, ST-A/PI plug-in upgrades and SPAM & SAINT updates.
• Performed Java stack upgrade
• Performed migration of JDK JAVA to SAP JVM using SAP JVM switch tool.
• SRM, ECC and Portal migrations to the new H/W post upgrades
• Conducted Smoke Tests to make sure nothing is broken post upgrades/ Migrations.

Confidential

SAP Upgrade Lead

Responsibilities:

• Deployed transport requests related to path finder tool and provided impacted object list to ABAP team.
• Ran Solution Browser via Service Market Place to get the list of new features or functionalities delivered with the target release.
• Performed database export/ import to build parallel landscape to perform SAP Upgrade
• Generated STACK.XML via SAP Solution Manager 7.0
• Prepared work plans/ cutover plans required for the upgrade.
• Verified PAM and UDA for the dependencies to ensure no upgrades required OS/DB and other components of SAP.
• Performed SAP Upgrade from SAP ECC 5.0 to SAP ECC 6.0 Ehp5.
• Coordinated with ABAP team on code remediation for SPDD, SPAU and custom objects
• Conducted workshop on Solution Manager Change Request Management (ChaRM) functionality with NGC key business users.
• Re-configured ChaRM in the new Solution Manager.
• Prepared cutover strategy and coordinated with other teams to capture all the tasks as a part of UPTIME and DOWNTIME activities.
• Conducted BASIS Sanity checks to make sure nothing is broken after the upgrade.
• Providing post Go-Live support to address any issues reported after Go-Live.

Confidential, Horsham, PA

SAP Upgrade SME

Responsibilities:

• Performed the Upgrade of Solution Manager 7.0 to Solution Manager 7.0 EHP1.
• Configured MOPZ, EWA scenarios.
• Downloaded the stack file to upgrade from SAP R/3 4.7 to ERP 6.0 EHP4 through MOPZ.
• Performed the prerequisites before upgrade to ERP 6.0 EHP4
• Performed the Upgrade from SAP R/3 4.7 to ERP 6.0 EHP4 through SUM tool.
• Execution of Post-Upgrade steps within the System Landscape
• Performed System Copy from PRD to QAS and executed required steps after the System Copy
• Analyzing the functional issues and providing relevant SAP Notes and Implementing SAP Notes
• Performing SAP Database Administration activities
• Performed Kernel Upgrades
• Performing transports across Landscape and monitored transport logs.
• Client Administration activities
• ADS Configuration and troubleshooting
• Performed Email Configuration
• User administration.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD

SAP Upgrade Lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed H/W sizing for the upgrade requirements.
• Ran Upgrade Dependency Analyzer to check if there are any upgrade dependencies with the other components of SAP.
• Checked PAM (product Availability Matrix) to verify the OS/DB requirement.
• Generated STACK.XML file from Solution Manager 7.0.
• Performed database upgrade from MSSQL 2000 to MSSQL 2005.
• Performed SAP upgrade from ECC50 to ECC60 Ehp5 SPS07.
• Performed SAP upgrade in a 4-system landscape that includes Sandbox, Development, and Quality and Production environments.
• Coordinated with ABAP team on SPDD adjustments during the UPTIME activities.
• Coordinated with Backup support team and database team for the file system backups and database backups before and after SAP application Upgrade.
• Performed Graceful shutdown activities before the start of DOWNTIME phase and performed the DOWNTIME activities.
• Built the Disaster Recovery system using the PRD backup after the upgrade is complete via detach/ attach technique.

Confidential, Glendora, CA

SAP Solution Manager Architect

Responsibilities:

• Installation of SAP Solution Manager 7.0 on AIX5.3.2 with Oracle 10g as database on IBM Servers.
• Created satellite systems using t-code. SMSY for SAP Solution Manager System landscape.
• Preparation of cutover plans for non-productive and production environments and review the progress on timely basis to ensure there is no variance in terms of project timelines.
• Preparation of the consolidated timesheets for the team at onsite/ offshore to send it to finance to generate invoice on monthly basis.
• Setting up daily/ weekly meeting with the team to review the progress on the upgrade and address if the team has any issues/ concerns.

Confidential, Middlebury, CT

SAP Solution Manager Lead

Responsibilities:

• Installation of SAP Solution Manager 7.0 on AIX5.3.2 with Oracle 10g as database on IBM Servers.
• Created satellite systems using t-code. SMSY for SAP Solution Manager System landscape.
• Created logical components for the satellite systems using t-code SMSY and assigned it to Solution landscape.
• Created Solutions using t-code DSWP and assigned the logical components to it.
• Configured Early watch alert service to collect information from satellite system and generate the EWA report in solution manager.
• Activated SDCCN for both solution manager and satellite system to enable EWA functionality.
• Configured Change Request Management for a 3-system landscape for the SAP ECC landscape to automate and control the change management within the R/3 landscape.
• Configured Maintenance Optimizer to approve the Patches/ plug-ins which are waiting for approval, in order to download/apply in the SAP systems.
• Configured Business Process Monitoring to monitor, control the business processes and receive alerts in case of a failure with in the business process using Background Job Monitoring, Dialog performance Monitoring etc…
• Configured Service desk to enable the users to raise issues/errors directly onto the solution manager system from all the connected satellite systems and forward the cases to the appropriate teams for the quicker resolutions.
• Configured CCMS monitoring to generate the CCMS alerts for Background, Dialog etc… from Solution Manager to the satellite systems.
• Performed the SPS upgrade/Plug-in upgrade to meet the pre-requisites for the offerings to be configured.

Confidential, Middlebury, CT

SAP Upgrade Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installation of SAP SCM server on AIX5.3.2 with Oracle 10g as database on IBM Servers.
• Installation of Live cache as a separate instance on the same box with MAXDB as database.
• Configured TMS for a 3-system landscape using STMS which includes DEV, QAS & PRD.
• Maintained live cache integration using LC10 and defined 3 database connections LCA, LDA, LEA and maintained Live cache connection information like Live cache name, Live cache server etc.
• Defined RFC destinations between SCM and R/3 servers using SM59.
• Configured source systems thru RSA1 for the backend R/3 landscape.
• Scheduling backups using DBA planning calendar for both SCM & Live cache.
• Applying OSS Notes whenever necessary using SNOTE.
• Performed Kernel Upgrade, ST-PI & ST-A/PI upgrade to resolve the issues with RTCCTOOLS.
• Monitor live cache using MaxDB database manager for database usage, log area & backup logs.
• Reviewing early watch alerts for SCM landscape and taking the necessary actions like changing live cache parameters, database parameters etc.
• Applying ABAP support packages thru SPAM and Java support packages thru JSPM
• Open OSS connections with SAP Support whenever necessary.
• Performed Homogeneous system copy on Quality system using production data once in every quarter using Backup/Restore method.
• Performed add-on upgrade using SAINT.
• Monitoring SCM landscape and generate Health check reports on each day and send reports to the customer and take necessary actions if found any red alerts.

Confidential

SAP Solution Manager Architect

Responsibilities:

• Installation of SAP Solution Manager on AIX5.3.2 with Oracle 10g as database on IBM Servers.
• Define System Landscape in solution manager for SAP R/3 Enterprise servers which includes DEV, QAS & PRD.
• Define a project for the SAP Upgrade from 4.7 to ECC60 and define the scope of the project and assign the project team members from the respective modules.
• Define Milestones for the project and create document types for the Impact assessment test as part of the Upgrade.
• Define RFC destinations for the R/3 System landscape to make sure that the data flow is happening properly.
• Configured Service desk functionality in solution manager and defined necessary RFC destinations to make sure that the messages are raised properly from Satellite systems without any problem.
• Define the Business process scenarios in transaction ‘SOLAR01’ and create messages in solution manager in case if business analysts face any issues during Impact assessment tests.
• Uploaded Implementation content into solution manager to get the pre-defined Upgrade Roadmaps and content maps and customizing it according to customer requirements.
• Created the Business partners and assigned to the respective users in solution manager.
• Defined Message processors for each module, who are responsible for processing the messages.
• Integrated Service desk with Change request management which will enable the users to create the change request directly from the service desk message and move requests from solution manager using Schedule manager at specific time interval.

Confidential

SAP Migration Expert

Responsibilities:

• Design the Migration strategy for ABAP+JAVA, ABAP and Java Systems.
• Suggesting the file system structure to the customer in keeping view of the database growth.
• Prepare the source system for the Database export using SAPINST tool and run the update statistics.
• Create a folder for Migration export and performed the Database export on the source system which contains the ABAP+JAVA.
• Performed the import on the target system using SAP Migration export instead of the standard SAP delivered export CD’s.
• Performed the post installation steps which include the configuration of TMS, Uploading profiles etc.
• Setting up the JAVA memory parameters and startup parameters to ensure that there are no performance issues with the JAVA system.
• Performed the Backup/Restore for the CRM Server as it is running only with ABAP engine.
• Performed EP system copy using Database export/import method using JLoad tool.

Confidential

SAP BASIS Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Monitor SAP System and identify bottlenecks in terms of performance and suggest the customer in case if any parameters need to be changed.
• Setting up TMS between 3-system landscape and helping the customer on transport related issues.
• Apply support packages and Kernel upgrade.
• Database analysis thru transaction DB02 and DB12 for DBA logs.
• Table space administration thru SAPDBA tool.
• Analyzing the work load thru transaction ‘ST03N’ and taking necessary actions to ensure that the load is distributed across the systems.
• Setting up the backup/Restore strategy and setting up an environment for Disaster Recovery.

Confidential

SAP BASIS Consultant

Responsibilities:

• After Successful Completion of Upgrade to SAP 4.6C, I have Configured TMS for two-system Landscape using transport management system by taking Development Server as Central Transport Directory.
• Maintaining authorization profiles through profile generator PFCG.
• Applied R/3 support packages and Kernel patches after upgrade.
• Client maintenance involving copying clients, remote copy, local copy, client import and exports.
• Spool administration involving defining spool servers, configuring output devices and specifying remote and local access methods.
• Performed daily monitoring of SAP R/3 systems, monitoring is cancelled and active backgrounds jobs, system logs, checking the update status, backup status, maintain lock entries, ABAP dump analysis.